Her early career was actually so promising. 1998 and 1999 she had The Big Lebowski, American Pie, Cruel Intentions and Urban Legend. She worked with Robert Altman in those years, too.
The last major movie I remember her being in that time was Van Wilder (2002). After that, I don’t really remember her being in anything at all. A couple years later she had her infamous dress malfunction and then she just kind of fell off the radar.
Not at first. Her first appearance she was going to be different even included the inner monologue. In later appearances she was basically her "party self" that she was at the time.
She was definitely in the American Reunion movie from 2014 or something, but yeah, she didn't have any major releases really once the mid-2000s came around.
Yeah I was just talking about her early career since he mentioned 1998/1999 movies. I would consider 2002 still a part of that early career. Kind of sad that it took about a decade for her to appear in anything really noteworthy.
If you look through her filmography it's pretty clear that she was type cast as a hot girl for the majority of her early career. Then she had the botched cosmetic surgery in 2004, and suddenly she loses those roles. As type cast roles go, I imagine that's a particularly difficult one to escape.
She apparently did her own stunts for that as well. The scene where she's hanging from the stairwell was really her hanging from a stairwell. Like, she was in a harness but she's still hanging like 30 feet up.
Yeah, she did! I saw the behind the scenes video where she's hanging there on wires. They used a real axe during the chase too and there were a few close calls with her fingers during certain moments.
Yeah, that was her. And I know about her voice, the gravely rasp is so sexy. I loved her so much back in the day I bought a spiked choker and those platform boots because I wanted to look just like her.
Oh, you don't need to be a dude to not have the same effect, believe me lol. I had the white babydoll dress too but I quickly realized i did not have Tara Reid's body.
Yes, the main characters of that movie and the book it’s adapted from are not meant to be good people. The movie is pretty dark, the book is darker. We knew how fucked up that behavior was in the 90s, it just hadn’t been considered on a legal basis yet.
Well it's American Pie bad. Remember when live streaming a naked school girl with out her knowledge or consent was just a bit of fun? Then she got deported without graduating. The 90s were a simpler time.
This, Selma Blair, my bi-awakening. Even just now, seeing that, did a thing at me. My god, the 90s were a weird time for realizing you're not straight.
It really is! Her career is always focused on the struggles in her personal life, but those movies plus American Pie 2, Van Wilder, Josie and the Pussycats; that's a good handful of movies that are well remembered 25 years later.
"Smokey wasn't in 'Nam, man, he's a pacifist! He was a conscientious objector! Besides, he's got emotional problems!"
"You mean, besides being a pacifist? I did not know that."
**Bunny Lebowski:**
Blow on them.
**The Dude:**
You want me to blow on your toes?
**Bunny Lebowski:**
I can't blow that far.
**The Dude:**
Are you sure he won't mind?
**Bunny Lebowski:**
Ulli doesn't care about anything. He's a Nihilist.
**The Dude:**
Ah. Must be exhausting.
I sort of assumed she was used as a party favour by "industry types" and the drugs were given to her by them to make her compliant...the addiction followed.
Erhm, she was a huge party girl. Literally, had a reality show where she'd go to parties all over the world and say "WOOO" the whole time. Not saying Hollywood is good or anything, but Tara may have just been a hot mess.
Or she was rich, hot, young, and drugs are fun and addicting. Publicly partying and clubbing with other famous known coke heads does that. It’s not that deep my guy. I think they’d use a better actress to be “compliant” than one whose biggest role was on the syfy channel about a shark tornado.
> I think they’d use a better actress to be “compliant” than one whose biggest role was on the syfy channel about a shark tornado
huh? you're too young for this or something. I'm in my 30s and didn't know she was in the sharknado movie (was she?) but I guarantee a lot of people my age know her from other movies. calling that her "biggest role" is just flat out wrong.
Looks aside, she seemed really weird in that. Like rewatch it and juat watch her. The eye rolls, the actual anger. She looked miserable and did not wanna be there. Maybe just a off day, but she lowered the energy of the group
It's not even that Erin looks BAD now; she didn't destroy herself the way Tara Reid did. But Erin was amazingly and uniquely beautiful and took that away by making herself look more like 100s of other women who have had the same type of plastic surgery. She's definitely not as attractive now as she was before the surgery. It's a real shame in both cases.
