10 thoughts on “TBT: Being Julia (2004)

  1. OMG, Bening in “The Grifters,” which is so noir it could almost be a costume flick. I also think of her as the female Rickman (or he’s the male Bening): brilliant performers who’ve never won an Oscar.

  2. … having mostly seen Mr Shaun Evans in ENDEAVOUR, I can only say “He plays an American?!?” (This is what happens when a hard-working actor plays a spectacularly English icon of British Detective Fiction for multiple seasons, you know: one forgets he not only has played other characters, one almost forgets that it’s actually his job to do so).

  3. Also, it’s always hard to tell whether an Annette Bening character is glam because she’s a glamorous character or if it’s because she’s being played by the lovely Annette!

  4. I saw it in the cinema when it came out and loved it. I’ve watched Endeavour from early on but didn’t realise it was Shaun Evans in Being Julia until recently! I definitely have to rewatch it.

  5. FYI – that’s Glenn Close in Sunset Boulevard, not Sunset Strip. Though I’d kinda like to see her as a mysterious woman who comes to 77 Sunset Strip to hire Stu, Jeff, and Kookie! In an Jackie Kennedy suit with a hat tipped over one eye….

    1. There’s very little I love more than a happy mistake – a small error that suggests, for example, a truly hilarious crossover (‘Norma Desmond walks into 77 Sunset Strip’ is an excellent example).

  6. I love the scene at end where she happily chugs a beer at a swanky high end restaurant after she has her multiple triumphs.

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