Green Lantern's Blake Lively Set To Join The Cast Of Pride And Prejudice And Zombies?

Green Lantern's Blake Lively Set To Join The Cast Of Pride And Prejudice And Zombies?

THOR's Natalie Portman passed on the project, as did The Amazing Spider-Man's Emma Stone. Even The Avengers' Scarlett Johansson has been rumored! Well, looks like the lead role has now been offered to Blake Lively...

By JoshWilding - Sep 23, 2011 08:09 AM EST
Filed Under: Horror
Source: Twitch



While it's nothing more than coincidence, a lot of comic book movie actresses have been linked to the lead role of Elizabeth Bennet in the adaptation of graphic novel, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies. And funnily enough, it's now down to Green Lantern's Blake Lively, who played Carol Ferris in the critically panned DC Comics adaptation earlier this year. According to Twitch, their sources tell them that director Craig Gillespie, "has met with the Gossip Girl star and she has been offered the lead role in the film. Nobody seems to have a read yet if she will accept but if she does it will represent a significant change of pace for Lively while finally giving the film the marketable lead it has been struggling to find since day one."

What do you guys make of this? While I was mostly impressed by Lively's performance in The Town, she was perhaps one of my least favorite parts of Green Lantern, so are they scraping the barrel by offering her the job? When you look at the other actresses who have passed on the role, it does look a little like that! Be sure to share your thoughts in the usual place.




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PaulRom
PaulRom - 9/23/2011, 9:09 AM
Definitely has me more interested in the film now. Lively's one of my bigger crushes ATM.
Buzzbee
Buzzbee - 9/23/2011, 9:13 AM
ughhh why? She is just little more than ok as an actress, more eye candy than anything else. Her portrayal of Carol Ferris was laughable.
HelaGood
HelaGood - 9/23/2011, 9:14 AM
seems perfect casting to me since she has the acting range of a zombie to begin with...
kriswone
kriswone - 9/23/2011, 9:24 AM
@PaulRom are you using ATM correctly? A-$$ 2 Mouth?

I concur with Buzzbee & HelaGood.

She's an actress with no potential.

The only thing i see about her that is good, is that her chin dimple allows the nuts to slap without making that all to common fart sound when playing the world renowned game called balls on chin.
marvel72
marvel72 - 9/23/2011, 9:25 AM
shit actress,if she's a zombie having no lines to learn would be a result for her & may help her performance.
imnotwearinghockeypants
imnotwearinghockeypants - 9/23/2011, 9:31 AM
Oh good, cause she's [frick]ing terrible.
PaulRom
PaulRom - 9/23/2011, 9:40 AM
@Kriswone No, I'm using it as 'at the moment'. :P She does have a nice ass though.
nuck82
nuck82 - 9/23/2011, 9:46 AM
of naked pics?
Forilaz
Forilaz - 9/23/2011, 9:47 AM
She is so CHEAP.
Minghagz
Minghagz - 9/23/2011, 9:58 AM
She needs to do a playboy. Leaked pics were not enough for me.
brittaniethekid
brittaniethekid - 9/23/2011, 9:59 AM
Ugh, no. She is not a classic actress for a "period" film, zombies or no.
MikeZ
MikeZ - 9/23/2011, 10:16 AM
She needs to drop the Sarah Jessica Parker style of dressing weird. She was much better before Gossip Girl. She played a tomboy in Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants for God's sakes!
PsyGuy
PsyGuy - 9/23/2011, 10:27 AM
Awesome! She's ACTUALLY a good actress and beautiful too, kinda rare these days...
DarthDan
DarthDan - 9/23/2011, 11:28 AM
God bless you Prag
Zao
Zao - 9/23/2011, 1:47 PM
She's a horrible actress. As long as she plays a zombie and doesn't speak.
ICStoopedPeople
ICStoopedPeople - 9/24/2011, 2:12 AM
FFS we're just constantly getting downgrades on this movie.

I don't find Natalie Portman attractive anymore, but at least she could act. Emma Stone's fine, never seen her do a full range of emotions (then again I've only seen her in Superbad and Zombieland). I can't recall a ScarJo movie (outside of Iron Man 2), but she doesn't get negative press. I've seen Blake Lively in Green Lantern. I was not impressed. At all.
EarOne
EarOne - 9/24/2011, 3:39 AM
i absolutely want to watch this now that my babe-of-the-moment, Blake Lively, might be cast as the movie's lead. she does have that old victorian type of look...hopefully she can lose that modern manhattanite attitude in the movie and make us forget about Gossip Girl altogether.
CherryBomb
CherryBomb - 9/24/2011, 7:24 AM
YES!

She's a good actress, I adored her in The Town and in Green Lantern. (: so all you haters can just STFU.
Plus she's gorgeous.

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