While I've heard the uproar of white-washing and don't get it either, I detest when studios do the stunt casting. Yes, less severe and uproar-worthy that race switching but still annoying. Those last five candidates wouldn't have had any trouble filling the role but they had to pick Winter's Bone girl - another nitpick of mine. I'd heard Lyndsy Fonseca, Emily Browning and Kaya Scodelario's names being tossed around for months and months, and even to a lesser extent Chloe Moretz, but I love how all of a sudden 2-3 months ago Jennifer Lawrence and Hailee Steinfeld seemed to shoot to the top of the list.
LAME! Picking a young Oscar nominee is gonna give any more legitimacy to your movie!
It's like they're doing all they can to distance themselves from any Twilight franchise comparisons, not that they're earned, but trying to stuff in a name that automatically has to come with the prefix "Oscar nominee" screams cheap and tacky.
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Date: 2011-03-20 07:35 pm (UTC)LAME! Picking a young Oscar nominee is gonna give any more legitimacy to your movie!
It's like they're doing all they can to distance themselves from any Twilight franchise comparisons, not that they're earned, but trying to stuff in a name that automatically has to come with the prefix "Oscar nominee" screams cheap and tacky.
Hrmm...maybe it's just me.