As a die hard Emma fan, I pray that Emma gets the role, but my only problem with it is that filming the movie might take conflict with OtP! I'm sure that Jamie Lynn would do fairly in this world but I think that Emma has the experience of acting different emotions required to play the role of Bethany. Jamie Lynn Spears is known mainly around the television circut and I'm not sure that a girl who plays a teen going to a boarding school would have enough experience with drama, and so many ranges of emotion to play the leading role. Lets all keep our fingers crossed so Emma can get the role. GOOD LUCK EMMA!