Summit Entertainment once again has made a controversial decision regarding The Twilight Saga franchise. They have decided that Rachelle Lefevre will not be recast in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - and they did this without even consulting the actress first.
When this story first hit, Summit made it out to sound like a simple "scheduling conflict" and it seemed perfectly reasonable; after all, these things do happen. But to make this decision without even consulting the actress, that is beyond callous.
Summit wants to get all of the Twilight movies out as quickly as possible and if one of the cast is unavailable for shooting, it's reasonable the two parties would find a compromise, but Summit didn't go that route - instead, they quietly found a new actress, Bryce Dallas Howard, to take her place and then made the announcement.
Hear what Rachelle has to say about the subject...
In her own words, Rachelle is "hurt deeply by Summit's decision to move on without her." Clearly, this is as much news to her as it is to the rest of the world. She goes on to state that she had "turned down several film opportunities" and "only Accepted roles with short shooting schedules."
This all boils down to a ten-day shooting schedule she had agreed to do for a small indie film called Barney's Version. It turns out that Summit wants to begin shooting on the same day that filming for the indie film is scheduled to begin. Here are some questions for you...
Couldn't they begin shooting without her? Eclipse will be filming for three months; ten days shouldn't make much of a difference! Quite frankly, can you see Summit making this decision if it were Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, or Taylor Lautner who had a ten day scheduling conflict? Couldn't Summit move the scheduling up ten days? Isn't it possible that Barney's Version could have been scheduled ten days prior? Bottom line, there were options that could have been explored, and from what Rachelle is saying, Summit didn't bother to try.
Rachelle goes on to state she "was happy with her contract with Summit" and that she was "fully prepared to continue to honor it." And in what I would have to say is the saddest statement of all, Rachelle continues with, "Summit chose simply to recast the part. I am greatly saddened that I will not get to complete my portrayal of Victoria for the Twilight audience."
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That really sucks! I feel really sad for Rachelle. She was one of the few really talented actors in the movie that I really liked along with Robert and Cam. Why would they do that? IMO they're making a big mistake. This Bryce Howard is certainly beautiful enough and she has played in several films including Spiderman 3, but Victoria will always be Rachelle to me. Summit is on my dog list right now..
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