First?

Haha… now that I've actually read it… Dang, It sure makes LeFevre sound like a roach.

oh c'mon, summit SUCKS!

I totally agree…it's complete damage control. They know how mad the fans are, so they're trying to cover. Honestly, I understand where they are coming from…SLIGHTLY…but excuse me if I think they could work it out. Especially knowing how the fans feel about her.

I don't care who said what.
All I care about is having RACHELLE as VICTORIA.

Get your heads out of your asses, summit.

THIS IS JUX PLAIN STUPID SUMMIT…seriously!……Rach was SUPER HAPPY and EXCITED WITH ALL OF THIS!…
I REALLY DO NOOOOOOOT SEE HER AS THE LYING TYPE!
GRRRRR

You should act bette than this!!
she DOES NOOOT deserve this!!!
UGH…aren't you guys ashamed!…….
**inhale…exhale…inhale…exhale**

grrrrr

i think they're trying to make themselves sound good IMO

I just hope no one tries to take this out on Bryce Dallas Howard. Let's be nice to her, OK?

Considering how busy Rob, Kristen, and etc's schedules, I can understand where summit is coming from. Doesn't meant I have to like it. Rachelle will be missed! I am not shocked at all though that summit issued a statement to throw her under the bus. So not classy!

Totally agree!!!

Heh, be nice to the interloper! ;oP

Ok, I do suppose it isn't her fault. I just hope she comes in with the right attitude and does a bang up job. If not, she's going to catch it even worse from the fans.

Yep. Sounds like they've drawn a line in the sand. The feud has begun. D@mmit all!

im so ticked they fired her
and yes they fired her no matter wht they say

i think summit is just trying to wash their hands if they where able to accommodate Cam Gigandet in Twilight why can they accommodate Rachelle Lefevre for Eclipse is only 10 days!!! it just dosen't make sense

How could they have steady replaced her in only 10 days sorry but I'm calling bullshit. Obviously she did not know this was happening 7 days ago at comic con.

I don't think anyone will be intentionally…but ultimately…she's caught in the cross fire and there's gonna be some collateral damage.

Eh..to each his own. Personally, I don't think Summit has done well since the beginning.

Does it sound like they made even the tiniest effort to work with her? To me it doesn't. It sounds like they just went “You actually made plans to be in a movie with another company. Oh well, we'll just replace you!”

NooooooOOOOOOOooooOOOOOOO! That makes me sad, but I know it's true. I'm sure Bryce is feeling the pressure already…it's going to be hard, if not impossible, for her to please the fans, even if she does give an incredible performance, which I totally expect. She's a wonderful actress.

At this point, I'm just going to be sad at the situation. I WANT Rachelle to be in the right, but there's no way of knowing. There's fault on both sides, I'm sure.

I'll just be a little upset that Summit got a little snippy in the apology. But I don't think I could bring myself to sign a petition. This fight's just gonna get messier, and Twilight CAN and WILL go on without Rachelle!

We should all just forget about this and look at more shirtless pictures of Jacob and Edward!

i still think summit disregarded rachelle. whether just summit or both is at fault, i still want rachelle and only rachelle as victoria. bryce is a GREAT actress, but if rachelle still wants to be victoria, then she should be! no ifs, ands, or buts.

Cleverly and maturely played, Summit. Either way, we all know Rachelle is the perfect Victoria, and I think Summit made a huge mistake by replacing her with someone who certainly is a great actress, but not the fans vision of the devilish Victoria that we all love, but certainly hate. Poorly played, Summit. We're all looking forward to Eclipse, but the fact that Rachelle is no longer involved, makes the storyline that we all love so dearly, dim just a little bit.

It's not cool that their trying to throw her under the bus!! She did nothing wrong, she couldn't live forever off the Twilight saga. She had to do other movies. Summit should have done better with the time. Their just trying to seem like the victim and do damage control!

Exactly. If i'm not mistaken…Barney's Vesion has been listed under Rachelle's IMDB page for sometime now. I realize that it's a fan run sight and not always exact but how could Summit claim NOT to know?

Bryce is probably going to have a mental meltdown on the site of Eclipse. lol Somehow I feel as if she'll never be accepted into the Twilight cast like the other members have. She'll always be the person “who replaced our beloved Rachelle”.

Also, Summit is somewhat taking advantage of the fans. I know we don't have a say in the movie, but can't they at least try to make the fans happy. If we're happy, Summit will be happy because there will be money involved. I feel that we can't just let them replace Rachelle without letting Summit know how we feel about this whole situation.

lol. Sorry about that. I just really needed to say all that stuff.

Summit can kiss my ass. I've hated them ever since Twilight first came out. They almost ruined Twilight and if it wasn't for such a dedicated book fan base the movie would have likely flopped. We over looked all the flaws of Twilight because why? The CASTING! It was spot on. They tried to fire Taylor and it didn't work so why the hell do they think this is a good thing to do? For 10 apparent days?

I'm seriously thinking of boycotting. This is crap.

how are they going to get this new howard girl trained for eclipse?? it's goint to take more than 10 day to prep her! Rachelle have stated in diffrent interviews that she have start to prep and train for eclipse already!

i kinda understand. i mean she would be missing rehersal time and filming time thats crucial to a film that has such a short amount of time until its released. they have less than a year to get it all together. BUT then again, victoria is a very important role in eclipse and recasting her role for the movie in wich shes the most involved is a HUGEEE mistake. THey should deffinatly figure out something and like resolve it. they simply cant just have someone else, and if thats the case then im looking forward to see how Bryce Howard will portray the role.

Damm thats a good conclusion, totally agree with you ! Summit messed up, badly !

Who knows who's to blame here. I lean more toward Summit for the blame, because I just get the impression Rachelle is genuine.

I don't know – I doubt it'll work itself out. I'm bummed, because it sounds more and more likely things won't work.

I do feel sorry for Bryce, though, not sure she knows what she's getting herself into here! Hope she's not bashed on too hard.

Nope.

I'm with other readers who mentioned earlier that Summit worked with Cam quite a bit during the filming of Twilight — while he was working on another film.

Summit didn't try hard enough to work with Rachelle. This press release REEKS of privilege. I'm on Rachelle's side, and always will be.

That's a good point! They did replace her really quickly! I guess while
Rachelle was working hard on promoting at Comic con, $ummit was finding a
replacement! Grrrr!

Exactly!
it prob. could of opened more doors.

might be that the one or two scenes victoria's in can only be filmed in that first two weeks of filming? i dunno its the only thing i can think of. i wish we'd get to hear all the details but i doubt we will

But if Summit announced that Ron Howard would be directing Breaking Dawn or any other films from Summit..I don't think anybody could be nice to her.

