Jennifer Connelly looks amazing!

I find her enthralling and good hearted . Shes a bright light . Heres a flashback with recent clip Jennifer Connelly was gorgeous when she first hit the scene but was told by Hollywood to lose weight and lose the tits from what I heard. She did and now she looks too many. She needs

I find her enthralling and good hearted . She’s a bright light . Here’s a flashback with recent clip

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by Anonymousreply 88June 12, 2022 7:35 PM

Jennifer Connelly was gorgeous when she first hit the scene but was told by Hollywood to lose weight and lose the tits from what I heard. She did and now she looks too many. She needs a bit of fat to soften her up.

by Anonymousreply 2August 8, 2021 9:46 PM

^^^^too manly. I wish Muriel would give us an edit button.

by Anonymousreply 3August 8, 2021 9:50 PM

That asswipe hubs Paul Bettany is abusive !! I don’t think it was Hollywood that told her be real thin I agree she needs to be softened up she looks amazing her skin and everything.

by Anonymousreply 4August 8, 2021 9:55 PM

I love Jennifer Connelly and I always have, but good god almighty, that troll at OP is prolific! I won't unblock him just to see her pic.

Just sayin'.

by Anonymousreply 5August 8, 2021 10:01 PM

I love Jennifer Connelly. She is very pretty to me.

by Anonymousreply 6August 8, 2021 10:57 PM

[quote]I won't unblock him just to see her pic

same here

by Anonymousreply 7August 8, 2021 11:00 PM

Loved her since seeing Labyrinth and The Rocketeer as a kid. Always found her so striking and beautiful with these great eyes that draw you in - a great quality for an actor to have. I've been very impressed with her work over the years, but I wonder if she'd be good in a comedy. She always does really depressing movies and roles.

by Anonymousreply 8August 8, 2021 11:01 PM

I think she would be good in comedic roles. I think there’s a serious stress there and possible abuse from her husband.

by Anonymousreply 9August 8, 2021 11:06 PM

I never heard that about Paul Bettany being abusive. That’s a shame.

by Anonymousreply 10August 8, 2021 11:15 PM

Gorgeous. Most beautiful actress. But scarily thin. She stopped eating food back in 2000. I'm confused why the Matrix is so damn similar to Dark City. I love both films but Dark City did it two years earlier.

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by Anonymousreply 11August 8, 2021 11:25 PM

R10, there are DL threads about this just got to Google. Bettany is close with Johnny Depp .

by Anonymousreply 12August 8, 2021 11:28 PM

Jennifer had breast reduction surgery. Before that she had a build like Liz or Jane Russell. She never worked as much as you'd have expected her to if looks and talent count for anything.

by Anonymousreply 13August 9, 2021 12:23 AM

R13 She's always been stunning but is very shy with no charisma. She's kind of an anti-movie star but not in a cool way.

by Anonymousreply 16August 9, 2021 12:52 AM

Her insecurities hinder her personality.

by Anonymousreply 17August 9, 2021 12:53 AM

Always liked her. I think she wasn’t taken very seriously until “requiem for a dream” then suddenly her career was on fire. I like the films she’s in even if her roles are not so big but I wonder if she’s fairly limited with choices in order to be home with her family. It seems after “a beautiful mind” she could have been huge but it didn’t really happen.

by Anonymousreply 18August 9, 2021 12:54 AM

She must have some stories, she really has been consistently beautiful but also I think from a fairly comfortable background. I think I read that she and Mia Sara attended the same private girls school and Sara may even have been influential in getting Connelly industry representation. I think they both started out in fairly similar projects (Mia with “legend” and Jennifer in “labyrinth”) and both played the beautiful ingenue roles.

by Anonymousreply 19August 9, 2021 12:59 AM

[quote]he did and now she looks too manly. She needs a bit of fat to soften her up.

She was in the horrible AMERICAN PASTORAL starring and directed by Ewan McGregor. There was a scene where she was in a white sweater and it was like it was hanging off of a skeleton.

Was surprised she had a 23-year old son but that was before I realized she's 50-years old.

