Friday, February 4, 2011

Recasting The Romantic Comedy

So this came out recently:


Did I go see it? No, no I did not. For one thing, it looked terrible. Also, Kutcher. Has the world really not gotten tired of seeing him as a leading man? Really?

I did find the casting of Natalie Portman interesting, though. I don't think she's an actress who seems particularly suited to romantic comedies--she never comes across as terribly warm, I find. All the same, I appreciated that someone, somewhere was getting a bit more creative in casting.

And it got me to thinking....