Bryce Dallas Howard is taking over as the villainous vampire Victoria in the third “Twilight” movie and the actress who plays the part in the first two films says he was “surprised” and “deeply hurt” by the change.
Rachelle Lefevre said she was unaware of Summit Entertainment, which is the release of the vampire saga, has chosen someone else to play their part in “Eclipse.” Summit Howard announced Tuesday afternoon that his replacement, saying Lefevre had scheduling conflicts that cannot be permitted to participate in its production.
But Lefevre said Wednesday he was “fully committed” to the return of Victoria. She said her participation in the drama “version of Barney,” starring Dustin Hoffman and Paul Giamatti, only last 10 days.
“I reject several other opportunities in film and, according to my contractual rights, accepted only the functions that involve very little shooting schedules,” he said in a lengthy statement.
“Although the production schedule of” Eclipse “is more than three months, said the summit had a conflict during those 10 days and I do not mind. Given the duration of the filming for Eclipse”, “I never want to lose understand the role through an overlay of 10 days. ”
Summit Lefevre said the study did not report that he shot “version of Barney” – which require that they be in Europe during the test and at least 10 days of principal photography of “Eclipse” – until July 20, despite already signed the draft in early June. The study said that was aware of the representatives of several days taking part in “Barney’s Version” could put his “Eclipse” job status in jeopardy.
“Contrary to the statement of Ms. Lefevre, is not true that rejected their study through an overlap of 10 days,” he said at the summit of his own statement on Wednesday night. “This is not an overlap of 10 days, but the fact that” The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is a set of production has to take into account lists of many actors, while respecting the creative vision of the film set and Most importantly the story.
The news shook the ardent fans of “Twilight” series: A number of petitions circulating on the Internet calling for the return, and the top topic of trends in Twitter for a while Wednesday afternoon was “Bring Back Rachelle.”
“Eclipse”, in the third book in Stephenie Meyer “Twilight” saga, is scheduled to begin filming in Vancouver in August. Part Two, “New Moon”, the November 20 sale.
Howard, while a newcomer to the “Twilight” franchise, is no stranger to the box office, having co-starred in “Spider-Man 3″ and “Terminator Salvation.” She also appeared in “The Village” and “Lady in the Water.”
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