--- title: Anna Kendrick Is Not Happy About the Independence Day 2 Casting description: Maika Monroe, not Mae Whitman, will play the president's daughter canonical: https://time.com/3838757/anna-kendrick-independence-day-2/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-28T18:43:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T02:21:27.000Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Anna Kendrick Is Not Happy About the 'Independence Day 2' Casting og:description: Maika Monroe, not Mae Whitman, will play the president's daughter og:url: https://time.com/3838757/anna-kendrick-independence-day-2/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Anna Kendrick Is Not Happy About the 'Independence Day 2' Casting twitter:description: Maika Monroe, not Mae Whitman, will play the president's daughter twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Anna Kendrick Is Not Happy About the _Independence Day 2_ Casting by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Updated: Dec 15, 2023 2:21 AM CUTPublished: Apr 28, 2015 6:43 PM CUT by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Updated: Dec 15, 2023 2:21 AM CUTPublished: Apr 28, 2015 6:43 PM CUT While some celebrated scream queen Maika Monroe’s [casting](http://time.com/3838036/maika-monroe-independence-day-2/ "undefined") as the president’s daughter in _Independence Day 2_, Anna Kendrick was not pleased. The _Pitch Perfect 2_ star [took to Twitter](https://twitter.com/AnnaKendrick47/status/593109572379942912 "undefined") to complain that Mae Whitman, who played the role in the original film, didn’t get the part. “What the actual f–k?” she wrote. “[@maebirdwing](https://twitter.com/maebirdwing "undefined") is talented as hell, and JUST proved she can carry a film. Smh.” Mae Whitman recently starred in _The DUFF_, and was beloved by _Parenthood_ fans for her character’s ability to turn any scene into a cry session. But as far as we know, she wasn’t up for the role in _Independence Day 2_—after news broke of Monroe’s casting, _The Hollywood Reporter_ [named several other actresses](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/follows-star-joins-independence-day-791845 "undefined") who were part of the grueling audition process, but Whitman’s name was not among them. Whitman seemed to appreciate her pal sticking up for her, but didn’t comment on whether she’d been up for the part in a Twitter response: > [](https://twitter.com/maebirdwing/status/593110089533390849) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3838757/anna-kendrick-independence-day-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3838757/anna-kendrick-independence-day-2/"},"headline":"Anna Kendrick Is Not Happy About the Independence Day 2 Casting","datePublished":"2015-04-28T18:43:27.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T02:21:27.000Z","description":"Maika Monroe, not Mae Whitman, will play the president's daughter","url":"https://time.com/3838757/anna-kendrick-independence-day-2/","keywords":["movies","Anna Kendrick"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3838757/anna-kendrick-independence-day-2/","name":"Anna Kendrick Is Not Happy About the Independence Day 2 Casting"}}]}] ```