What's CYA?

I know this is off the subject but I was wondering what “Unicorns” means. I feel stupid asking but see it constantly refered to in other posts.

Cover your A*s

Oh lol I should have known that.

It just really seems like Summit can dish it but not take it. And considering they're not exactly squeaky clean on the “screwing the Twilight series” radar, I have almost no reason to trust that this is the whole story.

Actually, Summit would totally lie about dates. I wouldn't put it past any company, entertainment driven or not, to lie about something like that. Because if Rachelle's camp decided to dispute the date….and they are banking that her team won't out of fear of Summit backlashing against other clients they have or losing contacts in the industry…… Summit could very easily claim they never got that message, email, whatever. Barney's Version has been on Rachelle's IMDB page for over a month now. You can't tell me that I can find out she's got another commitment, but Summit couldn't find that out until the 20th of July. That's complete bullsh*t.

I'm not saying they would have told Rachelle they were recasting on the 20th, but if they only found out on the 20th, as they state, then they were only discussing the date overlap for 8 days…..while on the side, they were somehow contacting Bryce, negotiating pay, getting contracts, and having her sign them. My personal opinion, they knew about the other commitment. Summit altered the start date of filming for Eclipse…..maybe it was intentional, maybe it was just lucky for them. They used this date change as an excuse to recast Victoria for a bigger name, and as some sites are reporting, for less money. Although, I can't see Bryce being that much cheaper. (Bryce made a million for Spiderman 3, so I'm assuming much more for Terminator:Salvation) This was not Rachelle's doing. This was all Summit.

Yup I know. They like to move people around, like directors, etc. They just sound like corportations all over. screw over the little guy to cover their own a*s.

I like some of it. I read one with Nessie & Jacob that is cute and RIMR is sending me the link to “WA” tomorrow.

Maybe Bryce will see all of these negative comments and back out. I would really hate to be her right now, knowing that all the Twilight fans want Rachelle back.
But, as much as it sucks, we know Summit doesn't care. They know we will go and see the movies regardless of whether Rachelle or Bryce plays Victoria. So they don't care about how much we complain. They are going to do what they want because in the end they will still get our money at the box office.

So… if they spent 8 days pulling strings to get Bryce… that means that they didn't make any efforts to keep Rachelle. Just sayin'. If they had even considered making an effort to keep Rachelle, then they REALLY had to hustle to get Bryce.

OH! well there ya go.
If you don't mind a diff. edward and bella,
some strong language.
some serious smutty and lemony stuff.
READ WA!
and you'll learn all about Unicorns! (:
I wont tell you what they mean! you must read! (:
everyone here mostly adores it!
I think its great!
I love the Edward D

You're impressive. You seem to really understand what's going on behind the scenes.

Did you send any emails into Summit?

Yup don't hold back!!! I can only see this chick as the one that kissed Toby Maguire in Spiderman 3. Ugh! don't like the visual.
They see dollar signs and Rachelle went public and that is a no no. The good thing for her future is that everyone will remember her name now.
Should help her career. Doesn't help Summit. LOL.

I agree with you wholeheartedly.

Maybe Bryce is represented by Ari Gold from Entourage. hahahahahaha

Cool! I can't wait!

I will have to turn my daughter on to it. She is 25. She kept yelling at Edward in Eclipse to give it up already!!
I am an Edward fanatic!! Want more. Will have to see Eclipse even without Rachelle just to see how they set- up for Breaking Dawn. That is why the Featherheaven. Love that scene.

oh now it turns into a game of he said she said!

Summit you still suck! You knew the fans loved her yet you failed to accommodate. I doubt she withheld the information and even if she did you didn't have to be such a$$es.

Questions for you… If she had told you would you have worked around the schedule to accommodate it? Because I still think you would have been utter a$$es and still said 'no' so whether or not she told you makes no darn difference right?

The fact that you failed to try and work around it just shows how the success of the saga has gone to your frikkin' heads and all you're concerned about is making money.

You suck summit you really bloody too. I said it before and I will say it again….

ROT IN HELL YOU SCREWED UP PIECES OF SH!T!!!!!

Ok… So in the production of Twilight, wasn't 'James' also working on another film and only had like five days to film his scenes in the movie, so they 'catered' to him by filming all the scenes of the movie he played in first? So why, in the name of blood and bones, can't they do the same thing with 'Victoria'. Seems to me like they wanted to stir up the fans and get them all riled up so they would stop hounding the sets and watching bootleg previews online… like that would ever stop us, but, I can see where they may be coming from.

Bring back the Red Head! She is what Eclipse needs. I don't know much about the 'replacement' that Summit has selected/hired/bribed… whatever.. But I do know that if the 'originals' aren't in the movie, it won't be the same… and that will show at the box office when the time comes.

Come on Summit, wake up! Sign her anyway and get this silly notion out of your head! 'Victoria' is one of the bad vamps and it won't be the same without her!

Well that will be different. Will have to read it to see what it is about. Now you have me curious.

Darling name! I hope you find an equally lovely avatar to go with your name.

Good job not spoiling it for her. When she reads it, it will be especially meaningful.

I hate when people spoil stories, so I commend you for taking the high road.

*stands and applauds*

stole the words right out of my mouth.
Just took out all the curse words.

thats so heartbreaking!

post it everywhere so people will see!
and hopefully see the TRUTH.
summit is SCUM!

I haven't seen any disparaging comment against Bryce. I think most people realize that she is merely a pawn in this game of cat and mouse.

Summit blew it – Rachelle called them out – Summit is trying to cover themselves now.

Summet is being dumb and is dumb! I can NOT belive this!

you are just going to have to find outt

i Understand what the conflict with the whole scheduling thing is.. but i still think Raachelle should be given a chance. I Will be Very Dissapointed in Summit, if they officially Re-cast her for someone else. i think she should be given a choice, to either do the 3rd movie: Eclipse, OR Do the other filming in europe for 10 days. Give her a Brake. shes an AMAZING VICTORIA.

I'll take a vodka tonic with a lemon and lime please! LOL!!

Sorry if I seem too intense. It bothers me when a production company or a television network treat their audience as if they are idiots.

