Promising young woman Carey Mulligan responds to apology after review said she wasn’t ‘hot’ enough for the role

Here is what happened. A review, posted to Variety and written by Dennis Harvey, suggested that Margot Robbie, who was a producer on Promising young woman, was perhaps better suited to the role of Cassie. The reviewer in question mentions “Mulligan, a good actress, seems a bit of an odd choice as an apparent femme fatale on many levels” before mentioning Margot Robbie as the person the critics could have best seen in the role. After it was posted, Carey Mulligan shared her thoughts on the review, explaining what it was like to read those words.