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[–] Anchorxiety@reddthat.com 37 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

The nerdy girl in the movie actually being stunning IRL was always amusing

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 hour ago

"No, no, no, no, anyone but her! Not...Janey Briggs! Guys, she's got glasses and a ponytail! Aw, look at that, she's got paint on her overalls, what is that? Guys, there's no way she could be prom queen!"

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Linda Cardellini. She is absolutely stunning IRL and a very underrated actress IMO

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 1 points 13 minutes ago

You spell mommy kinda weird

[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago

I mean she was still gorgeous in the film

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 36 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Not that unusual. Hate to blow their cover, but look closer at all the nerdy women...

[–] Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

Same with nerdy men, ryan gossling is not who I pictured for dr. grace in project hail mary

[–] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Wasn't that liek a part of the jokes?

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 4 hours ago

No, it's a tragedy, not a joke. The tragedy of beauty standards in films, when even the supposed "ugly girls" are actually beautiful but the supposed "beautiful girls" set unrealistic expectations.