Clint Eastwood’s “A Star is Born” is now without its leading lady.
Beyonce said she will no longer star in the director’s remake of the classic film, Variety reported on Tuesday.
The singer-actress was set to play the role made famous by Judy Garland in 1954 and then by Barbra Streisand in 1976 but dropped out of the project due to her busy schedule.
No one is yet pointing fingers at their notable ideological differences—Beyonce and Jay-Z proudly hosted a fundraiser for President Obama reelection campaign in Sept. while Eastwood and his empty chair famously rallied for Mitt Romney at the GOP convention. Politics aside, it seems Bey dropped out due to their conflicting schedules.
“I was looking forward to the production of ‘A Star Is Born’ and the opportunity to work with Clint Eastwood,” she told E! News. “For months we tried to coordinate our schedules to bring this remake to life but it was just not possible. Hopefully in the future we will get a chance to work together.”
Beyonce attached herself to role in Jan. 2011 but production got pushed back when she got pregnant with her first child later that year.
Variety reported that Grammy-winning jazz musician Esperanza Spaulding is now being considered for the role.
The veteran actor’s version has yet to find its male star. Bradley Cooper, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Will Smith, Robert Downey Jr. and Jon Hamm have all been rumored to join the film.
The film, about a talented young woman who falls for a fading star, has already been remade twice after the 1937 original film with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March. There was a 1954 version with Garland and James Mason and a 1976 remake with Streisand and Kris Kristofferson.