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Happy Birthday, Joan Cusack! You Make Every Movie Better by Being in It
If there is anyone out there that doesn't appreciate Joan Cusack... honestly, we can't think of anything to tell such a person, other than, "Huh?" The lovely and preposterously talented Ms. Cusack has been consistently excellent since her first film appearance way back in 1980. She also seems like someone who leads a normal life off-camera; this clip of Joan promoting Mars Needs Moms is a great example. On the occasion of her 50th birthday, here is a Snakkle look at a few of our favorite Joan roles, both large and small. By Brett Singer
Joan Cusack in Runaway Bride (1999)
“I’m Peggy Flemming. Not the ice skater.” C’mon, how many performers are there who could deliver a line like that and pull it off? How about this one: “Have you heard my husband’s morning show, ‘Wake Up With Flem?'” Runaway Bride reteamed Julia Roberts and Richard Gere in an effort to, well, make another movie as popular as Pretty Woman. They didn’t quite get there (to be fair, Pretty Woman is pretty darn popular), but they came close, in part because the filmmakers had the good sense to cast Joan Cusack as Roberts’ BFF.
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