No actress in Hollywood wants to have the embarrassment of being kicked off of a movie before filming has even begun.
But that is what Hilary Duff is faced with as it is reported she has been dropped from the upcoming Bonnie & Clyde movie remake.
The 23-year-old actress was set to play Bonnie Parker in the reprisal of the Sixties movie, but she will now be replaced with another actress.
Rejected: Hilary Duff has been replaced in the title role of the remake of Sixties movie Bonnie & Clyde in embarrassing career shun - seen running errands in Los Angeles yesterday
Although, the name of the new star of the film has not yet been announced, sources close to the project have told TMZ that Duff will still be paid even though she is out of the job.
Gossip Girl star Kevin Zegers is to remain on and play Clyde Barrow in the project titled The Story of Bonnie and Clyde.
The young newlywed who married Canadian hockey player Mike Comrie in August last year was out and about today and appeared to be understandably a little down in the dumps as she ran errands in the California sunshine.
She wore a hippie-inspired outfit of flared jeans and a white crocheted top but did not raise much of a smile.
Outlawed: The former Lizzie McGuire star could not raise a smile as news of her being dropped from the coveted role was reported
The former Lizzie McGuire star's appointment into the role of Bonnie was not a popular one and was met with disdain by many critics who questioned her acting ability in the spin of what is a classic Hollywood movie.
The original film was released in 1967 starring Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway as the title characters.
According to The Sun-Times, Dunaway said when she heard her Academy Award-nominated role was going to be played by a former Disney star: 'Couldn't they at least cast a real actress?'
But Duff later hit back at the Hollywood legend saying: 'I think that my fans that are going to go see the movie don't even know who she is'.
'I think it was a little unnecessary, but I might be mad if I looked like that now too', Duff said sarcastically.
Meow: Duff had got into a cat-fight with Faye Dunaway who starred in the original 1967 film with Warren Beatty who said they should have cast a 'real actress' in the new film
Maybe Duff is now a little more humble after hearing the news she is no longer cast in the coveted role.
Bonnie & Clyde received several Oscar nominations for the film about the duo who go from pulling small-time heists to robbing banks.
However, the new film is said to focus less on the sensationalised shoot-'em-ups and more on the lives of the Depression-era bandits.
Duff has appeared in a few low budget movies and had guest roles in televisions shows like Gossip Girl but she has not replicated the success she had when she starred in Disney tween show Lizzie McGuire which ended in 2004.
The actress and singer is also now an author and recently published her first novel, Elixir.
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