Hailee Steinfeld at the Pitch Perfect 2 Premiere
Pitch Perfect 2, the much-anticipated sequel to the hit 2012 movie about a collegiate a capella singing team, is set for a wide release on May 15. Star Hailee Steinfeld, 18, and several other young actresses were at the premiere, held May 8 at the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles.
My review of the movie is here.
Hailee, who didn't appear in the original Pitch Perfect, plays Emily, a college freshman and new member of the singing team The Bellas. She's a newcomer, but she's also a "legacy," meaning that her mom (played by Katy Sagal) sang for The Bellas when she was in college.
Hailee: "It's kind of a cool feeling, though, because you are walking into a world that is already established. Having been a fan of the first film, feeling like I knew all of them already, I kind of felt like I was already a part of it in some way. Getting there and jumping in with them and making it was very weird but also exciting."
Another way that Hailee stands out from the cast of the original movie is that she's actually the age that she plays. Although The Bellas are supposed to be a college team, most of the actresses playing them are pushing 30, at least. (The Bellas' lead singer, Beca, is played by 29-year-old Anna Kendrick, above.) In fact, if you take out Hailee, the average real-life age of the eight other Bella actresses is 29.
Pitch Perfect 2 has even written its Dawson Casting into the plot, in a way: 29-year-old Brittany Snow, above, plays Chloe, a Bella singer who purposely failed her senior year three times so that she could stay in the group. Of course, Dawson Casting is nothing new. Mae Whitman is adorable and has aged so well, but at 26, it's a bit hard to buy her as a high school student in The Duff, especially when she's acting opposite an actual teenager like Bella Thorne.
And speaking of Bella Thorne, she was at the Pitch Perfect 2 premiere, too. So were...
Sabrina Carpenter, 15, and Stefanie Scott, 18.
My review of the movie is here.
Hailee, who didn't appear in the original Pitch Perfect, plays Emily, a college freshman and new member of the singing team The Bellas. She's a newcomer, but she's also a "legacy," meaning that her mom (played by Katy Sagal) sang for The Bellas when she was in college.
Hailee: "It's kind of a cool feeling, though, because you are walking into a world that is already established. Having been a fan of the first film, feeling like I knew all of them already, I kind of felt like I was already a part of it in some way. Getting there and jumping in with them and making it was very weird but also exciting."
Another way that Hailee stands out from the cast of the original movie is that she's actually the age that she plays. Although The Bellas are supposed to be a college team, most of the actresses playing them are pushing 30, at least. (The Bellas' lead singer, Beca, is played by 29-year-old Anna Kendrick, above.) In fact, if you take out Hailee, the average real-life age of the eight other Bella actresses is 29.
Pitch Perfect 2 has even written its Dawson Casting into the plot, in a way: 29-year-old Brittany Snow, above, plays Chloe, a Bella singer who purposely failed her senior year three times so that she could stay in the group. Of course, Dawson Casting is nothing new. Mae Whitman is adorable and has aged so well, but at 26, it's a bit hard to buy her as a high school student in The Duff, especially when she's acting opposite an actual teenager like Bella Thorne.
And speaking of Bella Thorne, she was at the Pitch Perfect 2 premiere, too. So were...
Sabrina Carpenter, 15, and Stefanie Scott, 18.