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by Anonymousreply 20August 9, 2021 1:00 AM

Her son Kai is in the blue; Paul Bettany on the right.

by Anonymousreply 22August 9, 2021 1:06 AM

He looks good older than 23 Bettany is a prick

by Anonymousreply 23August 9, 2021 1:07 AM

I'm watching her in Snowpiercer, love this show and she's good in it. Scarily skinny, distracting.

by Anonymousreply 24August 9, 2021 1:07 AM

She made a nice looking couple with billy campbell.

by Anonymousreply 25August 9, 2021 1:09 AM

Just like Halle Berry, Connelly had to get on all fours in front of the camera to be taken seriously as an actress.Literally.

Both were too beautiful and their beauty required a sacrifice, namely degradation in overrated films.

by Anonymousreply 27August 9, 2021 1:13 AM

Jen has a far off look to her, but kind .

by Anonymousreply 28August 9, 2021 1:14 AM

She sort of reminds me of Tuesday weld, someone who could be much bigger but is decidedly happy to be somewhere in the middle.

by Anonymousreply 29August 9, 2021 1:15 AM

Tuesday was never happy . Jen seems despondent too

by Anonymousreply 30August 9, 2021 1:16 AM

Haven't heard anything about the hubby, they seem to be really into each other. The hubby is one of the whitest dudes of all time. Almost as white as Boris Becker.

by Anonymousreply 31August 9, 2021 1:18 AM

R27 it’s sad but true. But I don’t think “requiem for a dream” was so overrated. Maybe it seems that way now, but at the time I’d never seen something so grim. It’s a film I thought was very powerful but so depressing that I’ve never really been able to bring myself to see it again. She was playing depressives for a while and did it very well. I loved her in “house of sand and fog” she should have been nominated again for that one.

Another actor she looked good with was billy crudup.

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by Anonymousreply 32August 9, 2021 1:20 AM

I went to college with her for a few years (she's a year older). I've worked with many actresses since, but she was just so naturally gorgeous in person. I haven't seen her since we worked together on a production. Me, behind scenes.

by Anonymousreply 33August 9, 2021 1:21 AM

She probably lost a few roles to Winona in the 90s. I wonder how she could have been in “the crucible” or “the age of innocence”. If Hollywood was still making “real” movies it would have been great to see her in films like “on the waterfront” she really showed flair for those types of parts with her work in “requiem for a dream” I felt she’d been fairly wasted up until then

by Anonymousreply 35August 9, 2021 1:25 AM

Supernaturally beautiful, quiet, shy, and nice. It was a student showcase thing, she wasn't even in the theatre dept., so I didn't get to know her well, alas.

by Anonymousreply 36August 9, 2021 1:26 AM

Why do people think Paul Bettany is abusive? Is it because he defended Depp or have there been other stories. I hope that's not true. She seems like a lovely person.

by Anonymousreply 37August 9, 2021 1:40 AM

Never heard of any abuse and Depp has been vindicated recently.

by Anonymousreply 38August 9, 2021 1:46 AM

There's always been something sad about her. Like when she won the Oscar. Apparently, she had just been dumped by Josh Charles. She looked so sad when it should have been a shining moment for her.

by Anonymousreply 39August 9, 2021 1:52 AM

[quote] I find her enthralling and good hearted . She’s a bright light .

Shut up, OP.

by Anonymousreply 40August 9, 2021 2:03 AM

She was like a more talented Brooke shields, Model looks and could actually act. it’s a shame it took so long for Hollywood to put her to good use.

by Anonymousreply 41August 9, 2021 2:04 AM

She’s in Top Gun the sequel and it’s going to be HUGE

by Anonymousreply 42August 9, 2021 2:06 AM

Very different type than Winona Ryder.

by Anonymousreply 43August 9, 2021 2:07 AM

R42 while it will be hyped, I’m not sure it will be successful. It could even be career killing depending on the success I guess and the critical acclaim or ridicule. I was a fan of the first but I don’t have any interest in this sequel even with Connelly who I adore.

by Anonymousreply 44August 9, 2021 2:09 AM

Top Gun the sequel?

