There’s nothing all that special, really, about these shots of Rachel Weisz on a sunny day in London hailing a cab. It’s just that I happened to see these photos and remember the final line of an article I read a few years ago in The Cut by Madeleine Aggeler about how “Everyone Wants Rachel Weisz to Dominate Them”. 

 

That was back in 2019 and Rachel wore a red latex gown to the Oscars and Madeleine ended her piece with a request: “Rachel, please…run me over”. There was a LOT of Rachel Weisz thirst on social media at the time. Specifically lesbians thirsting for Rachel Weisz after her performances in Disobedience and The Favourite. 

Madeleine was playing off of Jill Gutowitz’s post published a couple of days before at Vice about how “Rachel Weisz Became the Unofficial Straight LGBTQ Ambassador”,  writing that: 

“Every day, it seems we find new and innovative ways that we want Weisz to harm us—like, I want Rachel Weisz to shoot and explode a bird on my face, just to feel something (just spitballing here).” 

That still makes me LOL and it’s been four years. 

Because the thirst is so specific. It’s not just that Rachel is gorgeous and talented and funny and queer-friendly, it’s that the desire for Rachel is about getting off on her being mean to you, with consent of course. 

 

And then she put on that latex dress which made the gays even gayer. 

 

So with that in mind, here’s a tweet that Duana sent to the group chat on Saturday morning: 

As the kids say, I am dead. By gagging. Because not only are the lesbians fantasising about Rachel stepping on them or spitting into their mouths, or both, the rest of the culture is getting horny imagining whatever it is that she does to punish Daniel Craig when he’s failed to please her. 

 

And I guess that’s what’s at the heart of this. Rachel Weisz must be pleased – and if she’s not pleased, it means we are at fault and we should accept the consequences. We WANT the consequences. 

Meanwhile she’s just out here living her life in her floral blouse and her mom jeans, casually hopping into a cab, no idea where she’s going and how dare you ask, it’s none of your business. Now let her show you how sorry you are. 

Rachel Weisz hails a cab in London, June 11, 2023