It’s all change on the Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy Stupid Love) movie Focus, as while Ben Affleck and Kristen Stewart had been due to star, they’ve now both left movie. They have found a replacement for Affleck though, with Variety reporting that Will Smith is in final talks to make the main role.
It’s Will Smith’s involvement that’s caused Kristen Stewart to leave, not because she doesn’t like Will, but due to the fact it was felt there was too big of an age gap between her and Will Smith (she’s 23, he’s 44).
The story follows a veteran con man (Will Smith) who takes an inexperienced grifter under his wing, before falling for her. Years later, they reunite and begin to complicate each others lives. Will Smith had reportedly been interested in the project for awhile, but only recently committed fully to the project.
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa are directing from their own original screenplay. There’s no news on when it might shoot.
It’s a common stereotype that women likes shoes, so it’s surprising the world of film hasn’t made more movies about them (the movies haven’t yet got past the idea that all women spend their entire lives daydreaming about weddings).
When news of the affair between Snow White And The Huntsman director Rupert Sanders and star Kristen Stewart, it became clear one of them would have to bow out of any sequels. Back in August it appeared it was Stewart who was leaving, with Sanders still attached to direct.
Hollywood’s love of pairing young women with significantly older men continues with the news 22-year-old Kristen Stewart is in talks to portray the female lead in Focus, where she’d star opposite 40-year-old Ben Affleck.
Kristen Stewart isn’t haven’t a good time of it at the moment. After news of her affair with married Snow White And The Hunstman director Rupert Sanders broke, it was clear that at least one of them would have to go from the planned sequel, if only to avoid endless negative press.