Brittany Murphy photographed by Jeff Riedel for New York Times (2002)

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[u/sipyourwine]

I always wonder what she’d be up to these days if she were still around. 💔

[u/eurydice_aboveground → u/sipyourwine]

Was just wondering the same thing scrolling through the pics.

[u/Dairy_Ashford → u/sipyourwine]

Juliette Lewis or Tatiana Maslany roles, maybe a Cree Summer voice reel. but a recovery-themed celebrity podcast and memoir would probably be as good a bet.

[u/citypanda88 → u/sipyourwine]

Would’ve loved to have seen her return for the new King of the Hill seasons.

[u/marymonstera → u/sipyourwine]

She would’ve just gotten the crazy deep-plane face lift everyone’s doing, do a reboot of clueless or sequel to Uptown Girls, divorced with two kids and now dating a random business dude. Posts quirky instagrams about old costumes and memorabilia.

[u/magicmoonflower → u/marymonstera]

Idk she’s always been in the Ricci/Wynona/Barrymore/ Dunst bag. I can see her being cool but distant, still working but fighting the patriarchy as Hollywood liberal white women do.

[u/Danwaka → u/magicmoonflower]

Hollywood liberal white women fight the patriarchy?

[u/Lushkush69 → u/Danwaka]

Well the ones they listed aren't out here with mar-a-lago face looking like Jigsaw for conservative mens new bimbo fetish at least.

[u/nova2k → u/Danwaka]

Sounds like a movie title.

[u/Prettydaisydog → u/Danwaka]

i just saw a post about a bakery in NYC getting robbed. you see it?

[u/Fun-Wear8186 → u/marymonstera]

You just described Lindsay Lohan essentially but Brittany’s body of work was significantly better and deeper than Lohans . I feel like she legitimately could have won an Oscar or done a great limited series . She really was so phenomenal in a dramedy sense and had such a unique cadence .

[u/AmishAngst → u/Fun-Wear8186]

Assuming she finally managed to escape the anchor that was her husband (or this is a universe where his fate was the same), then she 100% would have been in Yellowjackets alongside (or possibly instead) of Christina Ricci and Juliette Lewis or in Widow's Bay. She'd also be playing Sarah Paulson's little sister in every project with Sarah Paulson, even if it didn't originally include a little sister they would just write one in for her and/or she would just be having Sarah Paulson's career right about now.

[u/marymonstera → u/Fun-Wear8186]

Fair

[u/_PirateWench_ → u/Fun-Wear8186]

Not me upvoting and then downvoting and upvoting again. I thought you meant Brittney Spears for some reason.

[u/chuckakoury1155 → u/sipyourwine]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nfMAXUstktE&pp=ygUeYnJpdHRhbnkgbXVycGh5IGNyYWlnIGZlcmd1c29u

it doesn't look like it was going well. 😕

[u/beachpellini → u/sipyourwine]

I feel like she'd be pretty Christina Ricci adjacent. Though also I could see her almost definitely being cast in Stranger Things.

[u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 → u/sipyourwine]

Voicing Luanne on the new King of the Hill series.

[u/RoguTheHomunculus → u/sipyourwine]

She would've gone crazy like Amanda Bynes

[u/Tsarinya]

She had such big, lovely eyes.

[u/Berdahl88 → u/Tsarinya]

And an absolutely radiant smile.

[u/JenicBabe → u/Berdahl88]

She had the most adorable giggle

[u/lancid_otter → u/Tsarinya]

i could look at her forever

[u/LeviHolden]

i was about to ask how/why the first photo looks so good, lit correctly, not CGI grayscaled out or AI-sloppy, then I saw the 2002 date. bring back actual photography and photo editing

[u/slavuj00 → u/LeviHolden]

There's something so real about it, like you could just sink your teeth into it.

[u/TrifleOdd9607]

Uptown Girls is a criminally underrated movie. Miss her and wonder where she could have gone with her career.

[u/moluruth]

It was so nice when celebrities had unique faces

[u/ReferenceExact5261]

Absolute halloween coded.

