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Kristen Stewart vs. Lily Collins: Who’s the fairest of them all?

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The announcement Friday that Lily Collins would play the title character in the other Snow White movie (or is Kristen Stewart’s the other Snow White movie?) offers a rare chance to compare two actors who’ll take on the same role at virtually the same time. Which one is best suited to play the fairy-tale heroine? We grade them on seven key characteristics.

Likability. Snow White has to be relatable if not downright sweet, Mia Wasikowska’s Alice if not Anne Hathaway’s princess. Stewart doesn’t do smiling well. Collins, on the other hand, is a beaming presence who practically gushed to HitFix when she got the role. Advantage: Collins

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Resume. Even at 21, Stewart has a lot of acting experience, not just in three ‘Twilight’ movies but dramas such as ‘The Runaways’ and ‘Welcome to the Rileys.’ Collins’ most prominent role is as the daughter you nearly forgot amid Sandra Bullock’s Oscar-winning performance in ‘The Blind Side.’ Advantage: Stewart

Tonsoriality. it’s all about the hair. Stewart’s can be lustrous, as in the photo above, but it can also be gothy, stringy, unprincessy. Plus she’s always tugging at it. Not very Snow White. Collins’ is long, flowing, Rapunzel-like. Advantage: Collins

Pedigree. Stewart’s father was a stage manager, giving him some everyman respectability. Collins’ father was the man who gave the world ‘Su-su-sudio.’ Advantage: Heavily Stewart

Attractiveness. Always a subjective category. We’ll defer to the experts. Collins landed on Maxim’s list of the 20 hottest daughters of rock stars. Kristen Stewart failed to make Maxim’s Hot 100 last year, though did merit an FHM mention. Advantage: Collins (despite the loose definition of ‘rock star’)

Slyness. Mental acuity is just as much a part of Snow White as physical beauty; after all, you need to outsmart the queen and her evil designs. Collins went to Harvard-Westlake and is studying journalism at USC. Stewart left organized education in the seventh grade. Advantage: Heavily Collins

Fleetfootedness. You have to outrun the huntsman and anyone else the queen will send after you. As Bella Swan, Stewart has plenty of on-screen practice running away from the bad guys, even if she mumbles incoherently while she does it. Collins has mostly avoided any pursuer-type situations. Advantage: Stewart

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Final tally: Collins: Three advantages, one heavy advantage. Stewart: Two advantages, one heavy advantage

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--Steven Zeitchik

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