Movie Heroine Wish-List
Film: Twilight
Played by: Kristen Stewart
Why we wish we’d played her: “Because she gets to drive a massive red truck. Oh yeah, and kissing Robert Pattinson wouldn’t be too bad.” Charlotte Duck
Our favourite Bella quote: ‘I can't bring myself to regret the decisions that brought me face to face with death. They also brought me to Edward.’Rex Features
Rex FeaturesPrincess Leia
Film: The Star Wars saga
Played by: Carrie FisherWhy we wish we’d played her: “She’s beautiful, ballsy and knows how to handle a gun. She has the coolest hair in HISTORY and she gets to snog Harrison Ford AKA Hans Solo. ‘Nuff said.” Natasha Aitken
Our favourite Princess Leia quote: ‘I don't know who you are or where you've come from, but from now on you'll do as I say, okay?’
Rex FeaturesBella Swan
Film: Twilight
Played by: Kristen Stewart
Why we wish we’d played her: “Because she gets to drive a massive red truck. Oh yeah, and kissing Robert Pattinson wouldn’t be too bad.” Charlotte Duck
Our favourite Bella quote: ‘I can't bring myself to regret the decisions that brought me face to face with death. They also brought me to Edward.’
Rex FeaturesFrances 'Baby' Houseman
Film: Dirty Dancing
Played by: Jennifer Grey
Why we wish we’d played her: "Because she gets to learn how to dance with the lovely Patrick Swayze, of course!" Charlotte Laidlow
Our favourite Baby quote: [i]‘Most of all I'm scared of walking out of this room and never feeling the rest of my whole life the way I feel when I'm with you!’
OR, the infamous:
'I carried a watermelon...'
Rex FeaturesAlabama Worley
Film: True Romance
Played by: Patricia Arquette
Why we wish we’d played her: “Who say’s romance is dead? She’s cute, quirky and undeniably ballsy, with a fun and fabulous wardrobe, AND Christian Slater. What more could a gal want?” Jessica David
Our favourite Alabama Worley quote: ‘Okey dokey doggie daddy… I'm gonna go jump in the tub and get all slippery and soapy and then hop in that waterbed and watch X-rated movies 'till you get your ass back in my lovin' arms.’
Rex FeaturesHolly Golightly
Film: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Played by: Audrey HepburnWhy we wish we’d played her: “For the wardrobe, and all the fun she had, especially the champagne quaffing!” Jessica Bumpus
Our favourite Holly quote: ‘Nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!’
Rex FeaturesSusan
Film: Desperately Seeking Susan
Played by: Madonna
Why we wish we’d played her: “Because I’ve always wanted to carry my whole life in an Egyptian-style vanity case.” Sharon Forrester
Our favourite Susan quote: ‘He was breathing when I left...’
Rex FeaturesSandy
Film: Grease
Played by: Olivia Newton John
Why we wish we’d played her: “I’ve wanted to be her in the end scene since I was about 4! Who hasn’t?” Gaby Freeman.
Our favourite Sandy quote: ‘Tell me about it, stud.’
Rex FeaturesStephanie Zinnoni
Film: Grease 2
Played by: Michelle Pffeifer
Why we wish we’d played her: “Poor film, yes, but coolest girl alive - so much better than boring Sandra Dee! Used to dress up like her and sit on my Dad’s stepladder singing Cool Rider. Her wardrobe is amazing – still channelling that look ever other day.” Lauren Milligan
Our favourite Stephanie quote:‘I ain't no one's trophy.’
Rex FeaturesRipley
Film: Alien
Played by: Sigourney Weaver
Why we wish we’d played her: “One cool lady; she moves in after the guys have failed and blows the crap out of a killer alien, plus she looks sensational in bikini pants.” Sarah Hecks
Our favourite Ripley quote: ‘Get away from her, you bitch.’
Rex FeaturesTrinity
Film: The Matrix
Played by: Carrie-Anne Moss
Why we wish we’d played her: “Because she’s a total bad ass who can take on five men and be the last (wo)man standing, and I'd love to look like that in rubber.” Jessica David
Our favourite Trinity quote: ‘Dodge this.’
Rex FeaturesIlsa
Film: Casablanca
Played by: Ingrid Bergman
Why we wish we’d played her: “Because she’s beautiful, the film is beautiful and Humphrey Bogart’s beautiful (although he had to stand on a box to seem taller than her, so you never get to see her shoes…). And Sam does play it well! Plus, the 40s war-time fashion is extraordinary.” Emma Lundin
Our favourite Ilsa quote:‘Play it once, Sam. For old times' sake.’
