Hilary Duff Announces Pregnancy, Gets Dropped From Movie. What Did You Think Would Happen?
Such is not the case with Hilary Duff, who last week announced her pregnancy to the world. She then announced it to the bigwigs behind The Story Of Bonnie and Clyde remake, scheduled to shoot in the fall, and guess what happened? Duff, who was set to play the role of Bonnie Parker, got dropped from the film. “The split was amicable,” a source tells TMZ. “Hilary won’t be available until next June. If we could wait we would.”
My initial reaction was disgust. I thought, How could this poor woman get canned simply for choosing to have a child and where’s the giant uproar here? Around 90 seconds later, I started to think, Wait a minute. The studio would really only have two choices if they kept Duff on board: halt production of the film, which would no doubt have huge financial repercussions and be a logistical nightmare, or have a pregnant Duff carry on with the role (and, let’s face it, not so sexy having a prego woman out on a bank-robbing spree).
So all day I’ve been having one of those “How can I call myself a feminist when I totally ‘get’ why Duff was dumped” dilemmas. As a colleague so rightly pointed out, this just sets a bad precedent. And I agree. But I still get it. Does this make me two-faced?
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