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The movie industry is abuzz with praise for Anna Kendrick. She co-stars with George Clooney in the highly anticipated film, Up In The Air and just nabbed best-supporting actress from the National Board Of Review. MTV.com’s Hollywood Crush states that if you nab an NBR award, your odds of winning an Oscar are pretty good. Case-In-Point: NBR’s best picture winner has also gone on to score an Oscar the past two years.
But why did Air director Jason Reitman cast Kendrick? Certainly not because of her role in Twilight. The vampire flick wasn’t exactly a hotbed for talent, according to Reitman. He referred to the movie as a “Graveyard of acting.” I’m just going to step to the side and make way for the faux-fanged teenagers with torches. Shoot, some of them are foaming at the mouth!
Reitman knew Kendrick was perfect for the role when he saw her in 2007′s Rocket Science. Kendra was witty, sharp and reminded him of a 1940s actress. He knew then that she could go toe-to-toe with George Clooney.
“This was Anna’s role,” he explained. “I wrote this for Anna. As soon
as I saw Rocket Science and I recognized her voice, I started writing
for her.”
Gallery Info: Anna Kendrick and George Clooney leave a screening of Up In The Air in North Hollywood on Saturday.
ummmm. Who is Joe Reitman?
ummm. who is Joe Reitman?
Jason Reitman is the writer/director of Up in the Air, his previous movies are Thank you for Smoking and Juno and he is totally right about the Twilight comment i mean say whatever you want to say but we have to admit the acting does suck in the Twilight saga so far.
And Anna is an amazing actress and Rocket Science rocks and she’ll probably get an Oscar nomination for Up in the Air and she’s gonna have an amazing career.
pls can we not bring twilight into the equation??
we are talking about anna kendrick here…end of discussion.