It looks like we will not be seeing Emma Roberts’ competitive skating skills. After being cast as the lead in the Netflix drama series Spinning Out, the actress has decided to exit the project.
A rep for the actress said that Roberts is not proceeding with Spinning Out due to a scheduling conflict with another project. Netflix confirmed that they are moving forward with Spinning Out, with the lead role being recast. Netflix declined to comment beyond that but before Roberts was cast, actress Lily Collins had been another choice for the project and they could go back to her. As for what the project is that is causing these conflicts for Roberts, her reps aren’t saying but other media outlets believe it’s actually another series that has gotten her attention.
On Spinning Out, Roberts was to have played the lead, Kat Baker. Created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), a former competitive figure skater herself, Spinning Out centers on Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, high-level single skater who’s about to turn in her skates after a disastrous fall took her off the competition track. When Kat seizes an opportunity to continue her career as a pair skater with a talented bad-boy partner, she risks exposing a fiercely kept secret that could unravel her entire life. On and off the ice, Kat and her new partner will face daunting odds, injury to body and soul, financial sacrifice, and even potential mental breakdown on their way to realizing their Olympic dream.
