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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost" data-source="post: 1562979" data-attributes="member: 4720">This is the Helen problem in a nutshell.&nbsp; You need someone very genera-hot, in order to appeal to the widest possible audience.&nbsp; The three actresses you listed are substantially less generic looking than Kruger.&nbsp; Beckinsdale is probably the closest to generic, but the other two rely upon a fairly narrow attractiveness niche.&nbsp; As a result, a small percentage of the population who especially digs that niche will find them more attractive than Kruger, but most will find them less.&nbsp; Personally, I think Katie Holmes is gorgeous, Beckinsdale is hot, and Biel is ugly as sin.&nbsp; Someone else mentioned Angelina Jolie.&nbsp; Angelina Jolie is very, very hot to a subset of the population.&nbsp; And very, very unattractive to another subset.&nbsp; I can think of few less attractive women, personally.&nbsp; Her face makes me physically ill.So, you're casting &quot;the most beautiful woman in the world.&quot;&nbsp; Do you choose someone who is stunning to maybe a third of the population, bland to a third, and very unattractive to a third?&nbsp; Or do you choose someone who maybe 80% will say is very attractive, though they stop short of being flattened by her?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeremy Ackerman-Yost, post: 1562979, member: 4720"] This is the Helen problem in a nutshell. You need someone very genera-hot, in order to appeal to the widest possible audience. The three actresses you listed are substantially less generic looking than Kruger. Beckinsdale is probably the closest to generic, but the other two rely upon a fairly narrow attractiveness niche. As a result, a small percentage of the population who especially digs that niche will find them more attractive than Kruger, but most will find them less. Personally, I think Katie Holmes is gorgeous, Beckinsdale is hot, and Biel is ugly as sin. Someone else mentioned Angelina Jolie. Angelina Jolie is very, very hot to a subset of the population. And very, very unattractive to another subset. I can think of few less attractive women, personally. Her face makes me physically ill. So, you're casting "the most beautiful woman in the world." Do you choose someone who is stunning to maybe a third of the population, bland to a third, and very unattractive to a third? Or do you choose someone who maybe 80% will say is very attractive, though they stop short of being flattened by her? [/QUOTE]

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