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AfterEllen.com Huddle: Women who should co-star in a “Single White Female” situation

Single White Female has inspired so many other films in its likeness. For instance, The Roommate stars Leighton Meester as she tries to take over Minka Kelly‘s life (and bed, but that’s besides the point). And at the People’s Choice Awards this week, the co-stars appeared together, looking just as lovely (and like one another) as they do in the movie.

Apparently there’s just something so appealing the idea of women wanting to become just like each other by tearing the other one’s world apart, but it doesn’t have to be like that. It could become something a little more interesting, this doppelgängers theme, and we have some candidates who would be ideal for the situation.

OK, bloggers: What two women would be great together in a Single White Female/The Roommate-type film?

The Linster: I think Carey Mulligan and Michelle Williams already have some kind of symbiotic thing going on. I mean, Michelle has blonde hair; Carey dyes her hair blonde. Carey has a pixie; Michelle gets a pixie. Michelle does a Vogue cover; Carey does a Vogue cover.

But I don’t really want them to do a doppelgänger thriller. I’m freaked enough already.

Grace Chu: Emily Blunt has already played a manipulative woman who reels an unsuspecting girl into her maze of bizarre mind games in My Summer of Love. Her doppelgängers Zooey Deschanel and Katy Perry can be thrown into the mix (as long as Katy Perry’s character is mute or sticks to humming songs about fireworks).

Mia Jones: Ever since watching Single White Female, I have literally never looked at a pair of high heels the same way again. The pair I’d like to put together could probably do some damage with a pair of Converse. There’s a good chance the age difference between my ladies would be a bit gross, but at the same time super hot.

I would love to see SkinsKaya Scodelario and Kate Moennig do a battle of the over-sexed, over-drugged misunderstood lady with a heart of gold who has problems letting people get close to them. Really, I just want any excuse to see either one of them on screen for a substantial amount of time.

Jamie Murnane: I didn’t know a thing about JoJo, other than she is actually not Lindsay Lohan or her sister, Ali. But every time I saw a preview for the 2006 film Aquamarine, starring Joanna “JoJo” Levesque, I was pretty confused. Eventually, I figured out this Lohan-alike was the pop singer behind brief hits like “Leave (Get Out)” and “Too Little Too Late.”

Clearly, JoJo was totally trying to be Lindsay, so while the two would make a great hypothetical Single White Female-esque pairing, we’re too late – it’s already happened in real life. (You know: LiLo, JoJo.) I bet JoJo’s not even a natural redhead. Good thing Samantha Ronson got out of the picture before she ended up with a stiletto in her eye. Yikes.

Anyway, JoJo wasn’t that successful because “Rumors” and “Bossy” are such better songs, and a film about teens befriending a mermaid who winds up in their pool is certainly no Mean Girls (aka the best film of all time). Then again, no one wants to be mistaken for the girl in and out of rehab.

Dara Nai: There are an inordinate number of hot ladies who look like other hot ladies. Why? Who knows. Let’s not question the bounty the universe bestows upon us. But if we’re talking about SWF dopplegangers, these two just about cover it.

Amaia Salamanca and Kate French.

One played Niki Stevens on The L Word; the other appeared in a couple of episodes of Los Hombres de Paco and a telenovela with the Best. Title. Ever, Without Breasts There Is No Paradise. That one was clearly written by Captain Obvious.

Which is which? I’m not going to tell you. Not because I’m being coy, but because I’m not sure at this point.

Dorothy Snarker: The first time I saw Anna Torv I thought, Cate Blanchett has a younger sister and she’s in the FBI. Right, so clearly I have a tenuous grasp on the separation between fiction and reality, but I digress. They’re the perfect doppelgängers. Both actresses are Australian. Both are blonde. Both are beautiful. Both are bright. Both look great in suits. Etc., etc., etc.

So my dream doppelganger movie starring these two would be a reimagining of the classic sister psychodrama Whatever Happened to Baby Jane. But instead of being aging sisters, they’re young and vibrant and crazy as hell. The drinking! The murder! The parakeet dinners! God, it would be the most fierce, frightening, fabulous remake ever — bonus points if they get to use their natural Australian accents.

Heather Hogan: If you’re going to make a movie about doppelgängers, make a movie with real doppelgängers – am I right? And by “real doppelgängers” I mean “twins.” And by “twins” I mean “The Best Twins Ever.” And by “The Best Twins Ever” I mean Kathryn Prescott and Megan Prescott, obviously.

If they end up fighting over the love of one Miss Lily Loveless? Well, that’s all the better, now, isn’t it?

Drummerdeeds: Is it just me, or does Mikey Koffman from The Real L Word bear an uncanny resemblance to Russell Brand?

In addition to sharing the same appearance – the “I just got sneak-attacked by a squirrel” hair style, tattoos, and bad clothing – each talks about their “schlong” so much, you wouldn’t be able to distinguish the two. Now that’s a scary film.

Bridget McManus: My pick is Noomi Rapace and Mila Kunis. But in my version it is a happy ending and they get married. And I’m their wedding photographer.

Trish Bendix: I recently found out that Dakota Blue Richards is only 16, which means I can’t say she is a good looking gal without cringing. But she looks just like some of legal age: Elly Jackson of La Roux, and together, they could do some brilliant The Talented Mr. Ripley-type film where one becomes obsessed with the other.

And they have to both be lesbians because then they can play out that narcissistic stereotype.

OK, readers: Who would you love to see paired together?

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