When Brad Pitt, as the shady, charming cowboy drifter J.D., sidled up to Geena Davis’ Thelma in a parked Ford Thunderbird in Thelma & Louise, Ridley Scott’s feminist road movie, we witness how a new star was born.
When Brad Pitt, as the shady, charming cowboy drifter J.D., sidled up to Geena Davis’ Thelma in a parked Ford Thunderbird in Thelma & Louise, Ridley Scott’s feminist road movie, we witness how a new star was born.
Oozing confident sexual magnetism beneath his down-home drawl, J.D. talks his way into Thelma’s motel room–and bed.
During the seduction and then intercourse, Thelma learns thar he is a convicted armed-robber who has violated the terms of his parole. But it doesn’t seem to disturb her.
The next morning proceeds to steal the life savings of her best friend Louise (Susan Sarandon), funds that the two fugitives need to flee to Mexico.
As one-night stands go, it’s a disaster. But Thelma at least gets a shot of romantic adventure (read: orgasm), unlike anything she’s experienced with the infantile jerk she had married, not to mention some tips on how to conduct a robbery with little means, which later come in handy when Thema takes charge.
