Kevin Smith has hinted for awhile now that the part of “Miri” in his new comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno was written with Clerks II star Rosario Dawson in mind, and Dawson had been spotted going in to visit Smith for auditions. Unfortunately, Rosario has chosen the kid from Transformers and Indiana Jones 4 instead. She’s following the money.
MTV recently spoke with Dawson, who is out promoting her awful new movie Descent. While quizzing her, she revealed that she won’t be a part of Zack and Miri. Instead, she says “He wrote it for me, but I’m just signing on to do [”Eagle Eye”] and that’s going to be shooting from November to March.”
Eagle Eye is the movie that re-teams Disturbia director DJ Caruso with Shia LaBeouf and it probably has a much bigger budget than Zack and Miri and thus probably a bigger paycheck for Rosario. It’s a big dumb thriller about a slacker whose single mother is framed as a terrorist. Rosario is too young to play the mother and Shia is playing the slacker, so presumably she’s taking some second banana part in a big dumb terrorist movie instead of a starring role in a smaller, smarter, riskier, less likely to give her a big pay day Kevin Smith movie. Rosario would rather go play with the cool kids. What a disappointment. She’s officially lost her place as the object of geekdom obsession.
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Im not sure I agree that Kev himself ever hinted at Rosario getting the role, maybe he wrot eit for her maybe he wanted her for it, maybe they even talked about it, but thats why movie people dont confirm this stuff until its locked... too bad, I think Rosie can do better than a Shia movie, she should stick to being an indie darling (not that Kev is exactly indie, but you know what I mean)... come on Rosie, pass this movie up and go do Miri, well love you even more, and I promise to make you cookies.
I'm glad Kevin Smith explained this in greater depth on his MySpace page. I think Rosario is very cool, and I certainly agree with Kevin that Rosario has to do what she thinks is best.
Still, you gotta ask yourself what kind of decision is this? Eagle Eye, even if it is a Spielberg film, even if it is with all the "hot" people right now, even if it is a better paycheck, will be in the discount bin in 3 years, no one will remember it in 2 years, it wont develop a following, it wont have an after-life. The thing you can say about Kevin Smith films, Smith's work in general, is that being involved in his work, in his movies especially, you become part of what feels like "a family"--just look at his birthday party recently!
Smith's works have a long shelf life, a long fan life, and being a part of that world is a sliver, no matter how small, of immortality. 3 years ago I had no idea who Rosario Dawson was but after Clerks 2 her work was opened up to me and I became a fan. If I had the choice to do a Smith film for $5 or a Spielberg film for $5,000,000, knowing how attentive Smith's fans are, I would do the Smith film in a second.
I think that sucks. It's sad that Rosario turned down a genious like Kevin Smith for stupid-ass Shia LeBouf flick directed by some guy named DJ Caruso, even if it's inspired by some sick Steven Spielberg's imaginations. Shame on you, Rosario.
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Kevin Smith has hinted for awhile now that the part of “Miri” in his new comedy Zack and Miri Make a Porno was written with Clerks II star Rosario Dawson in mind, and Dawson had been spotted going in to visit Smith for auditions. Unfortunately, Rosario has chosen the kid from Transformers and Indiana Jones 4 instead. She’s following the money.
August 8th, 2007 at 14:01
Im not sure I agree that Kev himself ever hinted at Rosario getting the role, maybe he wrot eit for her maybe he wanted her for it, maybe they even talked about it, but thats why movie people dont confirm this stuff until its locked... too bad, I think Rosie can do better than a Shia movie, she should stick to being an indie darling (not that Kev is exactly indie, but you know what I mean)... come on Rosie, pass this movie up and go do Miri, well love you even more, and I promise to make you cookies.