comment #1

berkguru says ...

Always had a thing for her - she is compelling. Only reasons she might be "over" are probably completely out of her control like many other older talented women in this world.

comment #2

actionman says ...

She's so hot in Tony Scott's Revenge.

comment #3

DavidF says ...

She was good in 12 Monkeys too. It's the sort of thing where you watch it and wonder where the hell she went (and why Bruce Willis does so few films where he shows he can act when he tries...)

comment #4

scooterzz says ...

always been a fan of both her and her husband (his series DREAM ON kinda started the ball rolling for HBO original series)...interesting she wrote a period western as they own a cattle ranch in texas...makes me wonder where her affinity for the west comes from....(and after 'bad girls' i'm surprised she'd ever want to do a western again)....

comment #5

CarloDennis says ...

I'm happy for her. Was intrigued by this story years ago. Oh, and the actual, unusual spelling of her first name is MadelEine.

comment #6

actionman says ...

I second DavidF on her work in 12 Monkeys -- very good stuff. What an awesome movie that was. I should watch it again soon.

comment #7

JohnCope says ...

I'm not surprised to hear news of this sort about her as she has always come across in her film roles, interviews, etc. as strong, confident and unwilling to be cowed. But she's not obnoxious or some shallow, banal proud "bitch"; her strength of character is just that, strength, and it has never mitigated her other more conventional feminine qualities. Those things all interact and complement one another, deepening and becoming richer as experiences and qualities of character. There are very few other actresses who have managed that balance as well--Debra Winger for one and look at what happened to her. Regardless, Stowe was and is an excellent talent and we have been poorer for her relative absence. Oh, and to make a point I have made consistently, she and Rickman should have won the Oscars in '91 not Foster/Hopkins. Without a doubt.

comment #8

corey3rd says ...

I wonder how much of her lower profile is from her focus to get this project done.

comment #9

BoshBarnetWonkyDonkey says ...

I would have taken the money. It's not like a Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe movie would have been some botched hack job.

comment #10

rr3333 says ...

Loved her in 'Stakeout' as well.

A true guilty pleasure of a movie.

comment #11

btwnproductions says ...

But that movie might not have gotten off the ground, for all the promises. Smart lady, one I'm surprised not to be seeing on a high-caliber cable show or some other classy project.

comment #12

arnold stang says ...

I read the script. It's about 160 pages, the writing impressive and the story compelling. Bravo for Ms Stowe.

comment #13

scooterzz says ...

It's not like a Ridley Scott/Russell Crowe movie would have been some botched hack job.

no, you'd need to add leonardo dicaprio for that to happen....

comment #14

BoshBarnetWonkyDonkey says ...

Body of Lies was mint. Mark Strong's performance as Dimitar Berbatov was top banana.

comment #15

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Now this is cool news! She was pretty much always great in everything she did, even if the films she appeared in weren't necessarily great. Second the love for her in 12 Monkeys and Revenge. Let's not forget her performances in Blink, Short Cuts, The Last of the Mohicans, and even Stakeout.

I'll miss staring at her hypnotically beautiful form, but really curious to see what she can do behind the camera.

Also hard to believe she's 50 years young! Look out Diane Lane...

comment #16

eoguy says ...

Unlawful Entry, anyone? No? Ok.

comment #17

George Prager says ...

Her lips in WE WERE SOLDIERS disturbed me.

comment #18

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Sure, why not? I'm telling you, for me she's good (or at least watchable) in damn near anything she does. Same for Kurt Russell, actually.

I think the opposite applies for Ray Liotta, however, with the obvious couple exceptions.

comment #19

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Prager is always disturbed by female lips, especially anywhere below his waist.

comment #20

Mowkeka says ...

Loved her in Last of the Mohicans...

comment #21

actionman says ...

"Body of Lies was mint."

I agree wholeheartedly.

And yes, Stowe was great in Mohicans. That movie always gives me the goosebumps.

comment #22

George Prager says ...

I wasn't the only one:
"Led by Madeleine Stowe, with enough collagen in her lips to block out the sun, the women bond just as tightly as do their men overseas."
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/2002/03/01/2002-03-01_when_our_boys_were_bravehear.html

BOW before those lips, BOW!
http://www.thespiannet.com/actresses/S/stowe_madeleine/wws.jpg

You're not bowing.

comment #23

sumo-pop says ...

Love Madeline Stowe. Her only sin was breaking 40.

comment #24

va says ...

Prager is on the mark - Stowe's mouth was a distraction is "We Were Soldiers" - and not for a good reason. She was an underrated actress in her prime, and one of the more incredible looking actresses as well.

comment #25

Rich S. says ...

Thought she was miscast in The Two Jakes, but that was in no way her fault. She was game, but never projected the kind of "tough dame" necessary. The 40s look really suited her, though.

comment #26

actionman says ...

