I’m getting sick of this. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against Jessica Simpson. From all accounts she’s a really nice girl. However… I’ve been ranting for a couple of years now about major motion picture roles being given out to people with no acting talent just because they’re “hot” right now. The role of Daisy Duke being given to Jessica Simpson just drives me nuts! Why?!?! Because she’s sexy? No argument there… but there are LOTS of sexy woman in Hollywood. Because she has lots of acting experience? Ummm… to date she has appeared in ZERO films (Other than appearing as herself). When you have actors and actresses out there who know their craft, put in years and years of hard work, paying their dues on stage and small theater, develop big acting talent… and then Jessica Simpson gets the role because she has pretty eyes?!?!
Look, I realize that this is a part of the reality in Hollywood… but that doesn’t make it ok. Slavery was once a part of reality too… and we changed that didn’t we. I’m not asking all that much am I? All I want, is for Producers to start casting people in roles based on their TALENT instead of their MTV popularity ratings. Yes, popularity and name recognition should play a PART in casting, but it should be secondary to talent. Grrrrrr. Ok, that’s my rant for the day. What do you think?
