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Pop/film stars who don't make it in the looks department

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  • #92
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    Arghus wrote: »
    Ah yeah, there's totally people that sound just like her but most of them haven't spent the last ten years or so between LA, New York and London. She'd have lost some of it along the way. She hams it up.

    Not everyone loses their accent when they move countries. It’s something that has always interested me. Some lose their accent quickly, others sound like they’ve never left their village. Seeing as she has an Irish accent that many people have, I don’t know how you can tell that she hams it up or has just never lost the accent.


  • #93
    ceadaoin.
    Registered Users Posts: 8,082 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    Not everyone loses their accent when they move countries. It’s something that has always interested me. Some lose their accent quickly, others sound like they’ve never left their village. Seeing as she has an Irish accent that many people have, I don’t know how you can tell that she hams it up or has just never lost the accent.

    Yep. I've lived away from ireland for most of the past 10 years and haven't lost my accent at all.


  • #94
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    I can't stand contrived accents but Saoirse Ronan sounds totally fine to me. It's not even that inner city Dub. Why would she lose her accent because of spending a lot of time abroad? If that happened she'd also be criticised! A person's accent is surely gonna be the one they've had most of their lives.


  • #95
    Yer Da sells Avon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,737 ✭✭✭Yer Da sells Avon


    The very same dull men who inexplicably lose their shit when they hear her Dublin accent would no doubt be equally infuriated if she developed a mid-Atlantic accent.


  • #96
    pleas advice
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Al Pachino, in Scent of a Woman


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  • #97
    LirW
    Registered Users Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    The likes of Charlotte Crosby that completely butcher themselves with plastic surgery. I find her hilarious though.

    Willem Dafoe creeps me the f out but he's a brilliant actor.


  • #98
    4068ac1elhodqr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,586 ✭✭✭4068ac1elhodqr


    That monstrosity (Davidson) - the rather very nice Kate Beckinsdale lady was dating,
    what was she thinking, must be a mid-life crisis she's undergoing.

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  • #99
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 23,650 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    The thread title is pop and film stars who don’t make it in the looks department, and most of the thread has been taken up so far with discussing Saoirse Ronan? Me thinks some posters are definitely missing the point of the thread :pac:


    Can’t fathom how Jack Nicholson and Mick Jagger haven’t warranted a mention, they come to mind a lot quicker than Saoirse bloody Ronan for being successful in spite of lacking in the looks department! :confused:


  • #100
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,432 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    One eyed Jack wrote: »

    Can’t fathom how Jack Nicholson and Mick Jagger haven’t warranted a mention, they come to mind a lot quicker than Saoirse bloody Ronan for being successful in spite of lacking in the looks department! :confused:
    Mick Jagger was mentioned in the third post.


  • #101
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    ceadaoin. wrote: »
    Yep. I've lived away from ireland for most of the past 10 years and haven't lost my accent at all.

    Sign your not fickle and have a strong sense of self


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  • #102
    Mad_maxx
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    Amos Squeaking Murk wrote: »
    I can't stand contrived accents but Saoirse Ronan sounds totally fine to me. It's not even that inner city Dub. Why would she lose her accent because of spending a lot of time abroad? If that happened she'd also be criticised! A person's accent is surely gonna be the one they've had most of their lives.

    I used to find it slightly odd but then read up on how she lived in severa places from birth and how at least one of her parents is from Dublin, it makes sense now


  • #103
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    The thread title is pop and film stars who don’t make it in the looks department, and most of the thread has been taken up so far with discussing Saoirse Ronan? Me thinks some posters are definitely missing the point of the thread :pac:


    Can’t fathom how Jack Nicholson and Mick Jagger haven’t warranted a mention, they come to mind a lot quicker than Saoirse bloody Ronan for being successful in spite of lacking in the looks department! :confused:

    Plenty of rock stars down the years were ugly as fcuk, didn't stop them getting any amount of tail, hell ozzy Osborne even made sure to marry someone as ugly as him


  • #104
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,246 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Yer Da sells Avon wrote: »
    The very same dull men who inexplicably lose their shit when they hear her Dublin accent would no doubt be equally infuriated if she developed a mid-Atlantic accent.

    You seem a bit worked up over the whole thing yourself, maybe have a cup of tea and a biscuit.


  • #105
    SoundsRight
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 408 ✭✭SoundsRight


    upinsmoke wrote: »
    Shane McGowen, Susan Boyle, Sia come to mind.

    And Saoirse Ronan is hot as ****, some of her styles make her look less attractive.

    She's not ugly, but she's far from hot. She has that sort of plain Jane look. You could walk round any shopping centre and see dozens of girls that look nicer.


  • #106
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,246 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    Tommy Lee and Kid Rock look like they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

    How they both got Pam Anderson to lick their lolly is a mystery.


  • #107
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users Posts: 23,650 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Tommy Lee and Kid Rock look like they fell out of the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down.

    How they both got Pam Anderson to lick their lolly is a mystery.


