"I’m kind of all or nothing. A lot of times, I feel like I have to spend some time living in order to act again," Rooney Mara said over the weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, about the breaks she tries to take between pictures. And one might understand that, after shooting three pictures in a row—Jim Sheridan‘s (“In The Name Of The Father,” “My Left Foot”) “The Secret Scripture,” Benedict Andrews‘ “Blackbird,” and Garth Davis‘ on “Lion”—coupled with an awards campaign for "Carol," she might not be up for shooting another movie this fall.
READ MORE: Telluride: A Tribute To Rooney Mara
And as it happens, Deadline reports that Mara has exited "Collateral Beauty." The picture has already been down a bumpy road with Hugh Jackman and Johnny Depp flirting with the co-starring role before Will Smith stepped in. "Me And Earl And The Dying Girl" director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon is slated to helm the tale that follows a New York City ad executive who slips into depression following a tragedy and embarks on an unconventional method to get out of his funk.
Production is still aiming to begin in October, so we should know soon who will step in for Mara.
What\’s trully ridiculous ? That you\’d have to love or hate Will Smith or Kristen Stewart. It\’s either "perfect, great, amazing movies and performances", or "horrible, lame". You should really calm the f down, because you\’re ridiculous Kash and the others.
Lol is it becoming cool to hate on will smith without any credibility? Yea the guy is correct who said Kristen Stewart has no talent whatsoever and will smith does have IMMENSE talent and screen presence whether you like him or not. From rapper to all time great TV show to blockbuster worldwide superstar…yes will smith has no talent whatsoever…the most likely reason these people left the production is because he is black OR that Rooney Mara left is because her family owns a football team and will smith is about to release a film called concussion. Whether you like him or not but will smith is still huge worldwide and could easily make huge hits should he chose to make easily marketable films. Whether you like I am legend, not many actors can carry a movie alone unless they have immense screen presence which he does have. Oh and focus was a little boring yes but suicide squad, concussion and if he ever wants to extend on his back catalogue of films…he has hits success written all over him. So much for him not being likes no more. Have a nice day.
I literally laughed out loud when I heard Rooney jumped ship after Will Smith signed on. It was definitely his casting that made her leave the project. She was waiting to see who would take Hugh\’s place and now that it\’s Will, she couldn\’t leave that project any faster. As much as I\’d like to think she shares my disdain for Smith, it probably had more to do with his upcoming film Concussion. The NFL is deeply opposed to this film and since Rooney\’s family owns both the Steelers and the Giants… Well, you know.
oh yeah, I forgot Margot Robbie was the new Meryl Streep !
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i wish i could forget after earth and winter\’s tale though
So if you don\’t want to be this ordinary guy who screams that Kristen Stewart is awful, you\’re a fan of her ? Really, that\’s the argument ? That\’s lame. Surely you know it.
Think about her Cesar for Sils Maria, and the fact "indies movies" vs "huge profit" is totally superficial.
I know so many people who hate Stewart, and many who adores her. But Robbie, no one cares really, she\’s just a pretty girl, with potential, and most of us are just watching her, in case of. The need to say so many brutal things about Stewart is incredible (because she deserves nothing really, she\’s not great, not awful, so relax)
And Focus just made 50 M in US. For Will Smith, that\’s a little failure.
If I wanted to be as smart as you, I would bet you\’re American to say so many consensual things about movies and money
Focus got mixed reviews but made a huge profit, so a lot of people liked it, it was in theaters for 10 weeks. Kristen Stewart\’s indies don\’t stick around for 3 weeks, so there\’s your comparison. It\’s crazy how her fans feel the need to tear down Will Smith and Margot Robbie. If they were truly secure about how good they think she is, they wouldn\’t have this desperate need to trash her competition and actors who have had successful films after she dropped out of them. I don\’t know anyone who thinks she would have done a better job than Robbie except for a few of her fans, who live in some kind of fantasy land.
Yes I saw Focus. Robbie is fine, she\’s a pretty doll. But Stewart was just a different (and more interesting) vision, more believable as a young and rebel thief.
The real question is : how can you defend Will Smith with so much passion, and at the same time say Kristen Stewart is talentless ? And still think you\’re credible ?
It\’s just your opinion (and I don\’t really like her, or Smith, or Robbie, I just see the movie, nothing more). No need to be so serious.
Woo, so you\’re very well informed, you know everything sir ! Even if you share a personal thought about Kristen Stewart (And I saw Focus).
Ridiculous.
And did you forget Focus was just a bad and useless movie ? As his recent ones ? No you\’re right, no problem with Will Smith, he\’s great, he makes money, you like him. That\’s great.
Kristen Stewart left Focus because her pairing in a romantic caper movie with Smith was laughable. Did you see the film with Margot Robbie in the role? Stewart doesn\’t have the looks, talent or charm of Robbie, she never could have pulled off the part. The real question was how did she ever get cast in the first place? Even with Afflek it would have been a joke. Mara has dropped out of this so she will be available for the Oscar campaign they will mount for Carol. She won\’t have time for both, it has nothing to do with Will Smith, who brought in about $175 million with Focus, and has the highly anticipated Concussion coming up. This is not a problem with him.
Kristen Stewart left Focus when he came. Rooney Mara leaves this…. Will Smith is not cool anymore