This is gorgeous model/actress Rachel Nichols as Shana “Scarlett” O’Hara in the forthcoming G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra movie:
This is her action figure:
And that, kids, is why actor’s should demand likeness approval in their contracts. Holy crackers, that is f***ked up! If you put a trench coat on the Scarlett action figure, she could easily pass for Rorschach from Watchmen:
I’m not sure what happened in translating Rachel into plastic. This new Scarlett figure makes the 80s version look like, well, Rachel Nichols. There must be a subplot in the movie where Cobra attacks Scarlett’s face and makes her look like the Resuscitation Annie CPR dummy. That’s the only explanation. That, or Rachel was a total megabitch to the folks at Hasbro, so this is their sweet, sweet plastic revenge. When the toy industry wakes up and finally makes an action figure of me, I want him to look like a cross between Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell. And be life-size. And anatomically correct. And what were we talking about?
Havoc brings up what is the likely culprit here: The actors sign off on the prototype. By the time the prototype becomes a finished product, a lot of things can change, and the figure may actually look nothing like the actor anymore.
On top of that, we’re talking about the likeness for a 3 3/4” action figures. It’s notoriously one of the toughest scales to work at, and one of the easiest to screw up. There’s about a hundred Luke Skywalker figures that only vaguely resemble Mark Hamill… if he were stoned out on Carrie Fisher’s stash. I hate to say it, but this is actually pretty good compared to a lot that I’ve seen over the years.
As an aside, my favorite likeness story comes from Ian McKellen. He was shown the prototype for the Magneto figure from the first X-Men movie, and he laughed and said “This looks NOTHING like me! Very flattering, though. Where do I sign?”
And about the Ewan McFarrell doll I’d like to buy 10 lol! They can replace all the chairs in my house! lol
Havoc 03/25/2009 10:49 am
fab license? I meant likeness. wonder woman is distracting me.
Havoc 03/25/2009 10:47 am
I thought ALL actor likeness’s had to be approved not only by the actor but by their reps aswell?
The insights we had from the guys at Designworks always made a point of that explaining why some certain figures ould never be made becuase they couldnt get approval.
Could it be that Rachel simply didnt care? Or maybe she wasnt shown final product to approve (which again shouldnt happen)
Catherine Tate always tells the little anecdote of how she was shown her Donna prototype and thought it looked just like her, and then when she got an actual figure, thought it looked more like Cher. (I like her figure a LOT though and think its a fab license)
Apparently they also showed her a runaway bride version that looked fine, then a production sample looked like Bette Midler
“Fugly” Re-Defined
By Chance
March 25, 2009 at 9:40AM EDT
This is gorgeous model/actress Rachel Nichols as Shana “Scarlett” O’Hara in the forthcoming G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra movie:
This is her action figure:
And that, kids, is why actor’s should demand likeness approval in their contracts. Holy crackers, that is f***ked up! If you put a trench coat on the Scarlett action figure, she could easily pass for Rorschach from Watchmen:
I’m not sure what happened in translating Rachel into plastic. This new Scarlett figure makes the 80s version look like, well, Rachel Nichols. There must be a subplot in the movie where Cobra attacks Scarlett’s face and makes her look like the Resuscitation Annie CPR dummy. That’s the only explanation. That, or Rachel was a total megabitch to the folks at Hasbro, so this is their sweet, sweet plastic revenge. When the toy industry wakes up and finally makes an action figure of me, I want him to look like a cross between Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell. And be life-size. And anatomically correct. And what were we talking about?
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Havoc brings up what is the likely culprit here: The actors sign off on the prototype. By the time the prototype becomes a finished product, a lot of things can change, and the figure may actually look nothing like the actor anymore.
On top of that, we’re talking about the likeness for a 3 3/4” action figures. It’s notoriously one of the toughest scales to work at, and one of the easiest to screw up. There’s about a hundred Luke Skywalker figures that only vaguely resemble Mark Hamill… if he were stoned out on Carrie Fisher’s stash. I hate to say it, but this is actually pretty good compared to a lot that I’ve seen over the years.
As an aside, my favorite likeness story comes from Ian McKellen. He was shown the prototype for the Magneto figure from the first X-Men movie, and he laughed and said “This looks NOTHING like me! Very flattering, though. Where do I sign?”
Just one more reason to love that man.
And about the Ewan McFarrell doll I’d like to buy 10 lol! They can replace all the chairs in my house! lol
fab license? I meant likeness. wonder woman is distracting me.
I thought ALL actor likeness’s had to be approved not only by the actor but by their reps aswell?
The insights we had from the guys at Designworks always made a point of that explaining why some certain figures ould never be made becuase they couldnt get approval.
Could it be that Rachel simply didnt care? Or maybe she wasnt shown final product to approve (which again shouldnt happen)
Catherine Tate always tells the little anecdote of how she was shown her Donna prototype and thought it looked just like her, and then when she got an actual figure, thought it looked more like Cher. (I like her figure a LOT though and think its a fab license)
Apparently they also showed her a runaway bride version that looked fine, then a production sample looked like Bette Midler
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