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Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Wombat) Ruined This Movie


Why cast such an ugly actress to play across the iconic and (still!) handsome Harrison Ford?

Every time she came on screen, I was distracted by her appearance, taking me out of the movie. Her huge nose, big forehead, long face, and weird birthmark? on her forehead. I kept thinking it was a shadow, or maybe she got hit in the head in an earlier scene that I missed, but nope, it's a massive birthmark!

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I think they were looking for a female Han Solo or Indy, something of a scoundrel, but not a honey trap. To be honest I don't even know what that is.

A handsome womanizing scoundrel is a stereotypical male role, can't imagine the female equivalent. I think that is the problem when they write a woman into a man's role.

I think the easiest possible way is to write Helena into a lesbian, and that is probably what they are going to do, just a simply gender swap.

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what a shallow asshole. go watch the CW if you want to jerk off to young and ridiculously good looking actors.

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Thats not nice. Would you have preferred Felicity Jones from Star Wars? (as it looks like she was the original choice for the goddaughter according to the production art for Spielbergs version of Indy 5)

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Yes I would have preferred Felicity, she's much prettier for sure.

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Phoebe Waller-Bridge looks more "manly", I think that was the reason. It is after all a modified male role.

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That makes sense. To be honest, I'd prefer Shia over any of them.

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Unless he is willing to undergo a sex change I don't think he has a chance to play the lead in a Kathleen Kennedy produced movie.

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Beauty is subjective. I actually found her fairly attractive in a weird way

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you like transgender looking people?

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Her looks are irrelevant but I agree she ruined the movie, were we seriously meant to enjoy the character? She was so obnoxious and shallow and her sidekick wasn't much better.

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I swear if they made this same movie and threw Mutt in there and gave those two idiots a romance storyline, this might have been a homerun.

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She ruined the last Bond film too...

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She is not ugly. Just terribly miscast.

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She's not just ugly, she's Fugly on the inside and the outside.

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