CHARACTER IN FOCUS: Catherine Banning, "Thomas Crown Affair" (1999)

Rene Russo in a Michael Kors dress, 1999. The dress is part of her character's
wardrobe in Thomas Crown Affair. (photo credits: Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

As I said on last post, Rene Russo's character on Thomas Crown Affair, Catherine Banning, is her best character done in her entire acting career... In comparison to Faye Dunaway's character in the 1968 original (in the 1968 original, Faye was Vicki, and in the 1999, she was the psychiatrist), I prefer Rene's character better, and there're a lot of reasons... Ms. Banning has lots of sex appeal and makes the audience (specially men) very "all eyes on her", and also the wardrobe (created by Michael Kors specially for Ms. Russo for the movie), in general, is sexy, stylish and it fits her like a glove, in my opinion!

Rene Russo: sexiness and class in scene! (photo credits:
MGM Pictures)

Catherine, in TCA, besides being a dedicated and a sexy insurance investigator, is also smart, driven and alone. She is brought by the NYPD in finding a Monet painting (the cost is US$ 100 million), stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City, and the masterpiece is stolen by Thomas Crown (portrayed by the talented actor Pierce Brosnan). She suspects of Thomas, but unexpectedly Ms. Banning falls in love with him. 

Rene Russo: eye to eye on Pierce Brosnan. Show us some seduction, Rene!
(photo credits: MGM Pictures)

Although Catherine is very seductive and smart... she also has some weak links. Ms. Banning's emotional fragility shows when Thomas has also a "lover" besides Banning. I'm talking about Anna (played by Esther Cañadas). But between Anna and Catherine... Thomas has better chemistry with Catherine. According to Rene (Russo), in 2014: "Many women ask of him (Pierce Brosnan)... what was he like? Is he cute? Is he dreamy? Yes he is. He's a good kisser. (...) For the love scenes, are always really hard! (laughs)"

Rene's character Catherine Banning, holding a coffee in her hands.
And concentrated! (photo credits: MGM Pictures)

And talking about love scenes... the love scenes in Thomas Crown makes the audience entranced. In one of my conversations on Twitter (it happened this week), one of my fans praised TCA and specially Catherine Banning:

"@sscalise88: I love #ThomasCrownAffair! Better than #FiftyShadesofGrey"

"@sscalise88: I Love #ReneRusso in The Thomas Crown Affair & I Agree with You @mariaemma16 ! Rene Russo was Truly #Chic ! #Fashion was Great In the #Film & Her #Style was Impeccable! Such an Artistic Film! Hey All YOU Twitter Friends... Who Else Loved #TheThomasCrownAffair #ThomasCrownAffair " (source: Twitter, 26/6/18).  

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ME