Cameron Diaz may play the title role in "Bad Teacher," but many, many terrible teachers have come before her to the big screen. The film, which opens this week, joins a proud tradition of movies featuring educators with questionable intentions.
In fact, Diaz looks like a candidate for a Golden Apple award for teaching excellence when compared with some of the classroom authority figures envisioned by John Hughes and Ingmar Bergman. Any child would be lucky to have her in charge if their alternative involved a psycho from Park Chan-wook's "Lady Vengeance" or Arnold Schwarzenegger as an undercover cop.
While Diaz may be worthy of the label "Bad Teacher," these ten characters deserve to be recognized as "The Worst Teachers in Movie History."
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10. Detective John Kimball, "Kindergarten Cop" (1990)
Male action stars fought bad guys in all kinds of unlikely places and with shockingly mismatched partners during the 1990s. Hulk Hogan had "Mr.
In fact, Diaz looks like a candidate for a Golden Apple award for teaching excellence when compared with some of the classroom authority figures envisioned by John Hughes and Ingmar Bergman. Any child would be lucky to have her in charge if their alternative involved a psycho from Park Chan-wook's "Lady Vengeance" or Arnold Schwarzenegger as an undercover cop.
While Diaz may be worthy of the label "Bad Teacher," these ten characters deserve to be recognized as "The Worst Teachers in Movie History."
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10. Detective John Kimball, "Kindergarten Cop" (1990)
Male action stars fought bad guys in all kinds of unlikely places and with shockingly mismatched partners during the 1990s. Hulk Hogan had "Mr.
- 6/24/2011
- by IFC
- ifc.com
Jane Badler has dismissed speculation that her new Neighbours character Diana Marshall is anything like her former V alter ego. However, the 56-year-old actress - best known for portraying Diana in the 1983 cult series - revealed that producers chose the name as a "homage" to her previous part. Speaking about how she acquired the Ramsay Street role, she told Holy Soap: "It's kind of an odd story really. I think the writers originally wrote it for me. "They named it Diana kind of in homage to Diana in V and it was kind of on their wish list to have someone like (more)...
- 8/12/2010
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Neighbours newcomer Jane Badler has revealed that her alter ego Diana Marshall will lead Paul Robinson astray. Speaking to Holy Soap, the actress also said that villainous Diana will clash with all of Ramsay Street's residents. She said: "She absolutely will try to lead Paul astray, and later on she does lead him astray. [It]'s because he's the heir to the Robinson fortune, she knows there's a glass ceiling and she'll never rise to the top. "So I think she comes to Melbourne to bring him down and (more)...
- 8/12/2010
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Neighbours newcomer Jane Badler has admitted that she experienced a tough start to life on set. It was previously announced that the actress will be playing the villainous Diana Marshall, a love interest for the devious Paul Robinson. Speaking to Holy Soap about filming her first scenes, she revealed: "I had a couple of days early on that were just really, really hard - I could not get it together. "And I think everyone does that. I noticed a few of the other new people. They all went through the same thing, where you have a day where you just (more)...
- 8/11/2010
- by By Paul Millar
- Digital Spy
Jane Badler has revealed that her Neighbours character arrives in Erinsborough to settle a score with Paul Robinson. The actress, best known for her role as alien Diana in the original V series, signed up to play manipulative businesswoman Diana Marshall on the Ramsay Street soap earlier this year. Speaking to TV Week about her new role, Badler explained: "She's Paul's boss, a woman who's been running the Lassiter's arm in New York under CEO Rosemary Daniels. But at one point, a long time back, Paul and (more)...
- 6/15/2010
- by By Daniel Kilkelly
- Digital Spy
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