A few weeks ago, there was a rumor going around that Hollywood would end up making a movie about Casey Anthony, and that the leading contender to play Casey would and should be Kristen Stewart. None of this was definite – it was all tabloids and entertainment shows playing a “What if…” game and K-Stew’s people had nothing to do with it. Unfortunately for Kristen, the overwhelming majority of people were like “Hey, that lip-biting eye-roller would make a great Casey Anthony!” And now, according to Us Weekly, Kristen’s people are trying to shut it down.
Casey Anthony: The Movie, starring…not Kristen Stewart. Kristen Stewart is none too pleased with chatter linking her and Casey Anthony, the 25-year-old Florida woman acquitted this week in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
“Her people are really annoyed about the Casey Anthony comparisons,” a source tells Us Weekly of the Twilight actress, 21, who shares the same brunette locks and brooding eyes as Anthony, who is expected to go free within weeks.
“Kristen wants that talk to blow over soon, because it looks really bad.”
Don’t expect Stewart to portray Anthony in a flick anytime soon. “She would never for no amount of money portray that girl,” the source says. “It’s grossing her out. All those entertainment shows are doing polls and what not and her people just want it to stop!”
[From Us Weekly]
On one side, I completely understand why Kristen is upset and peeved by the comparison – true, Kristen is, in my mind, a lip-biting, unprofessional troll, but she hasn’t killed anyone, and she doesn’t deserve to be associated with or compared to Casey Anthony. Another part of me thinks this Us Weekly story is hilarious on so many levels. Isn’t part of being an actress “playing characters that are not like you”? Look at someone like Charlize Theron, and her Oscar-winning role as Aileen Wuornos. If Kristen was smart – or if she had people working for her who were thinking about her career, long-term – she would embrace the rumors and acknowledge that, as an actress, it would be a remarkable career achievement to play a sociopath like Casey. It would also help Kristen break out of the “Bella” type-casting, wouldn’t it? But if that happened, what would Kristen complain about then? I still think that Kristen should be actively seeking out roles like this – like, Casey Anthony – instead of some kind of lip-biting, eye-rolling, hunched-over, monotone Snow White.
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