Too much collagen in her lips aside, she's a hottie.

comment #27

RMBurnett says ...

Can I just second the mention of Tony Scott's REVENGE? I'll bet the only reason that film hit Blu Ray so quickly was the scene of Kevin Costner finger-banging her while he was driving in his jeep.

My Playstation 3 actually steams up whenever I play that disc.

comment #28

NightWriter says ...

Love Ms. Stowe (esp. in 12 Monkeys), agree she's a good actress, but I would've sold the script for the $5M. In '93 Scott was hot after Thelma & Louise and if this film scored too she would've had dozens of offers for her next script. Plus, she could've leveraged her writing skills and her looks to custom-create a star vehicle for herself. Sixteen years is a long time to wait to get your project made. Will she succeed as a writer-director? TBD

comment #29

Markj74 says ...

Madeleine Stowe in The Last of the Mohicans...sigh. Absolutely beautiful. What a glowing presence she was in that (magnificent) film.

comment #30

actionman says ...

"I'll bet the only reason that film hit Blu Ray so quickly was the scene of Kevin Costner finger-banging her while he was driving in his jeep."

Or the scene of her topless in the lake.

comment #31

actionman says ...

Love this IMDB tidbit:

The sex scenes between Kevin Costner and Madeleine Stowe were not rehearsed or choreographed in any way before shooting. Tony Scott simply set up three cameras and allowed the actors to find their way into the scenes. Everything seen during the sex scenes was improvised by the actors themselves. When Costner viewed Scott's director's cut of the movie in 2007 he said of these scenes, 'Boy, we really got into it didn't we'?

comment #32

George Prager says ...

I'm more of a Johdi May kind of guy. I was bumming when she jumped off the waterfall. Wes Studi looked kind of bummed as well.

comment #33

Rich S. says ...

George, the look on Wes Studi's face in that scene is priceless. It's almost like he's saying to himself "crazy paleface bitch....oh well, what are you going to do?"

comment #34

CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Classic, Rich...

comment #35

George Prager says ...

"I was just going to sell her to some fur trappers. Nothing to end your life over. Now I'm out over 50 bucks...crazy bitch."

comment #36

erniesouchak says ...

Good for her, but too bad for her, too...with few exceptions, Westerns bomb.

comment #37

trollywood says ...

Could be good, I like Westerns. The title sucks, though. "Unbound Captives"? Sounds like a porn film.

comment #38

Gordon27 says ...

I have to admit, I'd love to see RIdley Scott do a western, and Russell Crowe starring in a good western (third time's the charm?), but I do respect her for it, yeah. Of course, now she's got to deliver the goods as a director -- that's got to be a tough first time director gig, doing a western.

comment #39

TM says ...

I recall being told by a couple of directors (off the record, of course) that Ms. Stowe had gained a reputation for being "difficult" on set. I'm not saying it's true -- just that someone was putting it out there and that's one of the reasons her career became a bit spotty. She was one of several actresses who were unofficially "greylisted" -- others being Debra Winger (who is batshit crazy), Annabella Sciorra and Sharon Stone.

I didn't know whether or not to believe the first guy who told me this ... but when a second director and then a third one mentioned this ... I began to think that something was afoot. Somewhere along the line, these ladies crossed someone.

comment #40

Baron Munchausen-by-Proxy says ...

Scooterz: "...his series DREAM ON kinda started the ball rolling for HBO original series..."

Let's not go nuts. "The Larry Sanders Show" got that ball rolling; "Dream On" was the "Arliss" of it's day - HBO had ownership & sunk costs so they kept it rolling despite internal numbers that no one watched. (Plus, its producers went on to give us "Friends", so, you know...)

comment #41

Gordon27 says ...

I thought everybody watched 'Dream On' once or twice for the novelty of a sitcom with nudity in it.

comment #42

hcat says ...

Used to Watch Dream on all the time and am one of the three people who enjoyed Radioland Murders, but there is no way Benben was funny enough to warrent a woman as hot as Stowe.

comment #43

scooterzz says ...

baron -- hardly think i was 'going nuts'...by 'kinda got the ball rolling' i was pointing out that it was an early success that allowed for shows like 'larry sanders' to get in the door.... i'm not suggesting that it was better than 'larry sanders' just that it came first and generated enough positive press to encourage hbo to enlarge their sitcom roster...
so, yeah...it kinda got the ball rolling.....

comment #44

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comment #45

dd says ...

I'm not surprised to hear news of this sort about her as she has always come across in her film roles, interviews, etc. as strong, confident and unwilling to be cowed. But she's not obnoxious or some shallow, banal proud "bitch"; her strength of character is just that, strength, and it has never mitigated her other more conventional feminine qualities. Those things all interact and complement one another, deepening and becoming richer as experiences and qualities of character.

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comment #46

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