Post by Prime etc. on May 18, 2020 4:57:06 GMT
One of those spur of the moment thread ideas.
I was thinking of Moore the other day and thought, she's kind of a milder nerdish version of Hunnicutt (underrated actress IMO--not easy for someone who looks like her to be "get the F away from me" scary in the Legend of Hell House without ghoul makeup while the intent is to be seductive. I think she got saddled with some not so memorable or unfortunate roles later (the one with Richard Widmark and Oliver Reed).
Moore on the other hand caught my attention in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle or the Fugitive (I was unaware she was the transvestite in Cast A Deadly Spell tv movie).
I haven't seen much of her films since the late 90s (though the same is true for Hunnicutt after 1976).
So a question for those who care, do you think they could have swapped some roles?
If so which ones?
Not sure I can picture Moore in Hell House spooking Roddy McDowall into slapping her. Seems to me she would have been happy to be naked instead of ashamed.
And I am not sure I can picture Hunnicutt doing Boogie Nights at least once she opens her mouth--to talk.
But maybe I have missed roles by either of them that would defy my expectations.
I need to think up other comparison actor threads....