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Play me a hypothetical: Meg Ryan doesn't have surgery, doesn't cheat. Where is does her career go.

Posted by ty97 Feb 10 '11, 10:19

She's in her 40s and has been constantly typecast as the cutesy love interest in rom-coms. Does she keep getting those parts, when there are younger cutesy things out there? I've having trouble seeing that.

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I think she had a real difficult choice given how she was perceived. - Mel Profit Feb 10, 10:56
She could play a Diane Keaton type career as the mother of the next young'in. -- nm - Will Hunting Feb 10, 10:25
almost Meryl Streep - she had some acting chops at one time. - Epiphany Feb 10, 10:24 7
- Stretch much? -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 10:26 5
  - City of Angels? -- nm - Epiphany Feb 10, 10:28 4
    - nevermind - I can't defend her even in a hypotethical world - I hate that bitch so much - Epiphany Feb 10, 10:29 1
      - If you had said Addicted to Love, you mighta won! -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 10:32
    - That rates a 6 or maybe a 7 on Streep's acting scale. - Spawn Feb 10, 10:29 1
      - agree on Streep -- nm - Epiphany Feb 10, 10:32
- whoa whoa whoa, let's not get ridiculous -- nm - CQ Feb 10, 10:25
Starring in something artistically accomplished/Oscary is a legitimate option for any female star of her age. - con_carne Feb 10, 10:23 4
- She tried that. It was called Against The Ropes. -- nm - ty97 Feb 10, 10:24 2
  - In your hypothetical, she doesn't have the surgery, and eventually people forget about stinkers like this. Eventually. -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:32 1
    - Or, women with actual acting ability (as opposed to just faded cuteness) get the roles and she disappears into oblivion. - ty97 Feb 10, 10:35
- (well, not *any* female star... she'd have to have some talent or just be perfect for that role) -- nm - con_carne Feb 10, 10:24
exactly the same but slightly bigger box offices -- nm - zork Feb 10, 10:21
same place diane keaton, susan sarandon, geena davis etc. careers went - cupixie Feb 10, 10:21 1
- The Kids Are All Right, The Blind Side - lots of good mom roles lately -- nm - crash davis Feb 10, 10:26
Kate Hudson -- nm - oblique Feb 10, 10:20
She could easily have had the same resurrgance as Sandra Bullock - Reagen Feb 10, 10:20 7
- Right, they'd be competing for those same parts. - David Feb 10, 10:22 5
  - seriously, because of the MILF thing? -- nm - crash davis Feb 10, 10:23 4
    - Major corporations have algortihms that track overall revenue spent. It's a new style of trend spotting. - David Feb 10, 10:24 2
      - I read that story someone linked the other day. I just didn't know it translated into scripts getting greenlit -- nm - crash davis Feb 10, 10:25 1
        
        It can. When people are sitting in a room debating a movie, potential revenue streams are considered. -- nm - David Feb 10, 10:27
    - Sure. -- nm - Spawn Feb 10, 10:24
- this. -- nm - Beaker Feb 10, 10:21

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