Rex FeaturesAmélie
Film: Amélie
Played by: Audrey Tautou
Why we wish we’d played her: “Wouldn’t we all like to be as whimsical, poetic and complex? I love the sweetly malevolent revenge she exacts on horrid people. My life feels like this sometimes, but if only it was so chic and artful…” Gaby Freeman
Our favourite Amélie quote: ‘I am nobody's little weasel.’
Rex FeaturesCher Horowitz
Film: Clueless
Played by: Alicia Silverstone
Why we wish we’d played her: “The amazing wardrobe, AND she has a computer that creates her outfits! Plus, she’s popular and rich, lives in a dream house and the oh-so cute Paul Rudd is her boyfriend – well, eventually.” Kelly Lees
Our favourite Cher quote: ‘Do you prefer "fashion victim" or "ensembly challenged"?’
Rex FeaturesScarlett O’Hara
Film: Gone with the wind
Played by: Vivien Leigh
Why we wish we’d played her: “Epic, dramatic and timelessly romantic. The ultimate spoilt bitch: throwing massive strops and filthy looks. Amazing clothes. Kissing Clarke Gable (woof). Oh yes.” Sandra Waibl and Gaby Freeman
Our favourite Scarlett O’Hara quote: ‘Don't bother me anymore, and don't call me sugar.’
Rex FeaturesLeeloo
Film: The Fifth Element
Played by: Milla Jovovich
Why we wish we’d played her: “There’s got to be something pretty awesome about finding out you’re the ‘supreme being’ and the one thing that can save the world. Plus the loony Jean Paul Gaultier outfits: genius.” Gaby Freeman
Our favourite Leeloo quote: ‘Me fifth element - supreme being. Me protect you.’
Rex FeaturesSelina Kyle AKA Catwoman
Film: Batman Returns
Played by: Michelle Pfeiffer
Why we wish we’d played her: “Smart, manipulative, and has Batman eating out of her hand! Plus, I wish I looked that good in a cat-suit.” Kelly Lees
Our favourite Selina quote: “Life’s a bitch, now so am I.”
Rex FeaturesGabrielle 'Coco' Chanel
Film: Coco Before Chanel
Played by: Audrey Tautou
Why we wish we’d played her: “Come on, it's CHANEL!” Jessica Bumpus
Our favourite Chanel quote:‘Fashion fades, only style remains the same.’
Rex FeaturesVeronica Sawyer
Film: Heathers
Played by: Winona Rider
Why we wish we’d played her: “The perfect one liners. Plus, she’s devious and gets to be a total bitch!” Kelly Lees
Our favourite Veronica quote: ‘Lick it up, baby. Lick. It. Up.’
Rex FeaturesLisa Carol Fremont
Film: Rear Window
Played by: Grace Kelly
Why we wish we’d played her: “I would love to star in a Hitchcock movie, and who wouldn’t want to look like Grace Kelly! Her clothes are divine and I would get to kiss jimmy Stewart.” Sandra Waibl
Our favourite Lisa Carol Fremont quote: ‘A woman never goes anywhere but the hospital without packing makeup, clothes, and jewellery.’
Rex FeaturesScarlett O'Donnell
Film: 17 Again
Played by: Leslie Mann
Why we wish we’d played her: “Zac Effron is besotted with her and I WANT to be her when he swings her around her living room in the dance scene. Yum.” Julia Neel
Our favourite Scarlett O'Donnell quote: ‘The barbecue pit? The way I remember that is that you spent about an hour working on it and then you spent the next two days complaining about how if you had gone to college then you could have had hired someone else to do it.’
Rex FeaturesCatherine Tramell
Film: Basic Instinct
Played by: Sharon StoneWhy we wish we’d played her: “I used to be obsessed with this film. She is cold as ice and hot as fire. Enough said.” Sandra Waibl
Our favourite Catherine Tramell quote: ‘Killing isn't like smoking. You can stop.’
Rex FeaturesLucy Kelson
Film: Two Week’s Notice
Played by: Sandra Bullock
Why we wish we’d played her: Wise-crackin’ Lucy is exasperated by her sexy boss and the lines are just plain hilarious; what a great script. The kiss at the end is so ace.” Gaby Freeman
Our favourite Lucy quote: ‘The man you're dancing with is deeply troubled. You're much too young to be trading yourself like a stock on the Nasdaq for someone who will not be remembering your name, or his in the morning, is still married, and recently had a very suspicious rash. Now go home, finish high school and reach your potential.’
