This past Saturday was Susan Sarandon’s birthday. Women, this is what 62 looks like. Hello, gorgeous.

This year also marks an anniversary, of sorts, of Sarandon’s film career. Her first role came after the 1968 Democratic Convention, when she and then-husband Chris Sarandon went to a casting call for “the kind of young people who disrupted the convention.” She got a major part in the 1970 release, Joe; he got nothing. She has been playing strong, opinionated women ever since — including snarky waitress Louise Sawyer in Thelma & Louise.

In honor of Sarandon’s birthday, wowOwow.com asked some of its illustrious contributors and readers, “If you were Louise, who would be your Thelma?” … continue reading