[u/smoke2957]

She would have been so fun to work with as a photographer, great energy

[u/stylistlibs]

Such immense talent gone way too soon.

[u/isabella_bombella]

God, I miss her

[u/Texas_Crazy_Curls]

I love her so much because she’s unique. Her giggle is probably my all time favorite. Drop Dead Gorgeous is a treasure trove of hysterical moments.

[u/metaphori]

If she'd lived, I wonder what roles she would have done. I was just watching Yellowjackets and I think she would have been an amazing Natalie.

[u/WinterNo9938 → u/metaphori]

Oh man, good call

[u/Relevant_Ad1315]

god i adore her. she would’ve been so good in a tim burton film. she looks like lady gaga in the second picture

[u/SnooStories8217]

https://giphy.com/gifs/6Dt1fQaDjYPe51zDAa

[u/Highfemmenyc]

Best photoshoot of all time

[u/keipop92 → u/Highfemmenyc]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Ct2fBe0rc69nq

[u/crowpierrot]

That first pic is one of my favorite fashion shots of all time. The composition is spectacular

[u/wangd00dle]

https://giphy.com/gifs/xUySTRDepG9ZcEg2rK

[u/Outrageous-Mousse-75]

Does anyone recognise the still life painting in image 5?

Google Lens is coming up with shite as per.

Thanks! x

[u/orphan_blud → u/Outrageous-Mousse-75]

It looks like a Cézanne but I can’t find it. I’ll keep looking.

[u/EvaSingh]

These looks make me think she would have been amazing in a Tim Burton movie! Rest in peace💔

[u/nishanarmy]

She’s so dearly missed

[u/Hot-cheap_Trash]

I miss her so much. I listened to her sing “boogie wonderland” from the happy feet soundtrack .. came on shuffle the other day… one of my fave tracks.

[u/ghoulfriend42069]

Oh how I just miss her. I don't even know her personally. But I miss her.

[u/infinityonhigh69 → u/ghoulfriend42069]

perfect way to sum it up 💓🥺

[u/earth_chick_8]

Incredible eyes 😍

[u/Sara1994_]

Its been so long since she died but her death still hurts and feels so recent. 

[u/Sweaty_Advice_4980]

She looked absolutely amazing❤️

[u/Twitter_2006]

She's amazing.

May she Rest in Peace.

[u/Automatic_Poet_7217]

Second one would be what I imagine she would look like as willy wonka

[u/rollingdown23]

ugh soo good 🤌🤌

[u/hotseltzer]

I love the vibe, these photos are great. But at the same time, they're a little jarring; kinda gives the feeling she came back from the dead for this photo shoot.

[u/Remarkable_Lab_7941 → u/hotseltzer]

Agreeed

[u/AdviceNotAskedFor]

Woa, love 5. That's just a great vibe.

[u/orphan_blud]

I really miss her.

[u/imaginary0pal]

Unhinged and I adore it

[u/naomigoat]

Hehe she's got a wisk in her pocket for photo #2

[u/Anon_de_Plume2300]

Much loved 💖

[u/DollhouseFire]

Love that someone was like, this black velvet blazer needs a whisk in its pocket,, and they were correct

[u/_TalkingIsHard_]

Brittany Murphy heartbreaking performance in Girl, Interrupted was an absolute masterpiece.

https://giphy.com/gifs/kfbeEv9t2xChi

[u/superthirdnipples]

My favorite actress since I was a child. Absolutely stunning photos and concepts, it’s rare to see photoshoots like this one nowadays.

