Wednesday, July 24, 2013

She's All That - Career Launching Pad

We here at Brainfart Thoughts have established the Greatest Movie Cast Ever, but I want to submit She's All That for one of the better career-launching movies of all time.  If anything the casting director should never go without work as long as they live.  Here are some of the cast of the film, which actually was #1 at the box office!!!
  • Freddie Prinze Jr. - He was fairly famous already but this was his first leading part.  His career didn't exactly take off after this but he did land several more movies as the lead and even had a TV series called Freddie.  Also, that is the actual spelling of his last name - who knew?
  • Rachael Leigh Cook - She also didn't take off after this but she has had steady work since She's All That.  She was basically unknown before the movie.  Who would have thought that just taking glasses and overalls off of a girl could make them so hot?
  • Matthew Lillard - This was his first big role after Scream.  He went on to do a lot of bit roles as well as a million Scooby-Doo movies and TV voice overs.  Bonus not - he has a short film coming out called Blow Me that I am sure the whole family will enjoy.
  • Paul Walker - He was a TV guy until She's All That and Varsity Blues came out the same year. Since then he has gone on to star in one of the most lucrative franchises in move history - the Fast & Furious series (you disappoint me, America)
  • Anna Paquin - This is one of her first movies (other than the one where she one an Oscar when she was super young).  After awhile of doing some smaller roles she landed the lead in HBO's absurdly successful True Blood.
  • Gabrielle Union - This was her first movie; a change from being a bit part actress on TV.  Now she has been in several movies and dates three-time NBA champion Dwayne Wade.
  • DulĂ© Hill - He was the token black guy in the movie who parlayed this into being the main character in two very long running TV shows - Psyched and The West Wing.  Bonus fact - his first role on IMDB was in a movie called The River Pirates in which he played Robert E. Lee!
Great job casting Robin Ray (who turned evil and cast Resident Evil and Children of the Corn 666) and Ed Mitchell (who also cast Chairman of the Board - yikes).  We are all very thankful that you could bring us this coming of age film and spark much of the plot for the spoof Not Another Teen Movie.  One more fun fact - on IMDB Not Another Teen Movie got a 5.5/10 while Shes All That got a 5.6/10 - so close.

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