Is STARDUST losing trust?The recent cancellation of Sawajiri Erika’s contract by her agency Stardust Promotions might eventually become a much bigger problem for the agency itself. They are loosing a lot of trust from fellow agencies and from their own signed talents.
Stardust is known for having a great portfolio of popular actresses such Tokiwa Takako, Takeuchi Yuko, Shibasaki Kou and so on. Actresses alone usually don’t make a movie successful and thus you should always put a famous actor on their side. For a long time now Stardust have been suspected to have some kind of relationship with Johnny’s, Japan’s greatest source for highly popular male idols of all kinds. Both agencies were able to create some really popular pairings in doramas and movies alike such as Tokiwa and Kimura Takuya in "Beautiful Life", Shibasaki and Kimura in "Good Luck!!" and many more.
However, that relationship might not be that healthy anymore. The most recent reason seems to be the often talked about movie "Space Battleship Yamato" starring Johnny’s Kimura Takuya. Both sides unofficially agreed to have Sawajiri as the heroine in that movie, but due to the cancellation of her contract, Stardust suddenly had to pull her out of the movie. This outcome is supposed to have turned SMAP’s female chief manager into a really bad mood.
"Based on the very close relationship between Stardust and that manager, they unofficially agreed on Sawajiri for the role. However, one side then suddenly nullified this agreement and caused their relationship to become much more unpleasant. Sure, it might have been an accident and they had no choice but to pull her out of the movie, but a ‘contract cancellation’ can always be interpreted as ’self convenience’ as well." An insider from the mass media told us.
Source: http://www.kawaii-joyuu.com/?p=3071