I agree with you on all accounts

YIKES!!!
It's gonna get ugly! I hope she doesn't get blacklisted

my goodness people. this is a movie. these are actors. we are not replacing our family members. there is so much that goes on behind the scenes that we are not privy to. we will never know the full story. I am sure that Summit did not make this decision arbitrarily or rashly knowing what is at stake to the franchise. having seen bryce in other movies such as, The Village, I know she is a very good actress more than capable of stepping into victoria's skin. Let it go. It is a done deal. I am pleased that they ,at least, got a actress of quality and experience that I believe will not disappoint us.

i think twilight kept summit from drowning….thats all im going to say

*looks around*
*whispers* I agree with you.

As much as I loved Rachelle as Victoria, she has to hold some responsibility too. Really, I blame her manager and agent. She should have cleared it with Summit before accepting the offer on Barney's vision. I kind of agree with Summit. I'm sure for them to reschedule everything just for her would cost them millions.

As for Summit rearranging for Cam and not for her, Twilight was no where near the popularity or the budget range as Eclipse. Twilight was more of a low budget indie movie.

*ducks*
*waits for tomatoes*
Don't hate me! I still love Rachelle! That's Hollywood for ya!

Hmm, your right,
Maybe in the eyes… that might do it!

toothpick em to death I say!
*raises one toothpick in the air*
WHOS WITH ME?

LOL.

summit can just kiss a**! they have no clue what they are doing! all they want is the $$$! they dont give a crap about us! we should start a riot and bust down their doors and say “we DEMAND that you put rachelle back out there for victoria in eclipse!” if they think that THIS will get them more money they are wrong!
if the movie is filmed without her then i probably wont see it. they couldnt just do what they did for cam?

*gets out pitchfork* angry mob!! we NEED an angry mob!! stupid summit… *sticks tounge out*

there trying to excuse themselves for having this replacement even take place. not knocking Ms. Bryce Dallas Howard in any way she is a good actress however when your dad is Ron Howard it's very easy to get a part you desire.

bottom line the true twilight saga fans want Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria plain and simple. this is just like how it was when they almost replaces Taylor. this is BS Summit and you know it.

write to summit!!!!!!!!!!!!

EFeig@summit-ent.com,
NKirkpatrick@summit-ent.com
VMayer@summit-ent.com
Wyck@templehillent.com
Paul@pcommgroup.com
RFriedman@summit-ent.com
PWachsberger@summit-ent.com
BHayward@summit-ent.com
DGarrett@summit-ent.com
RHohauser@summit-ent.com
RFay@summit-ent.com
SNickerson@summit-ent.com

Dear Summit,

It has come to my attention and my fellow beloved Twilight Saga fans that a decision has been made by your company to replace Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria in the upcoming Eclipse movie. We believe this is a terrible mistake as Rachelle has embodied the character Victoria from the beginning and has embraced the entire Saga and all of the fans of the series. This is not to take away from Bryce Dallas Howard as an actress but instead to point out the absolute importance to keep an actress who has rightfully earned the role and has performed it with professionalism, excitement, and obvious admiration for the character. It has always been evidently clear in interviews how important the role of Victoria was to her and to her fans.

This is a major oversight by Summit and I hope that you take the chance to reconsider this decision since Rachelle will ALWAYS be Victoria to the true fans of Twilight.

I certainly made me more upset its like did they actually think pointing out all of her flaws in the process makes them any better for dropping her and quickly recasting her with a bigger named celebrity? (no disrespect to Bryce Howard).

Wow. Wut summit said just sounded like a bunch of BS to me!!!

If you can replace Rachelle LeFevre easily, can SUMMIT be replaced that easy as well?

I really don't know who to believe when it comes down to it…I really liked Rachelle as Victoria, and it does seem really odd and random that the part was cast so quick if Summit was just told about the conflict…..Then again, Summit would really have no choice but to recast as fast as they could since filming is going to start VERY soon you know? All in all, it's disappointing because Rachelle was great and it will be weird to see another Victoria after she's already been in two movies…but guys, there is really nothing we can do so just chill and enjoy the franchise because before you know it, the movies will be done and all the excitement will be a memory…JUST HAVE FUN!! ^_^

I'm just not buying it. If they can find a new actress, work out the legals and make public press releases about a new actress in one week… why couldn't they look into working around Rachelle's “conflict” in the 4 weeks they had before filming?

I have so many wrds 2 say that it is hurting my brain n it prob wouldnt fill this whole page, but if u guys want 2 try…cuz it ouldnt hurt if we did…i and some other fansites hav found some links to write n email summit! I cant say anything else cuz i will go out of my mind….

Summit Entertainment
Address: 1630 Stewart ST, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone: (310) 828 4132

Administrative Contact :
Tseng, Mimi
summitent@EARTHLINK.NET
2308 BROADWAY
SANTA MONICA, CA 90404-2916
US
Phone: 310-315-6047
Fax: 310-828-4132

EFeig@summit-ent.com,
NKirkpatrick@summit-ent.com,
VMayer@summit-ent.com,
Wyck@templehillent.com,
Paul@pcommgroup.com,
RFriedman@summit-ent.com,
PWachsberger@summit-ent.com,
BHayward@summit-ent.com,
DGarrett@summit-ent.com,
RHohauser@summit-ent.com,
RFay@summit-ent.com,
SNickerson@summit-ent.com

Quite frankly its leading to were the vulturi need 2 b involved! The Twiuniverse can do it!!!

a petition is online SIGN IT!!! ;o)))

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/rachellei...

I believe that Summit was looking for an excuse to recast Victoria. But I also think it wasn't too smart of her to give them that reason. The cast seems to think of each other as family but Summit doesn't share their feelings and has no problem dumping cast and directors. Summit has short handed and under estimated the Twilight Saga from the start. They gave the first movie a pathetic budget…I mean, Edward drove a hatchback for jezz sake. And would it have been so much for them to come up with a couple thousand to buy the Cullens nicer clothes. They are supposed to be filthy rich. And they look like they shopped at Kmart. I am not even going into the “Sparkle thing.” They have also under estmated the fans loyalty, not only to the book but also to the cast that worked so hard to make the Twilight movie better, despite a small budget and chopped up script. Unfortuntely, it'a also true that we will still go see the movie even though they recast the part of Victoria. I wonder if Ms. Howard is making less money. You know that is all summit cares about. Lets hope they keep Rob and Kristen ……I wouldn't put it past them.
Katherine, Rachelle, who is next? My bet Nikki Reed or Elizabeth Reaser.

Please see comments on the New Moon site in addition to those posted on this site.

amen sista!!!!

I agree with everything you've said, especially about casting Bryce Dallas and negotiating for everything. It takes time, and this just makes them look even worse.
Not to repeat myself, what I said on NMmorg. or everyone else here, but the thing is it seems Rachelle didn't know this.
They planned this a long time ago, this is just one more reasong for me to believe that.

