PeevePile • A Pet Peeve Archive » Automatic prestige afforded to big name actors who gain weight, wear weird unflattering prosthetics, or otherwise make themselves ugly for a role, regardless of the actual quality of the performance.

Automatic prestige afforded to big name actors who gain weight, wear weird unflattering prosthetics, or otherwise make themselves ugly for a role, regardless of the actual quality of the performance.

Charlize Theron in Monster, Kate Winslet as the old lady in Titanic, Nicole Kidman in The Hours, Salma Hayek in Frida, etc. Also disturbing is the fact that I can only think of female examples...like "OMG, she is SUCH a good actress that she's even willing to NOT BE PRETTY." (Often quickly followed by "Did you see how thick her arms were on the red carpet this year? What a fashion don't!")

— Diana from Brooklyn, NY | Art | 9.18.2009 | Comments (6)

Just wanted to point out that Kate Winslet didn't play the old lady in Titanic. The older Rose was played by Gloria Stuart. But I agree with the rest.

— Budgyrl posted 9/18/2009

Sorry but I didn't think Salma Hayek as Frida Khalo was ugly, probably because Frida Khalo wasn't ugly.

— Acacia posted 9/18/2009

Jack Nicholson did it for "Hoffa." I haven't seen the movie, so can't comment on the performance.

— Lorraine posted 10/3/2009

Christian Bale lost a mess of weight for "The Machinist" and most of what you heard about that movie was how "OMG! He lost SOOOO much weight!"

— kimk posted 10/4/2009

Yeah, Gloria Stuart played the old lady, not Kate W. And again yeah, Frida was a beautiful woman, despite her unibrow. And how does slapping on a unibrow make Salma portray an "ugly" role?

— EDM34321 posted 10/14/2009

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Excessive and difficult-to-remove packaging » 4.95455 stars

Having to act completely surprised and utterly amazed by any and all gifts given to you in a public setting. » 4.91667 stars

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Driving behind someone with their blinker on for miles. » 4.90909 stars

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The dried lotion booger stuck on the nozzle of the lotion bottle. » 4.88235 stars

Using mobile phones at the register. » 127 Comments

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The "insert" button on keyboards. » 61 Comments

When pregnant women complain about being pregnant. » 60 Comments

People who deliberately pronounce words incorrectly and repeatedly. » 55 Comments

"Irregardless." » 55 Comments

People who put ketchup in the refrigerator. » 53 Comments

Women who are just so beautiful they don't have to contribute to sex... » 52 Comments

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10.31.10

Thanks to a recent torrent of spam, I’ve had to disable comments for a while. I’ve now removed the ability to put links in the comments. Email me if you want to put something in, such as five links to knock-off handbag sites, and I’ll happily oblige.

09.10.10

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