I meant in 'Splice' her character will probably get bumped off since
nothing good happens to characters in movies that mess with nature.
Just making a point that all the characters she plays have terrible
things happen to them. It's like a Lemony Snicket novel. And I
forgot 'Last Night' where she had the world end on her...ouch!


--- In sarahpolleyfanclub@yahoogroups.com, maestroshelly98
<no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> > It is also worth noting that the roles she has famously turned
down
> > like Julia Stiles in 'Bourne Identity' and Kate Hudson in 'Almost
> > Famous' never had so much as a harsh word hurled at them(maybe
> > that's why she didn't take them)
>
> I'd heard only recently she was offered Julia Stiles' role
in 'Bourne
> Identity'. I don't know why she didn't take it. On the other hand,
she
> turned down 'Almost Famous' because it would end up giving her
> something she didn't want (celebrity status).
>
> <<"All hell broke loose for a while," Polley explains. We're having
> dinner at Swan, a couple of weeks after the Away From Her shoot has
> wrapped. "It was this odd and decisive move," she says, "and it came
> partly from a really rational and competent decision, and partly out
> of an insane instinct that I didn't completely understand. I think I
> could give a thousand reasons why I dropped out and they'd all be
> right and they'd all be totally wrong. The most important reason, in
> terms of what happened to the rest of my life, is that I could see
> what was in store for the person who played that part—I realized I
> don't want that. I want to be completely in control of the choices I
> make.">>
> http://www.torontolife.com/features/woman-verge/?pageno=2
>
> > and since her next role in 'Splice' is as a scientist monkeying
> > with nature and playing god by creating a hideous monster it does
> > not look like her prospects are looking much better.
>
> I don't know if I'd say that. I mean, she's been working for this
long
> (nearly a quarter-century!); personally, I don't see her stopping
> anytime soon.
>
> > It would be nice to see her in a
> > role where she lives happily with a soft puppy dog and the sun is
> > shining and she wins the lottery or something. Give the poor gal
a
> > break.
>
> But would it be as interesting to watch? ;)
>