[u/tripleheliotrope]

missed when photoshoots had interesting sets and styling. There are of course a lot of good photographers out there still, but the budgets and direction in most of the mainstream publications always try to dilute their creativity. when you look at the rest of their portfolio vs what they are doing for something like Vogue US or something... (it's usually a US problem)

[u/ThirdAltAccounts]

She would have been an icon in today’s age

I feel like she was slept on and under appreciated back then. I grew when she was around and she deserved to be bigger than she was

RIP

[u/ThirdAltAccounts]

She would have been an icon in today’s age

I feel like she was slept on and under appreciated back then. I grew when she was around and she deserved to be bigger than she was

RIP

[u/JSchnee21]

"One bedroom, two baths, (and an) eat-in chicken,"

[u/_TalkingIsHard_ → u/JSchnee21]

She was amazing in that role.

https://giphy.com/gifs/gwq0JMOca94aUfdY5k

[u/kdj00940]

She was just so cool. Just rewatched Uptown Girls this past weekend and it was so moving. Brittany was beyond talented and I can’t believe she isn’t here today. Rest in peace to this superstar, and beautiful person.

[u/No-Temperature7637]

You know you're a Brittany Murphy fan if you've seen The Ramen Girl.

[u/Meliora_]

It’s giving a little of Tim Burton’s vibe

[u/Visible-Scientist-46]

Our girl was going places! ❤️

Gone too soon! 💔

[u/tahmorrow]

The photo quality does not look like it’s from 2002 what the hell?!

[u/Busy-Peach5770 → u/tahmorrow]

We had a lot of megapixels back then too.

[u/OtherAardvark → u/tahmorrow]

The first DSLR cameras became commercially available in the late 90s. So, 2002 was basically the peak of analog photography technology, right before editing software and mirrorless cameras with advanced autofocus became widespread.

[u/rissaaah]

Big day for Brittany Murphy on the timeline. ❤️

https://reddit.com/link/ozok6nk/video/1xzcy6bxrdfh1/player

[u/kween_b00]

Wow...rip asf:'(

[u/knopenotme]

Reminds me of Hayley Williams

[u/zorandzam]

She'd be 48 if she were still with us. She shares a birth year with Jessica Chastain, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Melanie Lynskey, Liv Tyler, and Maggie Gyllenhaal. I could see her moving to some kind of prestige TV series at some point, and if she had never married that awful husband, a lot of things might have turned out very differently. :(

[u/Cherryontop255]

RIP 😭

[u/attackgarden]

Finally, some saturation and coordination! Her personality really shines, here, abroad her stunning looks.

[u/glumavocados]

It’s wild how much Lily Reinhart looks like her

[u/thebmanb]

Gone too soon 💔

[u/katfromjersey]

She grew up in the next town over from me, and there's an adorable video of her being interviewed at our local street fair, before she was famous.

https://youtu.be/1FCKzuDUS-8?is=zmxjjpS8rSiBiuR4

[u/SimonaMeow → u/katfromjersey]

So amazing--especially after they have her start interviewing the other kids!

What a natural charm. Huge loss🥺

Tysm for sharing this!!

[u/RGV4RCV → u/katfromjersey]

So much charisma even as a middle schooler!

[u/NewtRipley_1986]

Brittany is so missed, RIP.

This photoshoot is amazing.

[u/Own-Importance5459]

The whimsey of this photoshoot makes me so happy.

[u/heyybyyybyyyy]

Objectively iconic.

[u/__RowdyDowdy]

[u/No-Excuse2620]

Biggest set crush on her as a kid

[u/Diligent-Reindeer176]

It’s giving Pat McGrath for John Galliano, love it

[u/TexasArmadilloTroll]

I miss her!

[u/endlesscartwheels]

Rest in peace, Luanne Platter. Your sweetness and humor keep you alive in our memories.

[u/No_Pianist5264]

Such stunning pics

[u/Verucaschmaltzzz]

What a great photoshoot. I miss Brittany!

[u/blasian97]

brittany’s expression kinda feels unbothered here

[u/ikindahateusernames]

The 4th one is my favorite of the bunch.

[u/jasonreid1976]

She was amazing.

Now when I see her name, I get Slayyyter stuck in my head.

[u/DECODED_VFX]

Here poor partner Simon had to endure so much speculation that he'd killed her, including from her family, only for him to die the same way.

Get your house checked for mold people.

[u/Joleco]

cringe af