Casting What-Ifs
Logan Lerman as Brandon; Jennifer Lawrence as Olive
In the discussion (10)
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- Only two casting what-ifs were found.
- Logan Lerman auditioned for Brandon, played by Dan Byrd, who is so perfect that Lerman would have been strange.
- The fake-sex party ruse with Brandon is really weird but central to the movie.
- Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for Olive, which checks out.
- Lawrence probably could not hit the right frequencies: she is so at ease that high-school struggles would be unbelievable.
- Insults roll off Stone, whereas with Lawrence a piece penetrates her shell, making the movie less fun and adding guilt.
- Stone does goofy convincingly via physical comedy, whereas Lawrence's goofy can feel sloppy or like a regal person slumming it.
- Some roles are for one and not the other; the hosts agree Stone could have done Silver Linings Playbook and Lawrence Crazy Stupid Love, but not Lawrence in La La Land, though she dances in Silver Linings.
- Stone's knowing performativeness suits the numbers and webcam here and La La Land, while Lawrence is more instinctive and naturalistic; Hunger Games is the Lawrence role Stone could not do.
- X-Men is another superhero role only Lawrence fits; Lawrence could maybe be Gwen Stacy, but Stone could not be in the X-Men new class.