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> Olive Oyl from the Popeye movie I recently (randomly!) listened to the "What Went Wrong" podcast episode about Popeye. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast
by knodi123 2y ago
> Olive Oyl from the Popeye movie
I recently (randomly!) listened to the "What Went Wrong" podcast episode about Popeye. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/popeye-1980/id1512847066?i=1000498061719 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/popeye-1980/id15128470...
It was _hilarious_ . But the one thing that went perfectly was the casting of Shelley Duvall. The podcasters said "If you gave god a bunch of popeye cartoons and told him to make a real human version of Olive Oyl, you'd get Shelley Duvall." And Shelley herself said that she grew up being called Olive Oyl, and hated it because of all that it implied- but now that it got her cast in a big budget movie, she said the comparison doesn't hurt anymore!
- boppo1 2y agoWhat did it imply? Unfamiliar.
- knodi123 2y agoSkinny, tall, tiny breasts, washboard ass, annoying voice. Just generally not the physical characteristics of a woman who wants to be seen as sexy.
- JohnFen 2y agoAnd yet, TMI here, I always found Shelley Duvall to be sexy. There's a lid for every pot.
- bitwize 2y agoShe was unconventionally beautiful, but she really had a certain something. The modern girl I want to compare her to is Aubrey Plaza for some reason. Again, that makes her casting as Olive perfect. It helps the audience see in Olive what Popeye and Bluto see in her.