Actresses should be proud to play wives and mothers – rather than action roles that are “basically just men” in female form, Claire Foy has said.
Yes, obviously. This bit slightly tickled:
Foy will be seen next in A Very British Scandal on BBC One, playing the Duchess of Argyll.
The duchess being famous for being quite so non-uxorious.
I’m not sure “uxorious” is the right word (except for lesbians) as it’s specifically about doting on a wife. I have seen “maritorious” suggested but the OED says there are only two isolated uses, one 17th C and one 20th C.
However, whatever the word is, she definitely wasn’t.
Uxorial?
“Uxorial?”
Maybe. The OED gives that as meaning “of or pertaining to a wife or wives” (or an alternative to “uxorious”).
Possibly it’s time for a coinage: “non-uniconjugal”.
Don’t you mean “a bit of a slapper”..?
Clare Foy probably had her fingers burnt doing action films after appearing in the not very good sequel to Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, which in fact was so bad that I can’t remember what it is called. I like her, though.
Hollywood made a total pigs ear of the Dragon Tattoo stories, as is their wont with all sorts of stuff. The original Swedish trilogy, even with subtitles, is far better.
Otto- disagree- she was a very good in it. (was it spiders web?) I spent the whole film thinking it can’t be her but it must be.
HB
No, no she was OK, I didn’t like the film as a whole.
See also Michelle Ryan in Bionic Woman.
Otto- fair enough. Before that film i’d only seen her in little dorrit and so it was a very big contrast. Even now i can’t see her being a nympho duchess but look forward to being surprised again.
HB
She was Dora Bella in Going Postal from a few years back.Again she was good ( along with Andrew Sachs) in what was a so so mini series.