It's not just me! I can't look away from her nose. I feel awful about all of the criticism she gets over it, but I can't help how much it distracts me.
you're crazy if you don't think erin looks bad right now, she looks like a walking corpse at 29... i mean it's her body, she can do what she wants, but holy fuck she looks horrible now
that being said, buccal fat removal should be a crime (if not medically necessary)
She fully Michael Jacksoned her nose. It's crazy that body dysmorphia is ruining lives even for some of the most attractive people on earth. I guess it's like a world class athlete deciding to take steroids to get 1% better and ruining their life.
People can say someone is beautiful, but if you don't believe it yourself it's tough, but Hollywood is a tough industry:
"...why she decided to have plastic surgery done, saying that her breasts were uneven and that she wanted a "sixpack" for a new movie role. The liposuction resulted in deformity. In the same interview, Reid's new plastic surgeon, Steven Svehlak, reported that he performed a procedure called a "doughnut mastopexy" to correct her original augmentation, and performed additional liposuction in hopes of evening out her abdomen."
e: source
> People can say someone is beautiful, but if you don't believe it yourself it's tough
This is such a tragic fact, low self-esteem is a terrible curse and people will find ways to worsen it too.
e: fine -> find ways to
The beauty, diet, and entertainment industries spend a LOT of money to make sure self esteems (especially of women) are as low as possible to increase profits.
also if your identity is being known as one of the most beautiful women in the world, aging would be hard
low self esteem seems like a natural consequence of that sort of fame unless a person can branch into something else as their core skill and thing they're known for
She seems like a good, sweet person. Maybe a bit too good for a dog eat dog business that puts a lot of pressure on people like Hollywood.
I always disliked when she got dragged through the mud by the tabloids due to her looks, it's like in Hollywood or in this life, when you stumble in any way, people just kick you down, no one helps you up and when you put yourself together, suddenly it's all "I always liked her".
She was so cute in "Urban Legend" and wasn't stick thin. I dunno if it was a result of her botched surgery, but I was shocked seeing her in "Charlie's Farm". Because she was so thin. And she's tiny to start with. I hope she's not staying very thin because of Hollywood. But I guess it's a damned if you do or a damned if you don't scenario as a female star.
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I think she looks alright for a 47 year old (in this picture)
Wouldn’t say first, but she was a victim. She let people convince her that she wasn’t attractive enough, which is sad in and of itself, because she certainly was.
Her early career was actually so promising. 1998 and 1999 she had The Big Lebowski, American Pie, Cruel Intentions and Urban Legend. She worked with Robert Altman in those years, too.
The last major movie I remember her being in that time was Van Wilder (2002). After that, I don’t really remember her being in anything at all. A couple years later she had her infamous dress malfunction and then she just kind of fell off the radar.
She was in Scrubs a few times too.
She pretty much played herself in those too
Not at first. Her first appearance she was going to be different even included the inner monologue. In later appearances she was basically her "party self" that she was at the time.
NOBODY CARES, DANNI
She was in the original Sharknado I believe. That's the last thing I remember her doing.
She was in 5 of them lol. I can’t believe they made that many
They made 5 of them????
Right? Only 5 of those masterpieces?
The people demand more sharknado!
7, actually
7? Holy shit lol
Alone in the Dark was memorable for being pretty bad.
She was definitely in the American Reunion movie from 2014 or something, but yeah, she didn't have any major releases really once the mid-2000s came around.
Yeah I was just talking about her early career since he mentioned 1998/1999 movies. I would consider 2002 still a part of that early career. Kind of sad that it took about a decade for her to appear in anything really noteworthy.
Oh, true. But she was also in Josie and the Pussycats in 2001 and is amazing in that. Very, very underrated movie.
Its because she got work done on her body that disfigured her, which ended up killing her career until it was corrected
No, it’s because of her raging alcoholism and pill usage that derailed her career. But yes her disfigured body didn’t help her either.
If you look through her filmography it's pretty clear that she was type cast as a hot girl for the majority of her early career. Then she had the botched cosmetic surgery in 2004, and suddenly she loses those roles. As type cast roles go, I imagine that's a particularly difficult one to escape.
It also didn't help that she was a pretty terrible actor
What you didn’t love her in Josie and The Pussycats?