There is no way that Summit re-cast the role in only two or three days. One of them is lying. I really want to believe Rachelle. When the news was first reported that she was being replaced, the way that the news was given made it seem likie a mututal agreement. Like Rachelle had chosen to do another project so Summit had to replace her. Now that the news has been given that Rachelle didn't actually want to leave and Summit replaced her without her knowing, I'm pretty pissed at Summit. They know how much the fans love Rachelle, and they also know how angry we'd get from them replacing a cast member when we all thought they were going to replace Taylor. They should have definately told Rachelle that she had to choose one of the prejects to do, and if she didn't want to do Eclipse, THEN they'd replace her. By the sound of Rachelle's statement, Summit took it that because she wanted to do the other project, she didn't want to do Eclipse. To be honest, I don't think Summit wasd truthful to her or gave her a fair chance.

Summit is a bit naive if they think I'll pay money to go see Eclipse. I'll just wait a week and watch it online…that's how I watched the first Twilight movie. There are plenty of other sources for seeing the film. And if this is Summit's attitude…I can probably hold out for the movie to be On Demand or on video…an casting change this late in the game can't bode well for the rest of the franchise.

ok this is stupid for the simple fact that shes in the movie for what a couple minutes??? and she DIES so how long could that take??? unless maybe they show her running in the woods or something stupid in which it could prolly be a stunt double anyways. they should keep rachelle tht other girl sucks and she looks nothing like her.

if it was rob or kristen they would have worked it out.

Exactly…. They have a tight schedule and 10 days is a lot of time to miss, especially when your character is one of the important roles of the film.
Rob has to shoot Unbound Captives when he is done with Eclipse. They dont have time to wait for her.

Don't apologize. You're totally right.
And I wish you weren't. It seems actually that the audience doesn't mean a lot to them. We bring in the money, so they don't mind to please us or whatever. And they also treat the people they work with as if they are nothing. Though, I'm sure, they would have reschedule if we were talking about Rob Kristen or Taylor.

Well, keep on being too intense. Reading your posts help me to unwind!

This whole thing majorly bites…..

*pun slightly intended*

it kinda makes sense but it sucks still!
in twilight they worked around Cam Gigandet's schedule by shooting the ballet scene first cuz he had already been signed on for another project. i don't see why they could not have done that for Rachelle, especially since they said she was missing rehearsal time and some picture shoots! not like she was missing anything major. do that stuff later for her. i bet she would have been very well prepared and studying her lines and stuff for Eclipse while on the set of her other movie. bad move on summit's part. very bad move! they have a lot of angry fan regardless what went down. you should not recast after the first 2 movies have certain characters in them already!

I agree, to the T, with you.
It is a both side is guilty sort of deal.
Rachelle from withholding information, and for accepting the other role as the main role…
Summit for recasting her (seems while behind her back) and having a replacement – posting it all over the news before telling her – and then acting like it is 100% entirely her fault.
Both sides are guilty, and both sides will most likely suffer a little for their guilt.

How many fans are going to be happy that Victoria was changed? Howard doesn't even look (anything) like Lefevre!!!

http://tinypetition.com/RachelleisVictoria
There is a petition you can sign to try to get Rachelle back, if you wish..

In all honesty..
I'm not to interested in Eclipse anymore.
Knowing that one of the (dare I say it.. main? – because of her part in the war and climax) characters has been changed.. it turns me off from the movie.
I want to see it, but at the same time I am not looking forward to it as much.

Why is it always like this when something like this happens?
Blaming begins. This is so freaking frustrating!

This response sucks. Pure accusations. Lies.
I hate hate hate it.
If you have to lie, you should at least keep your lies simple. Or no one is going to believe you.
Lack of efford shines through.

Summit = bunch of immature covards and creedy liars.
They don't care about fans or actors. All they care about is money, money and money. Making money out of things that people love. That's just sad!

Why this had to happen to Twilight saga? So not fair!
Summit and Twilight saga were a bad combination from the very beginning.

I was reading some prior interviews for Rachelle LeFevre, check this one out:

Q: So do you know what you’re doing next? Do you have anything you’re working on?

“No, I have a couple of things sort of in the mix right now that it looks like I’m going to get to do. One of something in between this and “Eclipse” but it’s a scheduling thing and so nothing is confirmed yet because you have to be available for the third movie.”

Interview can be found at: http://www.hitfix.com/articles/2009-7-18-the-tw...

Anyhoo, this interview was done July 20, 2009. This means that last Monday, Rachelle knew about the possible scheduling conflicts.. does that mean Summit knew about it, too?

*comes out from hiding in the bushes*

JCullen81, I thought the same thing, too!

Whatever happened- there are always two sides to every story. Eclipse starts in less than a month, we've just got to take what's been given to us and be appreciative for the rest of the amazing cast who have stayed on–

It's a pissing contest no matter how you look at it…..only Summit and Rachelle's team know the truth and what we are told is a third story. Is it possible that Rachelle's team didn't tell Summit, sure it is and who knows, maybe it's Rachelle's management's fault that this has happened and they're convincing her that it's Summit's poor decision to fire her over a 10 day filming overlap…..

I personally don't care either way and would only hit the ceiling if any of the CRITICAL actors are replaced. If they replaced a Cullen or Bella, Jacob or even Charlie, I'd FREAK!

I am disappointed on both ends. Because its two completely different stories or explinations for Rachelle being let go….i'm not sure what to believe. I will say that i am sad to see her go i thought she portrayed Victoria perfectly and since shes been in Twilight and New Moon its unsettling to see how a new actress will play Victoria. But i'm sure that David Slade and Summit are going to do their best not to disappoint us with Eclipse.

Where's the positive engergy people!!??

Twitter Petition Sign here — http://tinypetition.com/RachelleisVictoria/

“pissing contest” —> ROFL!

I agree with you! I also think it is SO sweet that a vast majority of the fans are petitioning to bring Rachelle back- it shows how endearing and dedicated the Twilight fans are. :0)

That being said, there's just no way- especially after all this publicity- that Summit would fire Bryce Dallas Howard, and then re-hire Rachelle.

What's done has been done, what more can we do?

On the plus side- Eclipse starts filming very soon, hooray!

In that exact same interview, this was asked of Rachelle:

Q: So do you know what you’re doing next? Do you have anything you’re working on?

