You won't believe who was offered 'La La Land' before Emma Stone

Can you guess?

La La Land trumped all awards this year and had record-breaking triumphs, but did you know that the Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling starrer musical had a very different cast in its initial stages?

The movie was originally offered to Emma Watson and Miles Teller.

But in a shocking turn of events, Emma turned down her role as the leading lady of the Academy Award winning movie.

The role eventually went to Stone, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Recently, talking to Sirius XM, Emma finally opened up why she refused to star in the movie.



It was because of her commitment to her role in Beauty and the Beast.
But there was no big drama, Emma insisted, just scheduling conflicts.

She said, "It's one of these frustrating things where sort of names get attached to projects very early on as a way to kind of build anticipation or excitement for something that's coming before anything is really actually agreed or set in stone."

Emma, who had been committed to Beauty and the Beast for years, just did not feel she could fulfil the requirements of both performances.



Watson explained, “Beauty and the Beast wasn’t a movie I could just sort of step into. I knew I had horse training, I knew I had dancing, I knew I had three months of singing ahead of me and I knew I had to be in London to really do that."

She went on to say, “This wasn’t a movie I could just kind of parachute into. I knew I had to do the work, and I had to be where I had to be. So, you know, scheduling conflict-wise, it just didn’t work out."

Seems like Watson's decision went perfectly in Stone's favour!

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