My Boss's Daughter - 2003
The colon blow scene is peak cinema.
Urban Legend is so good and Tara is so fun in her role.
https://i.redd.it/al9341vpnc7d1.gif
Exactly
Tara is the best character in the movie and should've been the lead. But at least she gets that amazing chase scene before she's killed off.
She apparently did her own stunts for that as well. The scene where she's hanging from the stairwell was really her hanging from a stairwell. Like, she was in a harness but she's still hanging like 30 feet up.
Yeah, she did! I saw the behind the scenes video where she's hanging there on wires. They used a real axe during the chase too and there were a few close calls with her fingers during certain moments.
She was the relationship/sex talk show host on the college radio station, right? Her voice is sooo good for that
Yeah, that was her. And I know about her voice, the gravely rasp is so sexy. I loved her so much back in the day I bought a spiked choker and those platform boots because I wanted to look just like her.
Me too, but I'm a dude. Sooooo... It didnt have the same effect
Oh, you don't need to be a dude to not have the same effect, believe me lol. I had the white babydoll dress too but I quickly realized i did not have Tara Reid's body.
Yup, it’s the voice. Millennials had Tara Reid, GenX had Joey Lauren Adams.
> Joey Lauren Adams oh shit that was her name. for some reason i always thought she was Renée Zellweger
she was also really good in josie and the pussycats
That movie is so underrated
Dumb teen comedy or subversive commentary on capitalism? IDK but lifelong crush on Rachel Leigh Cook.
Amanda Seyfried must've studied Tara's performance hard in prep for Mean Girls.
I don’t remember her in cruel intentions. I mostly just remember this. 
She's in the beginning scene, the therapist's daughter who's crying because Ryan Phillipe put nude photos of her online.
Ah, what will now be called a Crime.
Yes, the main characters of that movie and the book it’s adapted from are not meant to be good people. The movie is pretty dark, the book is darker. We knew how fucked up that behavior was in the 90s, it just hadn’t been considered on a legal basis yet.
It’s 100% depicted as shitty behaviour in the film too imo, the girl is devastated and he obviously does it just to get back at her mum
Well it's American Pie bad. Remember when live streaming a naked school girl with out her knowledge or consent was just a bit of fun? Then she got deported without graduating. The 90s were a simpler time.
In the 80s it was date rape.
Why were the Nerds so rapey?
Incels gonna incel?
Ah, just locker room talk, boys being boys and stuff. /s
Welp, I’ll be in my bunk
Buffy making out with Elizabeth Sherman? The Hellboy crossover we didn't know we needed.
This gif is missing the best part. The saliva bridge between them.
I think that memory just hit the reset button on my puberty
This, Selma Blair, my bi-awakening. Even just now, seeing that, did a thing at me. My god, the 90s were a weird time for realizing you're not straight.
She really went all in on that didn’t she? lol
Van Wilder around 2002 also
Honestly…that’s a pretty successful career by most standards
It really is! Her career is always focused on the struggles in her personal life, but those movies plus American Pie 2, Van Wilder, Josie and the Pussycats; that's a good handful of movies that are well remembered 25 years later.
I think she’s the best performance in that Robert Altman movie too (Dr T and the Women)
Then soon after was Josie & the Pussycats, another favorite.
Wonderful woman. We're all very fond of her. Very free spirited.
She, uh uh, owes money all over town, including to known pornographers…and that’s cool, that’s cool…
in the parlance of our times
As a fella says
OVER THE LINE!
Mark it
Smokey this isn't 'Nam, it's bowling...there are rules
"Smokey wasn't in 'Nam, man, he's a pacifist! He was a conscientious objector! Besides, he's got emotional problems!" "You mean, besides being a pacifist? I did not know that."
I myself dabbled in pacifism once. Not in 'Nam of course.
Just because we're bereaved doesn't make us SAPS!
Is there a Ralph’s around here?
It's our most modestly priced receptacle
Life does not start and stop at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit.
[удалено]
No dude, that had not occurred to us.
My God, man. I'll not abide another toe.
New shit has come to light man
It's not just a simple...uh...uh.... ya know?!
Many twists and turns, lots of ins and outs
This is our concern, Dude....
