burrunjor
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Just gush about some actresses you don't think get enough credit here. I won't mention the likes of Gina Carano, Claire Stansfield and Famke Janssen just yet as I've gushed about them plenty LOL, so I'll go for some more unconventional choices.
I think Kari Wuhler is a really good actress. She is best known for appearing on Sliders and was something of a B-Movie Queen though she later went on to star in superhero cartoons in the 2010s. Sadly her role in Sliders was not popular as she replaced two beloved characters under very controversial circumstances, and she was heavily sexualized which a lot of fans felt went against the show. Outside that though I think she's actually quite good and it's a shame that has tended to overshadow her other roles.
What really made me a fan was two of her performances in creature features, Anaconda and 8 Legged Freaks. These movies were big favourites when I was a child. In 8 Legged Freaks, Kari plays a badass, tough as nails, no nonsense Sheriff who kills dozens of giant, man eating Spiders, whilst in Anaconda she is quite possibly one of the most useless and pathetic female characters in anything LOL.
She does nothing but scream and sob, and she actually says "Hold my hand" when her boyfriend is being eaten by a Snake thinking it will help him. Best of all though is her death which is so embarrassing. Not only is she the only person not to die at the jaws of the Snake, but she is killed by an old guy, 30 years older than her, who is tied up, whilst she has a knife on him.
When I returned to these two films years later I was surprised to learn that it was the same actress in both roles. I guess my young mind never put them together. I always like castings like that, like learning that Pennywise and Nigel Thornberry are the same guy and Luke Skywalker and the Joker are the same guy etc.
I love that these are played by the same person. It's a shame that she just kind of faded away in the late 2010s.
Another underrated actress I've recently discovered is Natalie Burn. She is honestly one of the absolute best action stars I've come across. I'd go as far as to say she is the best female action start around now after Gina Carano. I don't think she can quite match her, but her fights are so well staged and choreographed. I discovered her through Acceleration which is a fantastic female led action film.
I think Kari Wuhler is a really good actress. She is best known for appearing on Sliders and was something of a B-Movie Queen though she later went on to star in superhero cartoons in the 2010s. Sadly her role in Sliders was not popular as she replaced two beloved characters under very controversial circumstances, and she was heavily sexualized which a lot of fans felt went against the show. Outside that though I think she's actually quite good and it's a shame that has tended to overshadow her other roles.
What really made me a fan was two of her performances in creature features, Anaconda and 8 Legged Freaks. These movies were big favourites when I was a child. In 8 Legged Freaks, Kari plays a badass, tough as nails, no nonsense Sheriff who kills dozens of giant, man eating Spiders, whilst in Anaconda she is quite possibly one of the most useless and pathetic female characters in anything LOL.
She does nothing but scream and sob, and she actually says "Hold my hand" when her boyfriend is being eaten by a Snake thinking it will help him. Best of all though is her death which is so embarrassing. Not only is she the only person not to die at the jaws of the Snake, but she is killed by an old guy, 30 years older than her, who is tied up, whilst she has a knife on him.
When I returned to these two films years later I was surprised to learn that it was the same actress in both roles. I guess my young mind never put them together. I always like castings like that, like learning that Pennywise and Nigel Thornberry are the same guy and Luke Skywalker and the Joker are the same guy etc.
I love that these are played by the same person. It's a shame that she just kind of faded away in the late 2010s.
Another underrated actress I've recently discovered is Natalie Burn. She is honestly one of the absolute best action stars I've come across. I'd go as far as to say she is the best female action start around now after Gina Carano. I don't think she can quite match her, but her fights are so well staged and choreographed. I discovered her through Acceleration which is a fantastic female led action film.
