Fametracker, a fabulous site, has a feature called "2 Stars 1 Slot" where they compare two stars who could be exchanged for one another. They have another feature called "Fame Audit" where they evaluate where a celebrity is in their career. I was recently inspired to totally steal their excellent ideas and do a mini Fame Audit of my own. Sorry, Fametracker.
Erika Christensen and Thora Birch.
These two young women both had their big breaks in Oscar nominated films. Christensen was in Traffic, Birch in American Beauty. Both turned in very good performances in those films, in my opinion. They then were in other films, doing other things (Christensen in Swimfan, for example, and Birch in Ghost World, where she was pretty darn good). Imagine my horror recently upon stumbling both of them in separate MTV debacles.
Thora Birch is in the new Limp Bizkit video. I hear they've changed their name to limpbizkit. Whatever. However, the image of her being a focal point of Fred Durst's writhing is one I may need to have exorcised from my memory. So hideous. Thora, what were you thinking?
Erika Christensen was in the MTV tv-movie version of Wuthering Heights. Holy terrible acting, Batman. I watched the last fifteen minutes of this the other day as I folded some clothes. Also in it was the guy who plays Francis on Malcolm in the Middle. Both of them were awful, and it saddens me especially about Christensen. However, I think it might be possible to blame the directing since there was nothing redeeming about that film, but I don't understand how a cheesy MTV movie that's an adaptation of a classic book is a good career move.
I think when it all shuffles down, Thora Birch is on steadier footing. Who remembers music videos? And, apparently, Halle Berry is going to be in the next Limp Bizkit video, so perhaps I'm missing the upside on that one...
Posted by waking slow at September 23, 2003 07:21 PM