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Why Kristen Stewart Didn’t Return As Snow White In The Huntsman: Winter’s War


Even though the first Huntsman film was received well, Kristen Stewart did not return as Snow White for The Huntsman: Winter’s War for these reasons.
While Kristen Stewart headlined the original 2012 film of The Huntsman franchise, quite a few dilemmas kept her from returning for the prequel/sequel, The Huntsman: Winter’s War. Back in the 2010s, a resurgence of interest in the Brothers Grimm fairy tales brought on the making of 2012’s darkly skewed, action-packed Snow White and the Hunstman. Starring Kristen Stewart and Chris Hemsworth in the title roles, Snow White and the Huntsman was indeed a lukewarm revision of the Brothers Grimm tale but made due on heavy action and great visuals, which helped the franchise get green lighted for a sequel.

A follow-up to Snow White and the Huntsman seemed like an effortlessly great idea, as Chris Hemsworth’s ever-growing acting career was at a high in the 2010s, and similarly, Kristen Stewart’s career was trending after Twilight and the phenomenon behind the saga that carried through the decade. A simple reproduction of action and comparably beautiful graphics with a continued narrative following Snow White and the Huntsman would have been an easy endeavor to produce a suitable, if not better, sequel for the franchise. However, as production got wrapped up in scandal and poor decisions, audiences were provided with the lackluster The Huntsman: Winter’s War sans Snow White or Kristen Stewart.
Kristen Stewart Was Originally Going To Return In The Huntsman 2

In 2013, a sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman was being worked on with the full intention of Stewart returning to her role as Snow White. Stewart, at the time, distinctively expressed her excitement about reprising her lead character and even went on to confirm her casting status. But, after scandal shook the franchise, not only was Stewart axed from The Huntsman’s sequel but Snow White and the Huntsman’s director Rupert Sanders stepped away from any involvement in the sequel as well.
The two – Stewart in her early twenties and Rupert, a married man of at least a decade – became breaking news when rumors swirled that they were caught up in a torrid affair. The scandal changed the direction of the franchise and altered Kristen Stewart’s acting career, consequences the actress labored over still years later – as reported by The Independent, in a 2019 interview with The Howard Stern Show, Stewart elaborated on her widely-publicized affair:

“We lived in a different time then, you know what I mean? I feel like the slut-shaming that went down was so absurd. And they should’ve put me in that movie! It would have been better… they didn’t put me in that movie because I went through such a highly publicized scandal, and so they were like scared of touching that.”
Instead of casting Stewart in the principle lead role of Snow White, The Huntsman franchise, complete with new cast and crew, decided to take an entirely different route.

Why The Huntsman 2 Turned Into A Prequel Instead Of A Sequel
Because a direct sequel to Snow White and the Huntsman would be dependent on Snow White with Kristen Stewart consequently in that role, The Huntsman franchise chose instead to produce a prequel that could effectively cut out the role by occurring before her narrative. Needless to say, The Huntsman franchise could have left Snow White and the Huntsman to endure on its own as a lone film, but in order to continue on, it pivoted its focus onto its male lead. The decision was a feasible idea, for Hemsworth was a massive lead actor coming off of Thor movies and Avengers, but The Huntsman 2 solution was made in vain.
The Huntsman: Winter’s War came across as disjointed by skipping over the narrative of Snow White. Surely, it had action and some great visuals, but on the whole Winter’s War felt empty without Stewart or her character. By choice, The Huntsman: Winter’s War largely ignored the voices of Kristen Stewart and Snow White in an effort to move on without them, which stunted the franchise’s success and ended The Huntsman with critically low box office and audience receptions.

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‘I am officially off the market’: When Margot Robbie revealed she made the ‘conscious’ decision of not dating actors


Margot Robbie revealed her decision to not date actors because of the media scrutiny that came with a public relationship of two high-profile actors
Back in 2015, A-lister Margot Robbie made a declaration that she would not be dating any actors. The actress may have alluded to her fiance Tom Ackerley, who she married the following year in 2016. In an exclusive interview with Marie Claire, she revealed that being in a relationship as an actor herself came with its own set of challenges. She believed that dating someone who was popular would add on to the media scrutiny.

