Why I'd like to be ... Val Kilmer in Tombstone
Wyatt Earp might be the lead, but the infirm Doc Holliday is the real hero, an educated, elegant gunslinger who most importantly, for a long-term invalid such as Scott Jordan Harris makes chronic...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction
The sharp-talking, manipulative and nerveless Bridget might be a murderous sociopath from 90s cinema, but even today, Anna Smith might channel her Why I'd like to be ... Val Kilmer in Tombstone Why I'd...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be ... Molly Ringwald in Pretty in Pink
Together with John Hughes, Molly Ringwald created a character that is plain and beautiful, confident and insecure, wise and foolish a credible teenager, in other words, but one who has learned some...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Patrick Fugit in Almost Famous
He's awkward, nerdy and refuses to go with the rock'n'roll flow, but teen writer William Miller in Almost Famous has been my hero since I secretly watched the film aged 10. Not cool Why I'd like to be...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Julie Christie in Billy Liar
Teenage angst and procrastination still linger; that's why I admire the daydreaming Billy Fisher's best chance of a life beyond fantasy the vivacious LizWhy I'd like to be ... Linda Fiorentino in The...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird
Even from a small English village, Atticus Finch, the lawyer defending a wrongly accused African American in the deep south of America, seemed the epitome of quiet decency, fatherly tenderness and...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Chewbacca in Star Wars
He's a giant dog/bear with a blood-curdling howl who oozes cool as he flies spaceships around the Star Wars galaxy and shoots clone fascists with lasers plus he saved me from the terrors of Watership...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Keanu Reeves in Speed
He began the 90s with Bill and Ted's silliness and ended them with The Matrix's existential angst, but in between came Keanu Reeves's greatest role as Jack Traven, a taciturn, tough-guy cop who oozed...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Malcolm McDowell in If
You don't need to be an Old Etonian to identify with anti-hero schoolboy Mick Travis when he goes to war with the establishmentWhy I'd like to be Gregory Peck in To Kill a MockingbirdWhy I'd like to be...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Reginald VelJohnson in Die Hard
John Wayne he ain't, but Die Hard's deskbound cop, Sgt Al Powell, offers the perfect protection during McClane's fantasy rampage and sees off some demons of his ownWhy I'd like to be Gregory Peck in To...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Cary Grant in Charade
Gentlemanly and intelligent with a hint of vulnerability, the Cary Grant of Charade is the perfect version of the great man himselfWhy I'd like to be Gregory Peck in To Kill a MockingbirdWhy I'd like...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Scarlett Johansson in Lost in Translation
Johansson's Charlotte uncertain, unsure and about to embark on an exciting journey is a refreshing change from most heroines who are easy-going in social situationsWhy I'd like to be Gregory Peck in To...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be ... Dan Aykroyd in The Blues Brothers
Wearing sunglasses at night is cool, neo-Nazis are rubbish, soul music is brilliant I learnt some of lifes most important lessons from the loyal and taciturn Elwood Blues in one of the greatest...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Antonio Banderas in Desperado
Nineties indie cinema wasn't short on cool dudes but there's something irresistible about the grand tradition of the silent action hero stacking up the bodycount Why I'd like to be Scarlett Johansson...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Jason Miller in The Exorcist
You don't have to be a tortured Catholic to admire the actor's tough, redemptive film debut but it helps Why I'd like to be Chewbacca in Star WarsWhy I'd like to be Scarlett Johansson in Lost in...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Michael Caine in The Quiet American
Caine gives a definitive, jaded, lovelorn performance in Phillip Noyce's 2002 version of Graham Greene's stunning 1955 novel Why I'd like to be Malcolm McDowell in If Why I'd like to be Keanu Reeves in...
View ArticleWhy Id like to be John Cusack in Grosse Pointe Blank
This, perhaps the greatest romcom ever conceived with the male viewer in mind, sees puppy-eyed Cusack reinvented as a hard-edged hitman healed by his love for Minnie Driver exactly the kind of guy my...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Samuel L Jackson in Do The Right Thing
Spike Lee's film has it all. Comedy, murder, politics, a stellar R&B soundtrack, and some of the best lines in cinema history. And at its centre is Jackson, on the cusp of fame, playing DJ Mister...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Jennifer Connelly in Labyrinth
Goblins, animatronics and David Bowie's trouser bulge aside, Jim Henson's adventure is really a universal coming-of-age tale, and a reminder to persevere when life gets toughWhy I'd like to be John...
View ArticleWhy I'd like to be Mark Ruffalo in The Brothers Bloom
Ruffalo ramps up the rumpled charm as Stephen Bloom, the coolest conman since Robert Redford, in a caper that makes me want to write my life the way Bloom writes his con games Why I'd like to be...
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