Got a hankering for a little Dr. Quim, Medicine Woman?
There are many things an actor or actress can do to appeal to the younger generation when he or she gets to be of a certain age. Plastic surgery is an option, as is mocking oneself in one of those satirical funnyshows that seem to be so popular with the kids these days, and there's always drawing up a contract and paying a much younger starlet in dire need of a career boost to drop her friends and management, convert to your cult, and pose as your fiancÈe, though we can't think of anyone who would be desperate enough to go that far. Or, you can go the route of the lovely Jane Seymour and show off your 54-year-old snoobs in a movie. Whatever works for you.
Owen Wilson, the salad-tossing Butterscotch Stallion of yore, is the man attached to the lucky hands that get to manhandle Jane's jugs in the upcoming flick The Wedding Crashers. She even beat out legendary scorcher Raquel Welch for the part. " . . . I wanted to appeal to this generation," Jane says. "The script was the funniest thing I'd ever read. I thought the topless scene in particular was the funniest moment in the whole movie. Despite my anxiety I recognised this to be a great role . . . I have never done anything quite like this and it seemed a little insane to be doing it now that I'm in my 50s." Yeah, but see, the really funny thing is that she's done it plenty, showing T&A in 1977's Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, '84's Lassiter, and '87's The Tunnel. But anyway, boobs!
Seymour of Dr. Quinn at MrSkin.com.