As Seinfeld would say, sweet fancy Moses!

by Anonymousreply 45August 9, 2021 2:11 AM

R43 I know she’s a different type but I could see her in those period films that Winona did although she may have been too beautiful for “the age of innocence”.

by Anonymousreply 46August 9, 2021 2:11 AM

Not interested in Tom Cruise projects, he makes/stars in bad films.

by Anonymousreply 48August 9, 2021 2:12 AM

The problem with “top gun 2” Is that cruise has to make maverick likeable again. I think we were willing to like his cockiness and arrogance the first time round because he had not set off the creepy alarm bells yet. Now we’ve seen Tom cruise in various interviews… it’s hard to overlook his annoying traits.

by Anonymousreply 50August 9, 2021 2:15 AM

Huh, I think she would have been excellent in Age of Innocence.

Winona was good, but Jennifer could have been great.

by Anonymousreply 51August 9, 2021 2:16 AM

Top Gun was the #1 movie of 1986. It airs regularly on AMC. It's been released on Blu-Ray about 4 or 5 times in regular, 3D and 4K. Take My Breath Away is still played on the radio today.

The movie has a huge fan base plus the nostalgia factor. Plus the jets in the sequel look incredible.

It will be huge.

by Anonymousreply 52August 9, 2021 2:17 AM

I can only watch that pool hustling film and that is for Paul never won an Oscar Newman who made great films, not Tom Cruise.

by Anonymousreply 53August 9, 2021 2:18 AM

I’d like to believe that. But unless the script and story are great I smell a flop- people want this to work and I just think expectations may be too high. And if it’s a critical dud I don’t know that it won’t hurt the actors involved like Connelly.

by Anonymousreply 54August 9, 2021 2:19 AM

No, Jen maybe could have played Countess Olenska, but not May Welland Archer.

by Anonymousreply 55August 9, 2021 2:21 AM

Tom cruise has made some excellent movies

by Anonymousreply 57August 9, 2021 2:25 AM

I have a feeling top gun 2 will be thoroughly mediocre but perhaps lauded for the stunts and aerial shots. I imagine it will be full of silly catch phrases and honestly I see it ending up like the 4th Indiana Jones movie or the latest bill & ted. Just because something has nostalgic value doesn’t mean a sequel is a good idea. It’s just corporate greed and honestly unless it surprises me I feel bad for the talent involved. I think they’re just being exploited.

by Anonymousreply 58August 9, 2021 2:26 AM

R57 but he has an image working against him now. He didn’t have that in the 80s. I think it will be hard to like maverick now. Maybe the focus will be on the younger guys instead. I think that’s the safest bet.

by Anonymousreply 59August 9, 2021 2:29 AM

It’s going to be magnificently successful you jealous bitch !

by Anonymousreply 60August 9, 2021 2:29 AM

I watched Minority Report only recently, a major film. Unbelievably bad with obvious and obnoxious product placement. Mr. Butch Cruise is voguing like a member of the House of La Beja the film. Dumb.

by Anonymousreply 61August 9, 2021 2:30 AM

I agree that Tom's image is not the same as it was in the '80s.

But his Mission Impossible films have been excellent. I think each new film in the series improves on the previous one. So, I have hope that Top Gun 2 will be good.

by Anonymousreply 62August 9, 2021 2:31 AM

I hope so, for connelly’s sake, I’d like to see her in some great films again.

by Anonymousreply 63August 9, 2021 2:31 AM

Speaking of top gun 2, I wonder how they’ll explain away Charlie. It seems rather shallow that they leave her out because she doesn’t fit the image of seductive blonde anymore. I hope they at least address the characters absence somehow but my guess is they will just pretend like the character never existed.

by Anonymousreply 64August 9, 2021 2:41 AM

Where are people getting that Bettany is abusive to her?

by Anonymousreply 65August 9, 2021 2:43 AM

Very confusing, r64. Charlie is a 70 yo lesbian. And so is Maverick.

by Anonymousreply 66August 9, 2021 2:43 AM

Well there’s the opportunity for broader appeal. They could totally write that the lesbianism into the script. But Kelly was a big part of the first film’s success in my opinion, it seems rather unfair for her character to just be ditched.

by Anonymousreply 67August 9, 2021 2:46 AM

She admitted in a Vogue interview to having an eating disorder in college (she was also addicted to running). It’s very obvious from her previous body that she has an eating disorder and had a breast reduction. She probably had the surgery to be taken more seriously as an actress. She was never the best, but I do wonder why she’s not offered better roles.

by Anonymousreply 68August 9, 2021 2:52 AM

Winona's role in Heather was originally written with Jennifer in mind. I can't see her in the role. It would have been a very different movie.

by Anonymousreply 69August 9, 2021 2:54 AM

I think her next great role will be a limited series like Kate winslet’s recent success. I see her in something dark.

by Anonymousreply 70August 9, 2021 2:55 AM

They've also replaced Meg Ryan with Jean Louisa Kelly. You can't tell me that Meg Ryan wasn't available. They probably didn't want to explain why Goose's widow got Joker lips.

