Anna Scott, Julia Roberts, And The Reason You Could Never Remake Notting Hill

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It's a romantic comedy classic completely dependent on the casting of its leading lady

is a mess of anti-feminism and unprofessional inter-office relationships, actually. That doesn't mean I don't love them, of course. They are twee representations of their time. But if you were ever to remake any of these projects then you would need severe rewrites and difficult decisions about what is permissible in modern society.

The problem is established immediately in the opening credits: a montage of clips of Julia Roberts at premieres and on red carpets, accompanied by Elvis Costello's She. 'She may be the mirror of my dreams,' Costello sings. 'A smile reflected in a stream, she may not be what she may seem, inside her shell.' It was not written about the actress, but it could have been.

Now, I would argue, we don't have a Julia Roberts. We don't have a woman in Hollywood who is as renowned for her undeniable, glamorous beauty as well as her unmistakable talent. Who would you cast now, if you were forced to? Anne Hathaway? Jennifer Lawrence? Margot Robbie? They're all good actors, and they are all beautiful. But there is also something missing. It's not something tangible.

 

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