“No, I have a couple of things sort of in the mix right now that it looks like I’m going to get to do. One of something in between this and “Eclipse” but it’s a scheduling thing and so nothing is confirmed yet because you have to be available for the third movie.”

with line #4, it would cost the production company TONS of money to push back the release date of Eclipse back a month. I also don't think it would be fair to the other castmates, as well as the fan- to push everything back a month for one person.

I DO think it would have been a fair compromise to film Victoria's scenes at the very end, or very beginning (like they did with Cam Gigandet in Twilight).

I had time to sleep on it, until now Summit has made smart decisions when it has come to the Twilight Saga, they gave Taylor a fighting chance to keep his role, this was very unprofessional, even if Rachelle is partly at fault, they didn't even consult her, if she wanted to stay or go, in fact they went out of their way to lie to the fans with the first article making us believe it was a mutual agreement when it wasn't and now they come out with this statement?

Now I'm itching to know how the other cast member feel about this?

See some here still think that Victoria will only appear in one scene? Nope, we will be getting more Victoria, that is why this thing blows.

Everyone is expendable to keep the gravy train going.

EPIC FAIL Summit

I'm curious how the other castmates feel, too. Billy Burke tweeted this last nigth:

” I have NO idea what
went down with the Rachelle thing. None whatsoever. Bit confused
myself. I gotta go bowling now. More later… “

Of course, I'm sure the other castmates value their roles, so they won't speak openly against Summit..

WTF…..I hate Ppl who are so money hungry that they dont think about the ppl “FANS” who are bringing in that damn money. I called and lefted like 10 messages and up until the 10th one I was straight forward to the point but the last one I lost it and called the new girl a scank and told them they suck etc….***wondering if they have caller ID****

CALL THIS NUMBER AND LEAVE A MESSAGE THAT WE WANT RACH BACK NOW…..

310-309-8400

I know i'm going the opposite direction here, but I'm a huge fan Twilight Saga, the movies and especially the books. I will agree there's more to the story (on both sides) than what we're being told but I AGREE WITH SUMMIT's decision.

Out of everything both sides have said, there was a ten day overlap in schedules. That can make a huge difference in production times. If Rachelle was truely committed (AS WE ARE) to the Twilight Saga, she would not have taken another job during production/filming time. Truely, THINK ABOUT IT…if you were a part of this, would you schedule something else during the time you KNOW YOUR going to be filming…ahh. NOOOO. I sure the hell wouldn't. Seriously, we have people going across the country and to other countries, just to be a part of this great story and/or to see the actors and actresses.

Also I see the Rob, Kristen, even Dakota doing other rolls/movies without interferring with TWILIGHT. It seems to me they did it the right way!!!

Great, now Summit is probably going to can Billy and claim he had a “scheduling conflict” too!!

I'm in shock over this and don't even know where to begin. First, when I seen the announcement from Summit about the replacement it took me off guard. Rachelle has said throughout that she was commited to all the films and was excited about Eclipse because she gets to really show her abilities to bring Victoria to life. Next thing I see is right before production is to begin they change the actress…hello, what is up with that. I have to agree with what was said earlier, contracts take time to write up and agree to, nothing comes in that quick. I'm lead to believe there is more to this and it makes me think that money is involved. Bryce being Ron Howards daughter, may have agreed to taking less money for the role which would make Summit happy since they know how much the saga can bring in for them. They were a small, mostly unknown company until Twilight hit and bam..they want to play with the big guys now. just my opinion

It wasn't summjit that made the big deal about it, it was Rachelle. She put out a statement blaming summit and acting innocent. Lets not be childish ourselves, ecpecially when everyone is pointing fingers

I know Rachelle was beyond exicted to begin filming Eclipse?, because she was going to be more in it, and she was so looking foward to the fight scene as we all were.

I'm not really sure they want Ron for Breaking Dawn though it is a thought, but Bryce may have been willing to take less money for the role in Eclipse and still be able to play a major character. Though I'm unsure of both sides, only time will tell what the real reason is behind this change. I can hardly believe that Summit couldn't accomadate Rachelle with the overlap since Peter has a tv series now and I'm sure it will conflict at some point.

Your scenario is quite possible. And if that's the case, Rachelle should be kicking her agent. I would hope that her agent was smart enough not to do that, since Rachelle received a pay raise (significant according to some sources) for Eclipse. It's entirely possible that Rachelle was blindsided by this because she wasn't aware her agent was pulling this tactic or playing hardball. It's possible she was told by her agent that there wouldn't be a problem, so she signed on for Barney's Version. It's also entirely possible Summit told her there wouldn't be a problem, and then used this opportunity to recast.

You're right that it's not Summit's job to check IMDB, but my point was if that site has been updated and it doesn't say “rumored,” then it's well known around town. The Hollywood Reporter reported she was in Barney's Version on 7/10/2009. It was announced in that article that principal photography would begin on August 17th. So, they knew earlier than July 20th. Also, Rachelle's contract for the Twilight saga says she only can accept roles with a short shooting schedule. 10 days is very short. And it's a supporting role. She portrays one of Paul Giamatti's wives. This movie is an indie, and doens't even have a distributor yet. And, the principal photography date was set for that movie since at least late May. So she would have known going into it that it started the same day as Eclipse, if that date was set for Eclipse. (Let's not ignore that even Rob Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have given conflicting statements as recent as June on when filming would start. Rob even said October at one point) Eclipse would have been a bigger role for her. It's Victoria's swan song. It's already got a set fan base, and the potential for mega money at the box office. I can't see passing on that for a supporting role. It's like giving up the a penthouse at Tump Tower for a walk up in Brooklyn Heights.

But the big thing here is if Summit really wanted Rachelle for this part, and they really didn't know until the 20th of July that she'd agreed to do this other movie, why didn't they approach her about it. Ask her why they weren't told, and quietly, told her 'no can do', and then if she still wanted out, then arrange that amicably. Their statement reads like an angry, spiteful child. These two sentences in their release are very telling. “We feel that her choice to withhold her scheduling conflict information from us can be viewed as a lack of cooperative spirit which affected the entire production.” I'm sorry, but that sounds petty and childish. “Lack of cooperative spirit”? Just because she scheduled another movie? Couldn't they quietly come to her and say it looks badly upon you that you scheduled this movie during the filming time for Eclipse. What is going on? You can't do both. Are you doing Eclipse? And the second sentence….”Contrary to Ms. Lefevre’s statement, it is simply untrue that the Studio dismissed her over a ten day overlap. It is not about a ten day overlap, but instead about the fact that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE is an ensemble production that has to accommodate the schedules of numerous actors while respecting the established creative vision of the filmmaker and most importantly the story.” What does this mean? It's all about 10 days. “Respecting the established creative vision of the filmmaker and most importantly the story”? How is recasting the established actress for that role respecting the established creative vision? It sounds like sour grapes. And look at the backlash they are getting? Is all this really worth it?

