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Would Emma Roberts have been a better choice instead of Ashley Benson?


It says on the trivia that Roberts was originally cast but the film required her character to indulge in a three-way sex scene, causing her to drop out of the film due to unspecified "creative differences." She was replaced by Ashley Benson.

I can't imagine her playing in a movie like this, but I think she would be great for this role. What do you think?


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I heard she was dropped due to being too skinny. Also have you seen Emma in AHS season 3? Many sex scenes. Including a 3-way she'd be fine. I honestly don't think she'd deliver as good of a performance as Ashley Benson did though. As much as I love Emma.

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I honestly don't understand the skinny thing. I also read that she dropped out because she would have been required to gain body fat for the role. But why would they have wanted her to do that? These girls were in bikinis for most of the movie.

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It was a combination of weight issues and the pool threesome. The director alluded to it in an interview.

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Her body is actually better than Ashley's body. Not sure how she looked from 2012 (I know on picture she looked so skinny, just because of legs. She has such legs), but she looked goddamn hot in American Horror Story: Coven. It was shot in 2013; https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/dc/26/f8/dc26f843de251763b574a70c1507795b.jpg

I guess three-way sex scene was her a big problem, but I think she wasn't needed to drop out just because of pool sex scene. It could have been if they make on other way.


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That is absolutely subjective. Not everyone is into women who are shaped like thai ladyboys after six months of hormone therapy. She's pretty, but she's tiny and hardly buxom enough to fill out a bikini.

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Agreed hexrei.

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Yeah, Ashley Benson is much better in the body and face in my personal taste.

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Ashley Benson was mediocre in this movie. While Brit was boring I do think Emma would have done great.

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Emma has the right look and would have been more memorable. Ashley Benson is hot, but listless.

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