Susan Sarandon's Sexy Copper Perm in The Witches of Eastwick Deserved an Oscar
09.09.2022 - 16:57
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thing for a woman to have, but in the cult classic film The Witches of Eastwick, award-winning actress Susan Sarandon dares to do it anyway—gossip be damned.Loosely based on John Updike’s novel of the same name, the 1987 film adaptation starring , Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Jack Nicholson is basically Practical Magic, but kinky and subversive. Bored of their personal and professional lives, three single women—Jane, Alex, and Sukie respectively—accidentally summon their ideal man: a devilishly handsome stranger named Daryl.
Arriving soon after, as if by magic, Daryl seduces the women into a world of pleasure and potency, free from societal expectations. Needless to say, it wasn’t a critical or commercial success upon release. But it set Sarandon up for the breakthrough role she'd take on next.
And in recent years, there's been renewed appreciation for the truly exceptional hair, makeup, and wardrobe looks she turns throughout the picture. The Moment: The '80s were a career-making decade for Susan Sarandon. She was already a star when she appeared in The Witches of Eastwick.
That said, she was still a year or so away from becoming a household name thanks to Bull Durham. Perhaps that's why, decades later, Sarandon is still kind of miffed about losing the role she originally wanted to her Eastwick co-star . “I initially was cast in Cher’s part, and didn’t find out till I got to LA—because I was living in Rome—that I was actually moved to a different part,” she screenwriter Michael Cristofer in 2020.
“I had to learn suddenly to play the cello, and I had never played an instrument in my life. They said they would sue me if I left, so I didn’t have much choice.”Ultimately, Cher was cast as Alex, a sculptor yearning for
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