Much of this comes from the wholesome «
girl next door» personality of Hunt herself, as it is hard to buy her in the
role of home - wrecking harlot when every look and mannerism
screams out «wife material».
She began performing on stage, and has since appeared in several film and television
roles, including
Scream 3, Match Point, Lars and the Real
Girl, and Shutter Island.
(For the record, I nearly always identify with the «victim» when watching horror films, and I think most of the audience does, too — teenaged
girls, especially, flock to movies like the
Scream series or I Know What You Did Last Summer for three reasons: they like to see strong actresses in the lead
roles, they enjoy watching the cute young guys cast opposite the
girls, and finally, they want to be scared.)