Bella casting


Does anyone else think Lily Collins would have made a better Bella? She's a better actor and has a softer look that fits the character.

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I've never had an issue with the cast. They did what they could with the material.

Can't stop the signal.

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Personally, I would've recast the entire cast (except Charlie) -Just my opinion

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No Kristen did an amazing job, the role of Bella suits her style in real life too. Lily could be cast in a sequel as a vampire that threatens to come between Bella and Edward.

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You mean as plain and boring? Is that how you imagine Kristen Stewart in real life? Her acting is atrocious in all movies she has done. I don't care how many fake awards she wins.

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I think she's probably too pretty to have played Bella, who was supposed to be attractive but not overwhelmingly so. Kristen Stewart was pretty enough to play the part but her attractiveness wasn't distracting, so I think her looks were spot on. Her acting on the other hand was not good. She was much too snarky and detached to play Bella, who was very deep and sensitive. When I read the book, I always pictured someone like Jennifer Love Hewitt playing Bella, but of course she was too old for the part.

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"Bella, deep and sensitive"! Sensitive, maybe but deep? Really? All she ever seems concerned about is how beautiful all these vampires are, and how beautiful she is once she is a vampire, and how better proportioned and beautiful her baby is. She is shallow.

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Kristen had the right look, her acting was just awful. She got much better in Breaking Dawn, but the first few movies were cringeworthy.

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Love the comment about Kristen and her "fake awards"...really?...check her IMBd page...France's Cesar Award is far from fake..as is the National Critics Circle..and on and on.

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I loved the casting- I think Kristen was perfect.

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No, Kristen is a huge part of the charm of these movies and I can't see anyone else in the role

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its hard to imagine anyone else in the role now that kristen has been her for so long. becomes iconic after a while

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