Laura San Giacomo
How was she in this movie? Did she get much screentime or was her role minor? Just curious.
shareShe was the leading lady and had a lot of scren time 2nd only to Tom Selleck
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She did an amazing job. I wasnt aware that she appeared in Hollywood movies, but after I googled the movie, I was suprised to find her playing a remarkable role. She was amazing, and fit it well. I would check it out, if you like her as an actress, you would enjoy the movie.
shareThis movie is the first thing I have ever seen her in and I have been a fan of her ever since. I thought to myself, "Self, she's hot!"
I saw this movie for the first time, on TV the other day. She was absolutely AWFUL. I'm serious, it was very embarassing to watch her scenes. Tom Selleck himself looked embarassed!
Her accent was horrible, and it kept going in and out.
Some of her sucking was the fault of the script, I admit she had some mega-cheesy lines. But I can't stress enough how TERRIBLE she was. Was this movie her first acting job ever?
See the movie, she is so horrible it's like a train wreck, you can't look away.
I understand San Giacomo has (arguably) gotten better at acting but Oh.My.GOD did she stink in this.
I like kids, I just don't think I could eat a whole one.
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Isn't it possible that the variation you observed in her performance was the nature of the character. She was playing a "Texican" woman traumatized by the abandonment of her husband who sent her into sexual bondage in Australia, and the indian raid and death of her infant that triggered this. Her response was to act crazy as her defense. In Quigley she finds a chance out of her situation, but has to be cautious given the life threatening circumstance and her own uncertainties and real resolution of her psychological trauma.
I find her performance quality and complex. I've always thought this movie is a "western" gem.
I thought she did a fabulous job but everybody is entitled to their own opinion.
shareWhat a sweetheart, utterly charming, she helps give the movie a quality that lifts it above the usual Western fare...
Plus she's a feisty foil for Selleck (who can be a little bland). Even the disparity in their heights (which looks like about a foot, at least!) is used to good effect.
A nice woman, and a very good mother by all accounts. One of the reasons she took her role in Just Shoot Me, was a stable job situation, to let her care for her child, who is handicapped.
I've never seen her in anything but this. She was beautiful, deeply and genuinely sensuous and at the same time matter-of-fact and humorous, perfect for the role. Her readings were fresh and interesting--Had some scenes that could have been way maudlin that she pulled off tone perfect, even given the extra layer of complexity to her role, namely, that she goes in and out of delusion. The chemistry with Selleck was excellent.
shareFirst saw her in "Sex, Lies and Videotape". Very sexy. Role in this movie is that of a crazy woman, and that is never sexy. Wasted in tv show. I expected more form her career.
shareIf you get a chance, see Laura in 1994's The Stand. She plays a very compelling picture of a person mesmerizing on the outside, but wholly (or is she) lost on the inside....
shareCora Cobb, I can hear Beavis and Butthead freaking at that name.
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I actually liked her in this movie, she was so cute....Oh, you mean kangaroo s**t.... was way better then Selleck, if only they had got another person to play that part would've made for a better movie, I like the movie and all, watch it whenever it comes on, just don't like Selleck in it.
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