McAdams was criticized by taking another leading girl role in a romance time-travel movie, About Time. They actually want Zooey Deschanel as the leading actress, but the New Girl lead and producer have scheduling issues. Maybe it was me to longing her as another lead in similar ‘story about love’ like 500 Days of Summer. But I thought she’ll be more refreshing than McAdams. Rachel McAdams already is a senior being lead in romantic movies previously, like The Notebook, The Vow and Time Traveler’s Wife. It would be great to see Deschanel as the actual soul mate girl for the guy in a romance movie. It’s a great opportunity to let go her comfort zone by being Jess in New Girl. Well, perhaps they have it right by picking her, just not on the right time.
As I was trying to find who could be perfect as Daisy, it’s not easy to find the beauty quality like Carey Mulligan have. Daisy isn’t just a beautiful woman, but she’s torn between picking wealthiness and the man she love. She looks innocent but actually thinking her own safety. The only actress that can level is Natalie Portman, though she usually took more conflicted role. She’s got that great inner beauty that men could easily fall for. I don’t know if she’ll be great as a blonde though, but she did in the picture
Actually the film have other issue than the lead. But I couldn’t help but see Stiller have lack of awkwardness and frightened as Walter. To me, the lead must look more nerdy and odd, those who used to do indoor activities and rarely go out. Seeing Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction convinced me that the guy have that range. I don’t know if he would want to take another role like this, but I’d want to see it!
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Readers, what do you think? Do you have any characters you didn’t like in 2013 and have thoughts on another actor that could play it better?