It just doesn't smell right…….as someone said, if you smell fishiness, there's usually something fishy going on.

All I have to say is that if it was Rob or anyother person they would have worked around it so why not work around her..

Whatever its not like all this bitching is going to help lets just hope that this new person can live up to Rachelle.

You never know, and that would suck..

If Summit had been smart, they would have issued a teaser statement first – sort of like “We may have to recast Rachelle due to scheduling problems..” Then Rachelle would have realized her role was at stake and could have renegotiated. Also the Twilight fans would have been prepared. Instead, Summit announced the switch out of the blue which surprised both Rachelle and us. Summit totally blew it. They are a young company and need better management and a PR firm. Don't they realize who is funding the filming of Eclipse? WE ARE .. THE LOYAL (and now upset) FANS!!!

i liked rachelle as Victoria, but because of the small time frame that Victoria is actually in Eclipse, I am not at all disappointed by a character change. I LOVE BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD!! She is going to be a brilliant Victoria!! And, I cant wait to see Rob decapitate her!! PPL should get over it, at least they didnt recast Jacob or Bella or Edward!!

well i think…..if summit was going to recast victoria, they should have informed rachelle before even searching for a new victoria!…..i dont see how i can watch eclipse with out rachelle….she is best for the roll of victoria…people are going to be devestated when they learn that rachelle isnt playin the roll of victoria.

The reason they did one and not the other is because… Twilight was suposed to be an independant film, they didnt know it would become this fenom that it has. Everyone else had other projects they were working on during the down time between movies, they scheduled around it and made sure they were done. I understand the upset but she assumed that they wouldnt start with out her. If she wasnt doing anything wrong she wouldnt have waited to tell Summit. We don't need to start a fight with Summit about something we probably don't know the whole story. They also waited until SHE started throwing mud to say something. So we need to take this in stride and hope that our other favs get the message that it's not a game and that they are in control. So people need to chill out and relax. I have faith in Bryce if they didnt either they wouldnt have casted her in this role knowing people werent going to be happy.

ditto, they are trying to make themselves look like the guilt-free party. perhaps both are at fault… but they should know that keeping the same actors/actresses is almost essential to making the movies series a success….

Wow, that was a serious fuck you from Summit. They didn't have to be so publicly harsh on her. I hate the business, it's full of douchebags.

In my opinion Summit was not wrong in replacing Rachelle. She committed herself to her role in Twilight Sage: Eclipse and she should have not taken another job evening though it was a 10 day shoot. As everyone knows, rehearsal is an important facture when making a film. Therefore, Summit had every right to secure their position by recasting if Rachelle was not available during that 10 day. I think Rachelle did a fantastic job in playing Victoria. However, even though Summit made the annoucement as it was a mutual dicision even though it was not they were just being professional with the media and was not wrong. Who is to say that they did not infact contact Rachelle and her Manager to give them notice. I highly think they just made a public annoucement with the media before giving Rachelle notice. It is sad that she will not play Victoria because she was excellent in protraying that character, but as a fan of Twilight I am going to support their decision and hopefully Byrce Dallas Howard will study and do her homework so she can be just as good as Rachelle was.

Thi is such crap in my opinion. I can't believe that they are doing this to Rachelle. She was an awesome Victoria and I was looking forward to seeing her in Eclipse, especially the fight at the end. And I hate that they're replacing her after she'll be in the first two movies. Replacing in the middle of a series is just stupid in my opinion. All Summit seems to care about is $$$ and rolling the movies out as fast as possible. (I'm stll a little worried about NM being done so quickly.) Summit is not looking good right now.

Just posted this on NMM.org, but I want to show Rachelle my support and will be saying it again!

I wrote Summit a letter yesterday, but today I am writing another one. I have a hard time believing that Rachelle would not tell Summit about her conflict. In addition after reading this:

http://twilightindo.ning.com/profiles/blogs/i-c…

I am furoius! How dare they impersonate the police! I plan on letting them know what they did is disgraceful! I will be inlcuding red ribbons in the letter.

If anyone is going to Twicon in Dallas, start a petition there and make sure everyone signs it!

As stated in my posting last night I sent emails to all Summit Execs. I received a response from Nancy Kirkpatrick first thing this morning (6:42 AM). Basically stating what a horrible experience this was for them and how they were misused by Rachelle. Per Nancy’s email the job Rachelle took was completed in early June.

Based on this response, this is what I read into it. Most likely Nancy Kirkpatrick is the designated spin doctor for this topic. The response is a canned response. Corporate America does not allow any written responses to go out to the public that have not been cleared through the business machine. (I know how this works as I was a VP for a Fortune 500 company for 11 years.) They state that the last 10 days have put them under a great strain.

Things to think about: Does anyone honestly believe that this large movie giant, was totally blindsided by Rachelle? Remember that rumors travel faster through the movie community than any other business. Does it seem strange that Rachelle’s scheduling conflict only became know to Summit Entertainment conveniently after Comic-Con. This way they were able to make their appearance at Comic-Con and avoid the bad press it would have caused if the fans had known about the casting replacement during the general meeting. Does anybody believe that Summit was not already in talks with Bryce Howard and were just waiting to issue the press release to fit their needs.

The way to send a message to Summit is through their pocket book. By all means support the books, but think twice about supporting the movies. Read the books again if you need an Edward/Bella fix.

I think most of you are making a huge deal out of nothing. It's not like they're replacing Bella or Edward. Rachelle knew the schedule, she shouldn't have signed to do something else. The other cast members have kept their schedule cleared. It's not going to keep me from seeing the movie! I'm with Summit on this one.

if you wANT RACHELLE LEFEVRE BACK THEN SIGN THIS PETITION! what summit did was REALLLY MESSSED UP!! -_-
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/we-want-rachel...
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/we-want-rachel...
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/we-want-rachel...
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/we-want-rachel...

This is absolutely ludicrous!! How can they change her in one of the most important Victoria parts? As my sister has stated, we've gotten to know this Victoria that Rachelle has portrayed so well and now they're bringing in some one new? I mean, this is a total 180 in progress!! I am completely against Summit doing this and want to know where the petition sign up sheet is to get her back!! Though I wouldn't blame her if she didn't want to just based on how they have treated her alone. This explanation means absolutely nothing to me. Summit has made a gross error in replacing her and even if there were some difficulties on her part, they should have still kept Rachelle instead of having many disheartened and enraged fans of the films and books. I am truly upset about this and think that something needs to be done about this instead of bringing in Bryce Dallas Howard, no matter how talented, available or LESS EXPENSIVE it would be to do so.

