Nerd Pride Radio

I just realized this morning that I've been mixing up Mary Stuart Masterson (Some Kind of Wonderful):



with Jennifer Jason Leigh (Fast Times at Ridgemont High):



I'm sure back in the 80s I knew the difference. But somewhere in the last decade they became the same person to me.

You could actually play a game with me and list one of their movies, and I couldn't tell you which one was in it. Single White Female? Uh.... Uh...

Wait, I might also be thinking they're also Bridget Fonda. Shit.

I think that was the point of single white female actually, so you're on to something. Who was in fried green tomatoes?

Not Bridget Fonda. I know that. I'm going to guess JJL, but honestly- it could be either one.

Wait- which one was in Single White Female? (I'm trying to not go to IMDB because I'm delighted that I've discovered this flaw in myself.)

Jodie Foster?

I just looked up Mary Stuart Masterson, because I was trying to remember stuff I've seen her in recently and couldn't come up with anything.

Turns out, the only things I've ever seen her in are Some Kind of Wonderful (1987) and The Postman (1997) where she played Costner's daughter for the final scene. That's it. Weird.

Bridget Fonda stopped acting in '02. Last thing I saw her in was also 1997 in Jackie Brown.