<P> At a 2011 national a cappella competition , Barden University 's all - female a cappella group , the Barden Bellas , perform well until Aubrey Posen ( Anna Camp ) projectile vomits on the audience during her solo . They are publicly humiliated , losing the competition . Four months later , newly arrived Barden freshman Beca Mitchell ( Anna Kendrick ) has no desire to attend college , but she is forced to do so by her father ( John Benjamin Hickey ) , a professor at the university , with whom Beca has a strained relationship . Wishing she could instead pursue a career as a music producer in Los Angeles , Beca spends her time making mash - up mixes of songs and takes up an internship at the school radio station , where she gets to know fellow freshman Jesse Swanson ( Skylar Astin ) . </P>
<P> At a 2011 national a cappella competition , Barden University 's all - female a cappella group , the Barden Bellas , perform well until Aubrey Posen ( Anna Camp ) projectile vomits on the audience during her solo . They are publicly humiliated , losing the competition . Four months later , newly arrived Barden freshman Beca Mitchell ( Anna Kendrick ) has no desire to attend college , but she is forced to do so by her father ( John Benjamin Hickey ) , a professor at the university , with whom Beca has a strained relationship . Wishing she could instead pursue a career as a music producer in Los Angeles , Beca spends her time making mash - up mixes of songs and takes up an internship at the school radio station , where she gets to know fellow freshman Jesse Swanson ( Skylar Astin ) . </P>
who plays the main guy in pitch perfect
who plays the main guy in pitch perfect
Skylar Astin
Skylar Astin