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/the_awful_truth...
Okay so i don't know whether or not to believe this but its a big downer for us.
Summit is really pi$$ing me off!

Rachel must be in Eclipse!! I hate when movies replaces characters to the sequels – it's just not the same and especially not in Eclipse were she has such a big part. Summit and Rachel have to work something out!!!

Lefevre was never evil enough, so I think Summit made an excellent move. Howard is a ten-times better actress and should have been Victoria from the start.
I'd try not to be so biased and deluded but rather keep an open mind…might ruin your Eclipse-movie experience and I'm sure none of you want that.

I'm not really choosing sides here because it really doesn't matter. There's no way to know who's telling the truth and Summit has made their decision. But something you said bothered me. Summit may have other ways to find out about other commitments actors have made, but they shouldn't HAVE to. If the actors are going to commit to other films it's their responsibility to relay that information to the companies they're working with.

I will admit it's a bit sketchy that they pulled that recasting off so quickly. It definitely makes it seem like they're not telling the whole truth.

Summit is now pissing EVERYBODY off by saying that Rachelle needs to be tied down till the end of her role as Victoria! How is she going to be able to make money when the twilight movies take a break? summit needs to be leanant because alot of the twilight saga actors and actresses have had to take time off like cam did when he was filming the unborn he wasnt in all the time and there were scenes where hes cruical to the movie that they had to film when he had time! rachelle is a HUGE character in this book and shes in like one scene so why dont they just cut her some slack and let her get the role she deserves and worked hard for?

Given the opportunity BDH could exceed everyone's expectations too but nobody is stopping to consider that. If everybody goes in to the movie thinking it's going to be horrible, then they won't be giving her a fair chance as Victoria. It's not her fault that Summit chose to release Rachael from her contract.

And besides, people would be complaining non-stop of the movie was delayed for months in order to accomodate Rachael. You can't win with everyone. If people aren't going to go see the movie because a minor character was replaced, then they're not true Twilight fans and it's not much of a loss.

I agree and i hope she does back out and Rachelle steps back in!
but summits gonna fight the comments and not let Rachelle in if bryce backs out!
Summit needs to learn things and 2 of the things they need to learn are
1. dont keep switching directors when doing a saga because the artistic vision will get screwed up
and
2.dont change the actors who play key roles in the saga because fans will freak!

That's true! At least she dies! XD

It seems as if these people have no concept of what CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS actually mean. But you will never convince a conspiracy theorist. So sucks for Summit that they are gonna get all this Pro-Rachelle/Anti-Bryce crap. And sucks for Rachelle who should have just meet her CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS with Summit and not even risked this turn of events if she was so “passionate” about her role in the Saga. Its lose/lose for both parties.

I don't care that the movie will be delayed as long as it is Rachelle who plays Victoria! They Must come up with a sollution that do not involve the replacing of Rachelle!!!

Ok, I went to film school. That doesnt make me an expert by any means, but I know how this works. BOTH parties were at fault. Rachelle knew her schedule and should've made arrangements, if not with Summit, than with the other production company, she obviously can't be in 2 places at once.

That being said, she pays a management team quite a bit of money to speak to production companies on her behalf, and I'm pretty sure the management team would'nt throw her under the bus like that (after all, its their job on the line). Summit knew, they just decided to take the “easy road”. I know fans are hard up for Eclipse, but I can guarantee fans would have been more at ease knowing Summit had to back up scheduling a week and a half to ensure all the beloved actors would be included. Instead, they pissed off a LOT of people.

Rachelle should've planned her shooting schedules more carefully, and Summit should've taken care of the situation very differently.

I know for a fact that shooting was completely rearranged for Cam Gigandet. They shot ALL his scenes first because he had to be somewhere else. Now, yes, SHOOTING schedules can be rearranged far more easily than rehersals and principle photography, but its not impossibe.

And to fans out there who think Summit doesnt care about you. You're just a tad off the mark. Summit wants you happy. Happy fans = big box office numbers and record breaking weekends. Do they care about your personal opinion? Probably not, but they know that for them to bring in the cash, YOU have to be satsfied.

When they tried this crap over the possible recasting of Taylor, the fans went nuts. It was huge and made news around the world how the fans backlashed, so they had to give him a chance.

They were not going to make the same mistake twice. They didn't want that this time, to give it a chance to be changed so they just issued the statement that it's a done deal. A recast without warning to anyone (including cast and Lefevre). This way it's too late for fans to do anything.

What a croc, summit. who do you think you're fooling? summit sucks

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they should HAVE to Google, check IMDB, check the rags for other opportunities their actors have agreed to do. I just don't buy that they were completely unaware. They read Variety…..they read The Hollywood Reporter. I just don't buy it. But, yes, it was her responsibility (meaning her, her agent, or manager) to let them know she was considering this role. Weighing the opportunity, and the way this was handled, it's sketchy as you said. It seems a bad career choice to give up a lead role for a 10 day shoot on a supporting role. And while Victoria isn't seen alot in the book Eclipse, you know visually we'd have seen more of her in this movie, just as we are in New Moon.

The big thing out of all of this is Summit comes of as immature and petty. They are a business. Rachelle's response was emotional, polite, and frankly pretty honest. In the end, they fired her because she had a 10 day conflict. What we don't know is if she was offered the chance to back out of Barney's Version and fulfill her duties to Eclipse. Rachelle implies she would have done that. But in the end, why should one response from an actress, who no offense to her, isn't that well known outside of the Twilight world, elicit throwing her under a bus? Their manner in handling this was completely unprofessional. They coldheartedly let Rachelle go while at the same moment took Bryce Dallas Howard and, sorry for the pun, fed her to the wolves. Then after Rachelle responded, which they should have expected to happen, they throw her under a bus stating she it was her fault, and she makes bad career choices. Shouldn't they have been the bigger 'man' about all this? Shouldn't they have announced Rachelle's departure……let that die down. Don't retaliate with a blame press release. Then announce Bryce. Wouldn't that have been the best for Bryce, who is now coming into this with alot of baggage that isn't hers.

Ok…I'm going to stop rambling now…..so I'm not fired from my job. Ha!