Margot Robbie opened up on why she made a conscious decision to not date actorsTalking to Marie Claire, she claimed, “I am officially off the market.” She then shared the reasoning behind her decision and added, “I made a conscious decision not to date actors.” She continued to explain, “But not because I hate actors. That’s a nasty generalization to make, and that’s not the case. People take such an interest in your love life when you have a profile, it puts a lot of stress on a relationship.”
The Barbie actress continued, “So two people with profiles, I figure it’s just double the amount of scrutiny, and I’d like to avoid that at all costs.” This came after reports of her locking lips with Tarzan co-star Alexander Skarsgard started making rounds. It was reported that she was caught kissing the actor during the Sundance Film Festival.

Margot Robbie revealed she opted for a minimal lifestyle even after becoming an actorIn the interview, Robbie also opened up about how she was adapting to fame. She shared, “I have a normal 24-year-old life. If I were a waitress, I’d probably have the exact same lifestyle. I’d go to the same clubs I go to already, live in the same house with the same housemates, hang out with the same people.”
However, Margot Robbie tied the knot with Tom Ackerley who is an English producer and actor. The duo met on the sets of 2013 movie Suite Francaise where Tom was working as an assistant director. Post marriage, both of them launched their production company LuckyChap Entertainment.

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Monica Bellucci and Tin Burton at lunch in the restaurant in Selci Lama


For All Saints’ Day, the Hollywood star from Tiferno returned to his native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and then visit his parentsOn the occasion of the All Saints’ Day celebrations, the Hollywood star of Tiferno origin, Monica Bellucci, returned to her native Umbria to enjoy a moment of relaxation and to visit her father Pasquale and her mother Brunella.Flanked by her current partner Tim Burton, she went to lunch, together with about twenty old friends, at the Osteria del Musicista, which has always been her favorite restaurant, in Selci Lama.Menu dedicated to typical dishes of the area, which includes an appetizer with breadsticks lined with coppa, duck in porchetta and grilled pork livers, polenta with wild boar sauce accompanied by the very typical cappelletti in broth.To conclude, a dessert based on fried “ciaccia” with Nutella and roasted chestnuts.
Having paid the bill and greeted the restaurant owner and lifelong friend, Roberto Polchi, Monica brought home cappelletti and broth for a family dinner.

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‘Rocky’ Was Quite Different In His Original Screenplay, Sylvester Stallone Claims


Sylvester Stallone took his friend’s advice on a rewrite of the original screenplay to Rocky. A few tweaks later, he was on his way to major success.
In the new Netflix documentary Sly, Stallone discussed how he initially conceived of the project, which had a much harder edge. In the early version, Rocky was depicted as a “thuggish” character, inspired by Martin Scorsese’s crime drama, Mean Streets.

But Stallone’s perspective changed when a friend read the script and thought the boxer was too cruel for audiences to actually care about him.
Stallone recalled her crying.

“She goes, ‘I hate Rocky. I hate him. He’s cruel. He hits people. He beats them up.’”
Stallone took it to heart, and asked what he could do to soften the character.

“I said, ‘what if you stop short of it?’ Like, maybe he almost did. He could have, that’s his job, but he doesn’t?’ ‘That’d be nice,’” he added. “I said, ‘What if he had a girlfriend or something?’ ‘Yeah, that’s nice.’ So I go back, start writing that: ‘Girlfriend. Nice.’”
$117 million in box office later, a franchise was born.

Stallone also revealed that actor Dolph Lundgren sent him to the hospital during one fight scene in Rocky IV.
“Dolph Lundgren… he pulverized me,” Stallone says in the documentary. “Later that night, my heart started to swell—which happens when the heart hits the chest—and then my blood pressure went up to 260, and they thought I was going to be talking to angels. Next thing I know, I’m in intensive care, where I’m surrounded by nuns, and I thought, ‘OK, that’s curtains.’”
Stallone was in the hospital for nine days following the incident, praying for “one more round.”
“For the first minute of the fight, it is going to be a free-for-all,” Stallone told Lundgren. The Swedish actor joked in a separate interview that all he did was “obey orders,” explaining, “[Stallone] was the boss. I did what he told me.”
Doctors allegedly told Stallone that he received a blow to the ribs that made his heart rattle around in his ribcage, a condition typically seen in head-on collisions. “I did hit a bus, of sorts,” Stallone joked.

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