Star Wars Report: Episode Seven Would Have Starred Chloe Moretz If Matthew Vaughn Had His Way

[Brendon Connelly]

In Slash Film's report on JJ Abrams taking the Star Wars gig, theythrow in a little of the backstory as their sources see it.

According to unnamed whisperers, Abrams was Steven Spielberg'spreferred choice of director and so he lobbied Kathy Kennedy to chasethe director down.

This explains, perhaps, Abrams' change of mind. Not long ago hewas saying, publicly, that he'd rather just watch Star Wars.

But Kennedy clearly did meet Abrams, and deals are now being finalised.But she also met Matthew Vaughn.

We knew that work was continuing toget The Secret Service set up as Vaughn's next film, and it looked tous at Bleeding Cool that he wasn't moving forward on Star Wars.

But we didn't know how far his conversations with Kennedy had gone.

Well, apparently they went far enough that they talked about casting,and Vaughn pitched Chloe Moretz as the lead of the film.

This doesn't confirm that Michael Arndt's screenplay will have afemale lead, as much as it might suggest it. Vaughn is pretty hands onwith screenplays and it's just as likely, if not more so, that he hadhis own ideas for where a seventh episode of Star Wars should go. Thatmight be where Moretz fit in - in a Vaughn-devised plot.

Or maybe Arndt really is writing up a female lead.

Lucasfilm and Abrams will have to get casting underway soon to keepthe film on track, and so more details about the featured charactersare bound to start leaking.

[ScotiaNova]

At least Vaughn will be able to vent his frustration about not getting the gig with opening of Secret Service (if it sticks with the comic opening).

Hope Abrams sees sense and still uses Chloe . . .

[Celestin]

Chloe Moretz fighting with a lightsaber. Let me think for a moment... Yeah, it needs to be done. Even if they don't make her a female lead.

[brenticles]

If we played a drinking game of "take a shot for every typo" people would be ending up in the hospital with alchohol poisoning.

[Anti-Chris]

I would have loved Chloe as a jedi. Still hoping for a female lead in Episode VII. Hailee Steinfeld would be cool if they go that route. What's she been up to since True Grit?

[MyInfiniteAbyss]

I guess now it'll be Elle Fanning.

[The Xenos]

Wow.. it sure got all 4chan in here fast... I'm getting outta here before Chris Hansen shows up..

[Shonborn]

I think a female lead on a guaranteed success like Star Wars would go a long way toward making a female-led superhero movie a possibility. Plus it'd be a refreshing change.

[adgy]

You could do a hell of a lot worse in casting a female lead.

[Nickaatnite]

If you Remember in the original Starkiller Story Luke was a girl and the Han Solo\Obiwan characters were mixed. it seems like Georges M.O. to reuse this Now after all these are all being made on his Loose outlines from the 70's

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