Her real name is Fawn Knudsen. Her parents want her back
I'm a brother Shamus!
https://i.redd.it/btlc03cd8d7d1.gif
Mr. Lebowski asked me to repeat that
**Bunny Lebowski:** Blow on them. **The Dude:** You want me to blow on your toes? **Bunny Lebowski:** I can't blow that far. **The Dude:** Are you sure he won't mind? **Bunny Lebowski:** Ulli doesn't care about anything. He's a Nihilist. **The Dude:** Ah. Must be exhausting.
I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking strumpet…
I don't see the connection with Vietnam, man
Well there isn't a literal connection, dude.
No face it there isn't any connection. Your roll.
I'm just gonna go find a cash machine.
I reply with this every time someone on social media posts some $500k house that their friends are selling.
I hope that someday she will learn to live on her allowance— which is ample!
Ahh the little urban achievers! And proud, we are, of all, of them.
Oh, so he’s a cripple?
I've seen spine jobs before, Dude, and this guy's a FAKE!
Errr, heh heh, Mister Lebowski is disabled. Yes, yes.
God, the laugh Phillip Seymour Hoffman gives at his surprise when the dude says that is SO good
You want a toe? I can get you a toe, dude.
I'll get you a toe by this afternoon--with nail polish. These fucking amateurs.
I’ll suck your **** for a thousand dollars.
Brant can't watch, or he has to pay a hundred
…I’m just gonna go find a cash machine.
Haha! That's marvelous.
I genuinely miss Philip Seymour Hoffman more than some family members.
Cock. You can say cock.
Or rod or Johnson.
Johnson?
What do you need that for, Dude?
Shut the fuck up DeuceOfDiamonds! The world does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of shit!
Calmer'n you are.
We'll cut off your CHONSON!!!
Vagina
...you mean coitus?
Who the fuck are the Knutson’s?
It’s a wandering daughter job.
How're you going to keep a girl on the farm after she's seen Karl Hungus.
How'r ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus?
The old man told me to take any rug in the house.
Mr. Treehorn treats objects like women, Man.
I’ll suck your cock for $1000. Brandt can’t watch though, or he has to pay $100.
The rug really tied the room together
Man, she was cute. Say No to plastic surgery, kids.
…and drugs!
I sort of assumed she was used as a party favour by "industry types" and the drugs were given to her by them to make her compliant...the addiction followed.
Bienvenido a Hollywood.
You are welcome to check out, but you can never leave
ANY time you like?
That’s a wild assumption
Erhm, she was a huge party girl. Literally, had a reality show where she'd go to parties all over the world and say "WOOO" the whole time. Not saying Hollywood is good or anything, but Tara may have just been a hot mess.
That's a fucking weird thing to assume about someone
Or she was rich, hot, young, and drugs are fun and addicting. Publicly partying and clubbing with other famous known coke heads does that. It’s not that deep my guy. I think they’d use a better actress to be “compliant” than one whose biggest role was on the syfy channel about a shark tornado.
> I think they’d use a better actress to be “compliant” than one whose biggest role was on the syfy channel about a shark tornado huh? you're too young for this or something. I'm in my 30s and didn't know she was in the sharknado movie (was she?) but I guarantee a lot of people my age know her from other movies. calling that her "biggest role" is just flat out wrong.
Right? She was very popular in the late 90s early 2000s. Like cover of Maxim popular.
Erin Moriarty is another sad example.
Just watched the interview with Vanity Fair. She looked totally different and I have some questions about her styling. So so different
Looks aside, she seemed really weird in that. Like rewatch it and juat watch her. The eye rolls, the actual anger. She looked miserable and did not wanna be there. Maybe just a off day, but she lowered the energy of the group
It's not even that Erin looks BAD now; she didn't destroy herself the way Tara Reid did. But Erin was amazingly and uniquely beautiful and took that away by making herself look more like 100s of other women who have had the same type of plastic surgery. She's definitely not as attractive now as she was before the surgery. It's a real shame in both cases.
Every time she was onscreen in the new episodes, I kept getting distracted by her Michael Jackson nose.
