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They should use a real ballerina for the starring role in this movie

posted 8 years ago by rexlizardo
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Dakota Johnson is just an actor, why not get a real ballerina for the role?

This girl, ballerina Rachelle di Stasio, is gorgeous and has a lot of personality. Watch the video below. They can save a lot of money since they won't have to do any cgi head replacements to make her a believable dancer(think Natalie Portman).

Or perhaps they could cast her as another American attending the dance academy (Dakota's Friend). I have no idea if Rachelle would want to be an actor, but she definitely has star potential.

If you watch the video below you will see what I mean.

Go to 1:57

https://vimeo.com/78962321

http://photo2hub.blogspot.com/2013/12/20x24-ballet-with-douglas-dubler.html

[–] CaZSuede-2 8 years ago

The one thing I never liked about the original suspiria was that Jessica Harper was NOT a dancer. She could not do a pique turn to save her life. All she did was do some fake warmup moves that looked very amateurish.