Posted by Jeweliet at cs242247-113.houston.rr.com on May 22, 2002 at 11:20:59:
In Reply to: Okay, consider this, then... posted by Smalls on May 22, 2002 at 11:14:08:
: She's most likely been cast because (1) Affleck and her have good acting chemistry and because (2) he thinks she'll work well with Kevin. These are not sexist reasons... these are good pragmatic filmmaking reasons. Ben knows Kevin, knows Kevin's sets... knows that he's gonna be the male lead, knows he works well with her as the female lead... these are good reasons to cast someone. Not some subconscious desire to belittle women... the conscious desire to have a smoothly-run production full of talent.
: Mike
Pfft. You're such a smooth talker! Lol!
I believe that Affleck did have a hand in the casting (or a word of recommendation at least). That just takes my love for Affleck down a tiny notch.
Like I said before, I can't be completely closed minded and shut down the movie before I see it. But the fact remains, I haven't liked *anything* Jen Lopez has done. Honestly. I mentally block her out of Out of Sight. But I feel like I wouldn't be giving Kevin, who I adore too much, a chance if I closed off. We'll see.