Is Zooey Deschanel legitimately a good actress? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 01-06-2021, 03:43 AM

I've recently heard the argument that she is when you get right down to it, one of those people who really only play one character, and that’s themselves. You know the type - Jeff Goldblum, Nicolas Cage, etc. In Zooey's case, she was perfect in New Girl because Jess pretty much is Zooey - a quirky, awkward-but-in-a-fun-way, “adorkable” hipster millennial.

Contrast that to when she has to play someone who is substantially different like Trillian in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

irehtman · 02-06-2021, 11:05 PM

She is, but not quite classy as her older sister, Emily.

01-06-2021, 03:43 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,856	Is Zooey Deschanel legitimately a good actress? I've recently heard the argument that she is when you get right down to it, one of those people who really only play one character, and that’s themselves. You know the type - Jeff Goldblum, Nicolas Cage, etc. In Zooey's case, she was perfect in New Girl because Jess pretty much is Zooey - a quirky, awkward-but-in-a-fun-way, “adorkable” hipster millennial. Contrast that to when she has to play someone who is substantially different like Trillian in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

02-06-2021, 11:05 PM	#2
irehtman Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 15, 2013 Location: Montgomery County, Maryland Posts: 4,824	She is, but not quite classy as her older sister, Emily.