UPDATE: Heat Vision is delivering this same information listing actresses Riley Keough, Felicity Jones, Alicia Vikander and Emily Browning as other actresses that have tested for the role, but Stewart is a name Universal execs keep coming back to. It would serve as Stewart’s first major studio film post-Twilight.
Only an hour or so ago I had to update my Rumor Mill Round-Up post with news Viggo Mortensen had landed the role of the huntsman in Snow White and the Huntsman opposite Charlize Theron who’s signed on to play the evil queen. At that point, it left only the role of Snow White to be cast for all the leads to be in place.
Well, Deadline has decided to stir up the rumor pot with news there are persistent rumors that Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1) looms large as a potential lead.
I have to wonder, has Stewart reached a large enough profile to appeal to a mass audience rather than just Twilight fans for this to be a good move for Universal?
Snow White and the Huntsman is expected to begin production later this year for a December 21, 2012 release date. The film is described as a re-imagining of the classic fairy tale “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” featuring an expanded role for the Huntsman who is ordered to take Snow White into the woods and kill her. Instead, he lets her go and he becomes something of a mentor, teaching her to fight and survive.
