Giselle?!

So ... there is something I feel I must address/question. Let me preface by asserting that I am not, in any way, bothered by it. I'm just supremely curious.

Over the last year or so, I have had MANY people approach me, telling me I look like Amy Adams. (The actress in the photo above and others below.) I didn't put much weight on the issue until my drive home for Christmas, when a little girl (about 5 or 6, I'd guess) literally dragged her mother over to me, pointing and yelling, "Mommy, it's Giselle! MOMMMMMMMMY! Giselle, look, IT'S HER!" (Giselle is Amy's character in the movie Enchanted, for those who don't keep up with Disney.)



Now, I can deal with some adults coming up to me at random, saying it at Target, the grocery store, work, and so on ... but when a child actually BELIEVES that I am the character played by the girl in a movie ... made me wonder.

The first person to tell me I look like her was actually Alex. Him and his old roommate were watching Saturday Night Live with her hosting before I even moved to Austin (I think that's when it was), and he called me immediately to tell me to turn on the TV. I was, of course, away from any place where television viewing was possible at the time, but ... still ... my own boyfriend.



Then there were the adults ... new acquaintances I would meet here and there, staring at me for a few minutes, then timidly saying ... "You know who you look like ...?" The first time I heard it, I said, "Oh yeah, 'Spiderman's Girlfriend' ... I've heard it many times before." To which was the reply, "Oh no, she's all cracked out now, and your mouth is totally different. You are a RINGER for Amy Adams, though!"

And then came my kids at school. At first, it was comments about old-school Kirsten Dunst (the aforementioned "Spiderman's Girlfriend reference) ... which sparked a HUGE debate ... then it was, "No, no, no! She looks like that Amy Adams lady." The kids stared, had me turn many different angles, look her up on the Internet ... then they all agreed with amazement ... "Yeah, you do look like her!"



I didn't really see Kirsten Dunst back then, and I don't really see Amy Adams now. I mean, my hair is definitely naturally a distinctive shade of light reddish brown these days (and more red the older I get) a lot like hers, but ... still.

As I said, I am CERTAINLY NOT AT ALL bothered by the compliments! I've always thought she was a lovely girl (well before the comments began), and I am actually flattered that so many others think I resemble her so closely. I just can't, myself, see it so distinctively.



Anyway, isn't that odd?! I very much think so ...