Recasting Couch
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- Only Lucy is recast; it is hard because asking an actress to be universally likable is no longer how female actors are thought of.
- Florence Pugh is floated in bangs and a beanie; she would be more aggressive, a "fire hose" in a Big Picture colleague's phrase, committing to the intensity and the slapstick.
- Victoria Justice is suggested as a Nickelodeon star who might have remade herself five years ago, though probably not a good enough actress.
- Rachel McAdams brings the same antic, determined energy seen in Morning Glory, a shared favorite, and could sell the implausible elements; the choice amounts to recasting for Bullock herself.
- Elizabeth Olson (as transcribed) is raised but rejected, since the role needs someone who fills the space of doubt and goes on offense.
- Emma Stone is floated for physical comedy, but her wryness would make the audience too aware that the circumstances are wrong; "it's just a no."
- Rachel McAdams is named the best answer.
- A second closing "final answer" is garbled in the transcript ("I'm going on a stone") and may name Emma Stone; the speaker and choice are unresolved.