I Don't Care What Other People Think

...unless they agree with me.
Recently, Popoholic had a poll asking who should play the part of Ava Lord, the titular (in more ways than one) dame in the movie adaptation of the Sin City story A Dame To Kill For.
It was originally rumored that Angelina Jolie was going to fill the role. I thought it was perfect casting, but then she was rumored to have moved on to other projects, such as the adaptation of another comic book property, Wanted, which she is currently filming.
(BTW, Wanted was a great comic. I have my problems with Mark Millar *cough*CivilWar*cough* excuse me *cough*Ultimatesisneveron-time *cough* but Wanted was one of the best, most bad-ass stories I've encountered in a long, long time. The movie, based on what I've read about it, promises to be not so much in the way of good. On a side note, Angelina plays a character who was black in the comic. When people complained about white characters being played by black actors in the movie versions, they were accused of being racist. Will the same apply to anyone who complains about the color change here?)
Anyway, with Angelina possibly out of the picture, a replacement Ava had to be found, and the next actress rumored to be up for the part was Rachel Weisz.
A fine and lovely actress, but as I contended in another post, not quite right for the part.
I suggested that, in lieu of Angelina, Scarlett Johansson would be ideal for the part.
And people argued with me.
But lo and behold, the results of the Popoholic poll, which placed Angelina as the frontrunner, as she should be, were thus:

Scarlett Johansson came in second with twenty-eight percent of the voters thinking a raven-haired Johansson should get the role. Rose McGowan came in third place, and Rachel Weisz, who was recently rumoured to be the front-runner for the role, came in fourth with the fewest number of votes. Personally, I don’t see her in the role at all.

So in your face, people who disagreed with me!
I would put Ms. Weisz ahead of Rose McGowan, though, but now that McGowan is allegedly sleeping with director Robert Rodriguez, that might improve her odds.
Of course, if the poll had gone differently, that wouldn't have proven anything, but since it (mostly) went the way I thought it should, it proves that I was right.
You can see the full results of the poll here.
Oh, and for the record, I want to reiterate that in movie adaptations of Sin City stories featuring the character of Delia, the part should be played by Monica Keena (whose cup size, impressive though it may be, I don't know).

For You Rachel Weisz Fans Out There

To keep you from ganging up on me in the comments on the previous post, follow this link to a long-ago entry in which I posted a picture for which I used Ms. Weisz as a reference.
(See? I told you I didn't have anything against her.)

Wet

So last week I stumbled across this great picture of Rachel Weisz in a wet, clinging nightgown.
After staring at it for a while and thinking "Mmm...Rachel Weisz in a wet, clinging nightgown," I realized that besides just generally being a great picture of Rachel Weisz, it could be a source image for a great picture of my character Ren.
And that's what we have here.
Overall, I'm very pleased with how well the image turned out, though I have to say that it was a LOT of work.
I think I captured the "clinging" effect really well, and I absolutely love how her face turned out.
I am a little iffy on the look of the droplets in the foreground, but despite that, I think this is one of the best pictures I've ever done of this particular character. It's sexy, but with the darkness and the slightly crazed expression on her face there's also a vague air of menace about it, which suits Ren very well.