Originally posted by the Bear:
i think someone (tuatau himself i think) said it before.. she's a "lousy actress" coz she distracts too much from the movie 
Ho ho... well, if you want to put it that way, also as evident from her roles in recent Hollywood movies, Bellucci's beauty -- a gift -- is also a curse.
Her beauty aside, however, she really
is quite a credible actress, or she wouldn't have been given the leading role in some of her films. One would believe some hearts went out to her character in "Malèna" during the mob scene, and not many actresses today would be able to do the gut-wrenching "Irréversible " underpass scene in one single nine-minute take.
Sometimes, actresses who are too pretty have to uglify themselves to a certain extent, in order to get the audience to focus on their characters, their acting, instead of their looks. Kidman did so in "The Hours", Berry also in "Monster's Ball", and Theron certainly made people sit up in "Monster". (All three won acting honours for their sacrifices, incidentally).
