This is a still from last night's Boardwalk Empire, which if you haven't watched yet, stop reading this and go watch the episode immediately! If you have watched, you know that this photo alludes to an unbelievable scene and character revelation on BE. Gretchen Mol plays Gillian Darmondy (Jimmy's mom) on the show, and I have to say that she does a horrifically fantastic job.
In the late 90's, Vanity Fair slated Gretchen Mol to be Hollywood's next "It" girl. And then...Not much happened. I have always liked Gretchen, and have always wondered why more didn't happen with her career, especially in her heyday. She is/was beautiful, and I think, very talented. So what's the problem?
I think that her 2005 portrayal of Bettie Page was pretty fabulous, but Gretchen has had a somewhat spotty and unremarkable career, before and after the Biopic. So it leaves me to wonder, what happened? There have been all of those sordid rumors about how she obtains her (few) roles, and how she has been blacklisted by many.
I don't know the truth to any of this, and who the hell knows what goes on in Hollywood behind closed doors. All that I know is that I think that her character in Boardwalk Empire as the cold, desperately sad mother/showgirl is played almost flawlessly. I hope that she can keep the momentum going, even though she is in the downturn of her career by Hollywood standards.
What do you guys think? Do you love Gretchen Mol on Boardwalk Empire as much as I do?
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