Despite interest by such cinema luminaries as Jessica Simpson and reality-show celebutante Kristin Cavallari, the makers of the Dallas movie opted to hire an actress for the role of Lucy Ewing. Katie Cassidy, who appears in the current Adam Sandler comedy Click, has won the role.
Aside from having acting experience, Cassidy has the all-important nepotism pedigree: Her dad is David Cassidy, star of the 1970s show The Partridge Family. Cassidy's attitude also may have helped her land the part--a source on the movie tells Us Weekly that producers "wanted to steer clear of the drama" and avoid divalike behavior on the set.
The Dallas movie has been top-loading big names into the major roles, with John Travolta slated for the sly devil J.R. Ewing and Jennifer Lopez as his conniving wife Sue Ellen. Luke Wilson and Shirley McClaine also appear in the film, being directed by Bend It Like Beckham's Gurinder Chadra.
The movie producers upset the actual city of Dallas when they announced they would film the project in Shreveport, Louisiana. After town leaders started a "Shoot JR in Dallas" campaign, offering tax breaks and other incentives to the production, 20th Century Fox decided they would film some of the movie there before moving to Shreveport.
Comments (5)
This is a little out of date since casting has begun again for most of the cast except Travolta.
Excellent choice! She's been consistently working for this past year and shows no signs of stopping. Katie is a class act!
at least she looks like lucy!
At least we won't have to suffer through Jessica Simpson.
good choice