But, yes, it's a shame that Kelly will not be in the sequel. I am sure Kelly would have probably agreed to do a cameo.

by Anonymousreply 71August 9, 2021 2:57 AM

R69 I think she would have been adequate. Not sure age would have taken it to the level that Winona did, but the script was good and the story strong, so I think it still would have worked.

by Anonymousreply 72August 9, 2021 2:57 AM

R71 that’s ridiculous. So goose’s wife stays around but Charlie disappears. Just sounds so contrived already. Even if they don’t use Kelly I feel the character should still be in there somewhere.

by Anonymousreply 74August 9, 2021 2:59 AM

This rollerskating scene from Career Opportunities was an awakening for many lesbians of a certain age. It's literally the only thing I remember about that film. Didn't even remember the name until I looked it up but, damn, she's gorgeous.

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by Anonymousreply 75August 9, 2021 3:01 AM

Breast reduction totally unnecessary in my opinion.

Wore Balenciaga before everybody else.

by Anonymousreply 76August 9, 2021 3:20 AM

We watched The Hot Spot from 1990 recently (starring Don Johnson, directed by Dennis Hopper). Jennifer had a pointless nude seen in a flashback where she was seen sunbathing with a girlfriend. She had a great rack. A really beautiful natural set of tits and a nice ass. She would have been 18 or 19 when that was filmed.

by Anonymousreply 77August 9, 2021 3:36 AM

Was the reduction required to wear Balenciaga ? Boobs don't work in edgy couture.

by Anonymousreply 78August 9, 2021 3:38 AM

Career Opportunities was just released on Blu-Ray and the guys on Blu-Ray.com are literally going insane. The Hot Spot was also recently released on Blu-Ray, and same thing. She really did have a gorgeous body and it's kind of sad that she had to get her breasts reduced. I'm hoping it's for health reasons and not to please some man.

by Anonymousreply 79August 9, 2021 3:43 AM

She got her boobs reduced because her agent or some producer told her she'd be stuck in the roles mentioned above if she didn't.

by Anonymousreply 80August 9, 2021 3:45 AM

Her breasts were big enough that they could have been painful and been causing back issues. Also, since most of you don't have any, giant boobs are fucking annoying to haul around all the time. Imagine having balls the size of cantalopes and having to deal with them all the time.

by Anonymousreply 81August 9, 2021 4:29 AM

I don't think her boobs were that big R81.

by Anonymousreply 83August 9, 2021 6:06 AM

They were big enough to be a problem, R83. Look at the video at R75. Those are big enough to be a pain. I think people's ideas of what constitutes big boobs is really fucked up anymore by all the ridiculous fake balloons attached to women's chests now.

by Anonymousreply 84August 9, 2021 6:13 AM

I feel like Tom Cruise is on this thread. How has he made "many great films"? Name 5.

The pool movie with Paul Newman is The Color of Money. Paul acts rings around Cruise and steals every scene.

by Anonymousreply 85August 9, 2021 6:43 AM

I heard Josh Charles treated her badly. And Paul Bettany defended Depp in a really nasty asshole kind of way.

Jennifer has talked about not being taken seriously by Hollywood producers. She's also kind of embarrassed by her pre-RFAD image. Especially the marketing for "Career Opportunities (1991)" and a comment a professor made to her in reference to that movie.

by Anonymousreply 86June 12, 2022 7:18 PM

Still very beautiful at 51. Good genes.

by Anonymousreply 87June 12, 2022 7:26 PM

The year after she won the Oscar she showed up to present Chris Cooper with his Oscar for Supporting Actor. She was pregnant at the time and had put on some weight. She looked drop dead gorgeous at the Gloves with the extra meat on her bones.

by Anonymousreply 88June 12, 2022 7:35 PM

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