Well, it was bound to happen eventually.
Breathless Mahoney was made using the head of an Applause figurine and the body of a Hasbro Marvel Universe Black Widow (with the left hand from Dagger). The feet are from a G.I. Joe Baroness figure (she wears heels!) and the dress is just some cloth I had lying around.
Very often, cloth won't look good or drape correctly on a figure of this size, but I'm satisfied with how theis came out.
This is meant to duplicate her appearance at the beginning of the film, when she's abducted by
Big Boy's men along with
Lips Manlis.
I'll say this - I originally thought that the Applause figurine was not a good likeness of Madonna. But now that I see it painted differently, it's not bad. The original figure had a much darker flesh tone, while Madonna in the film was very much working the porcelain doll look.
I've made this point elsewhere, but I'll re-iterate it here - The character in the movie is actually most closer to
Sleet from the comic strip than it is to Breathless. That being said "Breathless Mahoney" is a much more cinematic character name.
Some people have criticized Madonna's performance for being unremarkable, but I really think that comes down more to the writing. It's a role that doesn't demand much from the actress, as it's a lot of one-liners. An argument could be made that Madonna could have done more to make Breathless complex (is she really tough, or is she just ACTING tough because she knows she's really vulnerable and hates that about herself?), but I think would make the movie more than what it was trying to be.
Also, to her credit, Madonna is easily the second-best singer in the film.
One other thing - The "Trivia" section on imdb.com for the
Dick Tracy movie lists almost every young-ish, blonde-ish actress in Hollywood at the time as having been "considered" for the role of Breathless. I'd be interested to see a list of who actually auditioned/screen-tested, if any such information is available.
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