Ever watch a movie and think to yourself, "Man, that’s a nice life this character’s living. I wouldn’t mind a piece of that"? It used to manifest itself in real-estate envy — I always wanted Connor MacLeod’s sprawling SoHo loft (complete with mini-weapons museum) from 1984’s Highlander. But I was watching Pierce Brosnan’s The Thomas Crown Affair over the weekend and found myself saying, "Hey, that Thomas Crown’s got it made. Super-rich, with disposable catamarans and Caribbean pleasure compounds and private jets and Manhattan mansions — complete with a manservant — plus he gets to frolic with Rene Russo. And, to top it off, THE DUDE IS A MASTER THIEF. How cool is that?"
What character has a life that you’d like to slip into, even for just a little while?
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Daniel Craig – Casino Royale
Being the ultimate superspy and banging Eva Green? I’ll take it.
doug heffernan
Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark. That would be two amazing lives to have. I mean you would get to be a millionaire and a superhero. How much better can you get?
In case you don’t know Bruce Wayne is Batman and Tony Stark is Iron man. Just to clear up any confusion.
I’d like to live in one of the houses from any film Nancy Meyers had directed — either the spanish LA house or English cottage from The Holiday, or the Hamptons house in Somethings Gotta Give (love that house!! ) And when I realized she had directed The Parent Trap with Lindsey Lohan, I realized it made perfect sense because I loved both houses in the movie — the one in Napa and the English town house! I would love to live for awhile in any of these places.
Carrie Bradshaw
Thomas Crowne was the first name I thought of. The guy catamarans, is a glider pilot and knows how to dance.
Random, but I’d love to be Rose from “The Holiday.” Working as a journalist, living in a little English cottage, dating an adorkable composer – not bad, really. I’d have picked a Elektra or something, but it’s not the kind of life that stays fun in your fifties, you know? Charming ivy-covered cottages stay charming.
Amelie Poulin. She gets to have all kinds of fun doing good deeds, and has interesting friends and an adorable boyfriend.
I always wanted to live in the house from Practical Magic. I love that house!! With the greenhouse and the high spiral stairs.
I don’t have a specific character, so much as a type of character. I want to be a villain, but not just any villain- I want to be a criminal mastermind, the kind who impresses everyone watching the show/movie because they’re brilliant AND badass. I think I like villains because I’m such a nice, law-abiding citizen in real life.
I just want to be any character who gets to be in a lot of swordfights. I really love swordfights.
I’d like to be Captain Malcolm Reynolds from Firefly/Serenity (even though he’s a guy). Seriously, spaceships, theft/smuggling, facing (or running from) danger? Awesome.
Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice 2005. I’d go live at that version of Pemberly with Mr. Darcy any day.
I have always loved that pad from Highlander, too.
Random, but Julia Stiles’s character in The Prince and Me. Become a brilliant doctor only to have a handsome prince waiting for me after I return from fighting diseases in third world countries. Awesome. Or, Anne Hathaway’s character in The Princess Diaries…I guess I have a thing for royalty.
Basically any character in Oceans 1-3. Pick one, I don’t even care which one.
I’d love to be Cher from “Clueless.” Fabulous wardrobe, shiny hair, great friends and I’d get to live in Beverly Hills. Oh, and if i don;t like my gym grade, I just argue my way out of it!
Mr. or Mrs. Smith: you’re rich, you’re hot, your spouse is hot and you’re a freakin’ badass…well maybe with a bit less homicide. So them, but on vacation.
I would take either Cameron Diaz’ life or Kate Winslet’s life from the Holiday. The huge mansion in CA is nice, but living in a quiet county home in England would also be great. Plus, both have sweet jobs (or at least jobs that are better than mine).
Can we choose TV? I’d love to be The Doctor in Doctor Who. What a life…
Call me lazy, but I would love to be Hugh Grant in “About A Boy.” Sit around all day while your father’s song earns royalties? Please and thank you. I am in.
Also: Jean Gray from the “X-Men” series. Not only are you sexy and superpowered, you have a really fun job and two amazing, attractive men pining over you at the same time. Whoever you pick, you win!
For the most realistic fantasy (ha), I’d pick Kathleen Kelly, Meg Ryan’s character in You’ve Got Mail. Adorable UWS apt, shopping for brunch at Zabar’s, a fabulously rich bf in Tom Hanks…I wouldn’t change a thing, except for the dial-up Internet.
Melanie Hamlition from Gone with the Wind. She had a husband that she loved and who loved her back. Sure her husband’s eyes did wander but he loved her. She had a family that loved and all her friends loved her. She came off as weak but she never was truely was weak as she was perviced. She was willing to give up everything for her family and friends. If I could be anyone from anytype of a book I would choose to be her. Sure Scarlet was overall strong but Melly was stronger out of the two. Melly did things for nonselfish reason while Scarlet did things out of selfish reason.
I always said that if I could be any character from a movie it would either be: 1) Catherine Banning from Thomas Crown Affair because I LOVE her clothes and Pierce Brosnan or 2)Sally Owens from Practical Magic because I love her house, clothes, powers, boyfriend, everything. Also any character that shags Jeremy Irons would be okay with me.
I’m with you Zet- if TV counts I’m picking the Doctor (doesn’t matter which one). A lot of my friends want to be a companion, but why settle for that? I want to be a freaking time lord!
I would so want to be Ferris Bueller on his day off! Driving that car! Being in the Parade! Being Abe Froman – the Sausage King of Chicago! And not getting caught at all!
I also would like to be Baby from Dirty Dancing, just cause I want to learn how to dance like that!
Superhero Life.
Tony Stark. I am girl and I love his charisma. Sure, and it doesn’t hurt to have your own tricked-out mad-scientist lab where you can build anything that you can dream off.
Romantic Life
No, I don’t agree with Rose’s house. I like the house, but I loved Amanda’s house. What is not to love?
My visa card came out at the Blinds scene. When they closed down, I said “I love this house.”
Criminal life.
O-ren-ishi from Kill Bill. There is something about Japanese Yakuza and sword-fighting that makes this girl go yeah.
Traveler’s Guide Life.
The Beach. One Memorable Quote, “Tommorow, I will travel many miles on a bicycle.”
In a weird way, I would love to be Uma Thurman’s “The Bride” from the Kill Bill movies. Not that I am out for vengence or blood but to just OWN the way she was. Bad a$$ to the bone and not scared of anyone. Her self-esteem must have been through the roof and that is what I am lacking in my life.
I would like to be Dickie Greenleaf from the Talented Mr. Ripley before he met Tom. Living it up in Italy.
I pretty much am Amelie Poulain. I’m just waiting for her ending!