Jennifer Jason Leigh: sexiest medieval princess ever

Jennifer Jason Leigh is so damn sexy as Agnes. It's not just the cherubic face, or the long auburn curls, or her soft, shapely body (none of this aerobicized hardbody crap). She has a kittenish, baby-doll quality that reminds me a little of Carroll Baker, Tuesday Weld or even Susan George in Straw Dogs. Leigh looks so sweet, gentle and innocent that it's a shock when Agnes starts behaving like a naughty little minx, turning from a naive virgin princess into a tough, shrewd, manipulative, sex-hungry temptress who toys with the libidos of the men around her and uses her body to get what she wants.

I love the steamy sex scene between Leigh and Hauer in the whirlpool bath, or the seduction scene where she plays footsie with him under the dinner table while smiling at him angelically, like butter wouldn't melt in her mouth. Leigh and Hauer have a really fiery, passionate sexual chemistry in this film. Interestingly, they reunited the following year in The Hitcher to very different effect, as anyone who remembers the horrific tractor-trailer scene will testify!