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Needs to Play a True Villain.


I think Lisa's a great actress, but there's something (perhaps unintentionally) cold about her sometimes that I think would translate well to a good villain role. Her character in Friends whether intentional or not comes off as really bitchy at times. See her brief role in the movie Easy A also, she plays a guidance counselor to students, sleeps with one of them, and then has a scene with Emma Stone whose character is blamed for sleeping with the same student. At the end of the scene, after basically implying to Emma's character that she won't help her by revealing the truth, she says something like "Thank you for coming in" or words to that effect, and she says it with such a distant and vacant expression/tone that it's actually quite creepy. The movie however was a comedy and her screen time was limited so it was never capitalized upon but I'd love to see her in a serious film, in the role of a true villain.

Has she done any true villain roles?







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Yes, a villain in Lucky Numbers. Travolta's character described hers as a "twisted, psycho bitch."

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I wouldn't say a villain, but in The Other Woman she played an ex wife from Hell, class A bitch!

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I would see it but it would probably do as well as One Hour Photo with Robin Williams. When people want to watch someone to laugh, switching it up can be a mistake and possibly career ruining.

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She was fantastic as a villain in Lucky Numbers during the inhaler scene.

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