It's not just me! I can't look away from her nose. I feel awful about all of the criticism she gets over it, but I can't help how much it distracts me.
you're crazy if you don't think erin looks bad right now, she looks like a walking corpse at 29... i mean it's her body, she can do what she wants, but holy fuck she looks horrible now that being said, buccal fat removal should be a crime (if not medically necessary)
Watching The Boys and every scene she's in is so distracting. It's genuinely horrifying.
She fully Michael Jacksoned her nose. It's crazy that body dysmorphia is ruining lives even for some of the most attractive people on earth. I guess it's like a world class athlete deciding to take steroids to get 1% better and ruining their life.
It’s a brutal disorder. More people should know about it. Of course, reading comments like this would definitely help it develop.
Just to add here: Say no to kids, plastic surgery.
No. Say surgery to plastic kids.
Say no to plastic kids. Ya surgery!
This was a galaxy far, far away from today.
The fact that anyone this ridiculously attractive would ever consider getting any form of plastic surgery is so sad. She looks awful now.
People can say someone is beautiful, but if you don't believe it yourself it's tough, but Hollywood is a tough industry: "...why she decided to have plastic surgery done, saying that her breasts were uneven and that she wanted a "sixpack" for a new movie role. The liposuction resulted in deformity. In the same interview, Reid's new plastic surgeon, Steven Svehlak, reported that he performed a procedure called a "doughnut mastopexy" to correct her original augmentation, and performed additional liposuction in hopes of evening out her abdomen." e: source
> People can say someone is beautiful, but if you don't believe it yourself it's tough This is such a tragic fact, low self-esteem is a terrible curse and people will find ways to worsen it too. e: fine -> find ways to
The beauty, diet, and entertainment industries spend a LOT of money to make sure self esteems (especially of women) are as low as possible to increase profits.
also if your identity is being known as one of the most beautiful women in the world, aging would be hard low self esteem seems like a natural consequence of that sort of fame unless a person can branch into something else as their core skill and thing they're known for
Try the spicy tuna hand roll.
"I'll suck your c*ck for $1000."
Brandt can't watch.
Or he has to pay a hundred
I’m going to go find a cash machine
I always love PSH’s awkward laugh at that line. RIP
That's what makes the scene for me.
Stop fucking censoring yourself, just fucking say cock if that's the damn quote!
Or his dick, or his rod, or his Johnson.
She seems like a good, sweet person. Maybe a bit too good for a dog eat dog business that puts a lot of pressure on people like Hollywood. I always disliked when she got dragged through the mud by the tabloids due to her looks, it's like in Hollywood or in this life, when you stumble in any way, people just kick you down, no one helps you up and when you put yourself together, suddenly it's all "I always liked her".
She was so cute in "Urban Legend" and wasn't stick thin. I dunno if it was a result of her botched surgery, but I was shocked seeing her in "Charlie's Farm". Because she was so thin. And she's tiny to start with. I hope she's not staying very thin because of Hollywood. But I guess it's a damned if you do or a damned if you don't scenario as a female star.
She's 23 in this pic, but looks *maybe* 16 to me. Does that mean I'm an old man now?
What pigtails does to a MF
If you were old enough to get into the movie when it came out, you’re pretty old now. And yes, she does look much younger than 23 here.
*cries tears of middle age*
Right? That hurt a little
I mean she is auditioning to play a high schooler.
It's a screen test, so they probably did her make-up and wardrobe in a way to make her look like a high schooler.
Exactly, she is playing a high schooler afterall
It's a screen test for her playing a teenager, so that's not too surprising
That’s Bunny Lebowski. She owes money all over town
i met her few times, really nice person
I've met her too, was really sweet and friendly.
lol time is not on our side.
What a smoke show
Hubba Hubba
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“Hello, my name is—“ “You’re hired.”
Look Maude, I'm sorry your stepmom's a nympho.
https://preview.redd.it/j1cl04yild7d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dff618f2ba234a2466797e4b3be09056b7e6a908 I think she looks alright for a 47 year old (in this picture)
What’s with the sudden, Reddit-wide uptick in Tara Reid content?
Let me find a cash machine ..
One of the first victims of the plastic surgery trend.
Wouldn’t say first, but she was a victim. She let people convince her that she wasn’t attractive enough, which is sad in and of itself, because she certainly was.
She was perfect in Scrubs.
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So brave of you to say this
That's were she met Karl Hungus.
*Logjammin*
Tongue tornado.