    It’s a bit like the time Debbie McGee was asked what first attracted her to millionaire Paul Daniels :pac:

    Never thought Pamela was that attractive now myself tbh, far more attractive when she didn’t look like a Barbie doll, but that was exactly the reason for her success - precisely because she looked like a Barbie doll that’d suck a golf ball through a hose pipe :D


  • #108
    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,644 ✭✭✭storker


    Lorelli! wrote: »
    I still don't get why he took that cameo in Fight Club!!

    That was more than a cameo. He was also pretty good in Ghost Wars (Netflix).


  • #109
    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,644 ✭✭✭storker


    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    She was cute when young. People age.

    My assessment goes back several years.


  • #110
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    Angelina Jolie. I mean, what the hell was that all about. It was like some misprint that she was beautiful was made, escalated out of control, and suddenly everyone thought everyone else thought she was, and didnt want to stick out by stating, well, that she was just a little odd looking.

    On Saoirse (thats Saoirse as in 'Shore-sha', 'Sheer-sha', and 'Sore-sheh'), she is a plain child. But its what helps her be a fine actress (can I use that term, or it too sexist ?) - her face is a sort of blank canvas that she manipulates very well to play her roles.


  • #111
    chicorytip
    Registered Users Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭chicorytip


    Ron Perlman.


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  • #112
    Galwayguy35
    Registered Users Posts: 16,246 ✭✭✭✭Galwayguy35


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    It’s a bit like the time Debbie McGee was asked what first attracted her to millionaire Paul Daniels :pac:

    Never thought Pamela was that attractive now myself tbh, far more attractive when she didn’t look like a Barbie doll, but that was exactly the reason for her success - precisely because she looked like a Barbie doll that’d suck a golf ball through a hose pipe :D

    I think she looks better now than she did 20 years ago, nicer boobs as well compared to those basketballs she had in years ago.


  • #113
    Stone Gossard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 197 ✭✭Stone Gossard


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    I think she looks better now than she did 20 years ago, nicer boobs as well compared to those basketballs she had in years ago.

    When she started off in Home Improvement with Tim Allen she was proper gorgeous, only lasted a season or 2 before she went to Baywatch...and then her career..and boobs took off.


  • #114
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    SoundsRight wrote: »
    She's not ugly, but she's far from hot. She has that sort of plain Jane look. You could walk round any shopping centre and see dozens of girls that look nicer.
    Agreed but she's hardly an example of someone who made it in popular entertainment despite their looks. Had a Google of her there - she has very delicate features and cheekbones, I'd say she will look quite beautiful in a few years. Already she's growing from an unremarkable looking girl to a beauty.

    A number of others mentioned here aren't such examples either. E.g. Tommy Lee was actually a good looking man, he just over did the scruffiness and seediness. Ozzy Osbourne isn't ugly either, neither is his wife. Not classically beautiful doesn't mean ugly. Ugly means ugly, and very few people are ugly.

    Looks don't matter in certain genres anyway - e.g. rock and metal. And film will always need a few odd looking folk.


  • #115
    KathleenGrant
    Registered Users Posts: 3,777 ✭✭✭KathleenGrant


    Amos Squeaking Murk wrote: »
    .Not classically beautiful doesn't mean ugly. Ugly means ugly, and very few people are ugly.

    Best post of the thread. Absolute fact.


  • #116
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    pleas advice wrote: »
    Al Pachino, in Scent of a Woman
    ?!
    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    You seem a bit worked up over the whole thing yourself, maybe have a cup of tea and a biscuit.
    They're not wrong though.


  • #117
    RMAOK
    Registered Users Posts: 11,197 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    Tommy Lee Jones


  • #118
    Sunrise_Sunset
    Registered Users Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭Sunrise_Sunset


    It's a bit more interesting to me when they are a bit quirky looking. They're not models afterall. Although some models do go into acting to prolong their careers. I think the music industry is known for having the least attractive people of all the celebrity categories (besides sports stars but that's not related to this thread)


  • #119
    orourkeda1977
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭orourkeda1977


    Amos Squeaking Murk wrote: »
    She does? How?

    But why don't they like her? There's nothing concrete to dislike about her. Outside of her acting, there's absolutely nothing remarkable about her. People should think for themselves instead of jumping on a bandwagon.

    I didn't even know she expressed political views.

    Her name probably comes up a lot because of interviewers going on about it.

    I don't care about her accent. I never mentioned her accent. I believe her to be a false person. As far as I can see, she hasn't a sincere bone in her body.

    I also have zero interest in her political opinions. I've only seen several of her interviews and she appear to me to be a really shallow and false person.

    Why expressing a differing opinion to yours on Saoirse Ronan is "jumping a bandwagon" I'm not sure


  • #120
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Usually when people have a view, there's a reason for it though.

    What's insincere about her? She doesn't seem any more or less sincere than any actor.

    "Not a sincere bone in her body"? Jaysus!


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  • #121
    Suckit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,215 ✭✭✭✭Suckit


    It would probably be harder to name good looking ones that are decent as musicians.


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