Blake Lively, whose great work in THE TOWN lead to the not-so-great GREEN LANTERN, has decided to pass as the female lead on the big-screen version of PRIDE & PREJUDICE & ZOMBIES.
The GOSSIP GIRL star is the latest actress to join the growing list to turn down the role based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s take on the Jane Austen novel. The film is currently in development over at Lionsgate but this latest set-back puts serious doubt that the project will actually happen at all.
The project has already passed through the hands of directors David O. Russell (THE FIGHTER), Mike White (SCHOOL OF ROCK writer) and Mike Newell (DONNIE BRASCO) before the studio finally settled on FRIGHT NIGHT’s Craig Gillespie.
A-lister’s Natalie Portman (THOR), Emma Stone (EASY A) and Scarlett Johansson (THE AVENGERS) are amongst the other actresses to pass on the project.
Source: Variety
