Emma Watson speaks out on 'La La Land' casting drama
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The New York Post reported back in January that Emma Watson was passed over for a role in “La La Land” for being too demanding.
But the British actress has a rosier version of events.
The paper broke the news that Watson was offered the lead female role but was replaced by Emma Stone — who won an Oscar for her performance — because Watson “began making all these crazy demands, like rehearsals for the film must be done in London . . . They jumped through hoops to make it work with her, but she just didn’t feel the film was right for her.”
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But, on Thursday, Watson said on Entertainment Weekly’s SiriusXM show, “It was one of those situations where I had been committed to ‘Beauty and the Beast’ at that point.” She added, “I knew this wasn’t a movie I could sort of step into. I knew I had horse training, I had dance training, I knew I had three months of singing ahead of me, and I knew I had to be in London for that . . . I had to be where I had to be. Scheduling-conflict-wise, it didn’t work out.”