14 DAY TRIAL // Kristen Stewart was just one of the many young actresses linked to the upcoming “Snow White” film, but it turns out the daughter of singer Phil Collins left competition in the dust. Lily Collins has been offered the part.
With a release date set for the summer of 2012, “Snow White” is coming along just nicely, especially since last week it also found its prince in the person of Armie Hammer from “The Social Network.”
The only and most important thing that was still pending was finding Snow White and, now that’s out of the way as well, as E! Online can confirm.
“Lily Collins, daughter of hitmaker Phil, has been cast as the titular princess in Snow White, Relativity Media’s upcoming update of the Grimm fairytale turned Disney classic, the studio confirmed Friday,” E! reports.
“The role of Prince Andrew Alcott, who traditionally awakens the princess from her poison-apple-induced sleep, went to Hammer last week, and Julia Roberts is onboard to play the evil Queen,” says the same e-zine.
When word got out that Hammer was being considered for the part, he hadn’t yet accepted the offer. Nevertheless, as we also noted at the time, he was considered the perfect choice for Prince Charming.
Hammer first started making waves with his double role in “The Social Network” as the Winklevoss twins, a part that allowed him to prove he had talent, good looks and an incredible voice to boot.
This made him the ideal choice for Prince Charming, voices in the blogosphere were saying when his name was first linked to “Snow White.”
At the time, fans were probably still hoping to see Kristen Stewart of “Twilight” in the lead, since she too was considered the perfect casting choice.
Sadly, that was not to be.
Until Hammer will be seen in “Snow White,” he will be gracing the screen opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in “Hoover” from director Clint Eastwood: he’s playing Clyde Tolson, Hoover’s close friend, assistant and presumed lover.