I totally agree with you, Eclipse was my favorite book of the Saga, but now that Rachelle is being replaced, I think not a lot of fans are going to watch the movie as much without Rachelle. I mean common, there has been movies were main characters have been replaced and they turn out to be worst. Rachelle was the ideal Victoria for me, but with a sudden change, I'm not as much interested in the movie anymore. Even though I liked Spiderman 3 were Bryce came out on it, it just disappoints me that she took Rachelle's role. I don't think shes that great of an actress either. It's pathetic there must be a mistake!!!!

I don't know who to believe either. The only think I'm sure of is that it's really sad that it came down to this and that the argument came out in public. It paints both Summit and Rachelle in a bad light imo.
There was probably miscommunication between rachelle and summit. Or who knows maybe one team wanted to try and get their cake and eat it too by working simultanously on more than one project and the other one got offended they'd have to work out another schedule and decided to make an example so that no other actor dares this? There are a lot of actors involved and what would happen if more of them would do the same? Rachelle's agents should never made her sign on another project, it was too risky.
We don't know what really happened but I for one would have prefered they had worked their argument out in private and I didn't have to listen to all the arguments, it won't do anyone any good. jmo

It's sad that rachelle is not in Eclipse, I loved her a lot as Victoria. But I'll still look forward to Eclipse just as much as before.

Great point!
Summit did produce Twilight when no one else would. Team Summit! LOL!

To all those that say they love Rachelle as Victoria and won't see the movie if she's not in it… get real! She had a small part in Twilight and we haven't even seen her in New Moon yet! Bryce Dallas Howard is a great actress…she will do fine!

Right on. I'm not a fan of the director switching for eclipse. I was glad that they switched for new moon though. i am pretty pissed abt this thing with rachelle. so dumb

AMEN!!!! THank you for stating the facts. I understand that people don't want to possibly think that she thought she had this role in the bag and she was a super star now and she can run across the pond make a quick buck while the “iron is hot” so to speak. We need to just understand that things like this happen all the time in films. We dont need to act like children and through a temper tantrum because we didnt get OUR way.

This is the last time I will post on this subject, I think the case here was miscommunication and Rachelle is somewhat at fault, she should had not accepted any other roles before her time with Twilight was up and finger wagging at Summit for not acting more professional, But I won't be dragged into the anti-Bryce campaign either, or taken sides. Someone is lying and someone telling the truth time will tell who.

but isn't it supposed to basically be OUR way? as long as it works? and Rachelle worked. she wasn't even going to be in Eclipse very much, they could have worked with her, but i agree, she should have gotten it cleared first i guess.

But they did give Taylor a fighting chance and they do allow Stephenie to give her input on things when writers sell their rights to a movie company, they have no say in what they do with that material. Case in point with the Vampire Diaries, the author is not happy on how her story is going to be told,

I totally agree with you! I am very disappointed that they have had to re-cast Victoria, however we the fans have all known for months when filming was going to start on Eclipse and Rachelle shouldn't have risked having a filming overlap without checking it with Summit. What is everyone else meant to do whilst she finishes filming Barney's Version, sit around and wait for her? They have commitments and a life/career outside of Twilight too, but they have managed to keep they're schedules free to film Eclipse.

We all know how tight the filming schedule is for The Twilight Saga and Summit are doing this for us the fans – I don't think we should be laying into them over something that seems to be Rachelle's fault. They're trying to get these films out as quickly as possible for us – remember that people! I want Rachelle to be Victoria as much as anyone else does but I really don't see how this is Summit's fault!

Also, they've cast a lot of people recently for the new roles in Eclipse so I don't think we should be suspicious that it's happened so quickly. They would have to do it quickly otherwise the whole thing would've been delayed and then there would be even more uproar from us lot. If they were recasting one of the Cullens, Jacob or Bella or another main character I think it would be a disaster and they should delay filming but Victoria isn't really involved until Eclipse so I don't think it will be that bad.

I'm sure Eclipse will be great, with or without Rachelle. There's nothing we can do about it, and I don't see that Rachelle and Summit would want to join forces now anyway so we've just got to live with it unfortunately and look forward to watching the next 3 films!

you do know that in television almost every episode it directed by a different director. same with many movies and they have all been terrific. some maybe better because of that change. i know i might get my head bitten off here but i think that new moon will be better because of a new director and same with eclipse. eclipse gets darker and david slade does dark well.
now as far as victoria i am upset that they changed her so quickly but again it was rachelles choice to take a fill that overlapped in the first place. it was poor planning on her part there if she really wanted to be in eclipse. i understand that she wants other work but no actor has it set in. remember everyones fight to keep taylor as jacob??!?!?

I really like everything you have to say. Have you written a letter and/or email to Summit? Also, can I borrow your timeline info (how fast everything was thrown together) for my second letter?

To a degree yes, because they made her role bigger and better, she should have made da*n sure she didnt let anything get in the way of this project. I mean don't take advantage of the fact that you have lots of fans, would you do everything you could NOT to let them down? even if that includes being responsible?

I hope that everyone will give Bryce a chance. I feel really let down that Rachelle would allow this schedule conflict to happen. She talks about how much she loves Twilight and then lets this happen! The Twilight Saga must go on and there are many more people to consider. I wish Rachelle the best and look forward to Eclipes!
Summit is looking out for the best interest of the movies. That's their
job.

Exactly. Sucks that she's recast but respecting decided shooting schedules is important and is also being respectful of the other cast members who also have other movies to work on after Eclipse or who maybe have turned down other project because of conflicting schedules.
As long as robert, kristen, most of the cullen and taylor are not recast, I won't feel too bad.

Finally someone else who noticed old Embry and Sam! Whenever I weep over Solomon people look at my funny. This whole situation with Rachelle just makes me want to cry. (I'm passionate about my actors) I think what I will do, if I decided to see Eclipse is cart around a picture of Rachelle's head on a stick and when Bryce comes on I will simply hold the picture in front of her face. I think I will forever do that if they don't bring back Rachelle.

I don't dislike Bryce, but I love Rachelle and I just feel bad for her in all of this.

Well said!

Woot! Woot! You tell 'em TSH!

Woot! Woot! You tell 'em TSH!

Wooooow! New Topic! Wait till you read what Nikki said about Rob
to People! I can feel the sting from here! Hey Summit I think your stars are strating to crash into each other!

They better not replace ANYONE else. We love our Twi-cast!

heehee, love your screen name! LOL

Sam Uley was in Twilight? Where? I don't remember anyone introduced as Sam.

Well it looks like she made her choice. She should not have taken for granted the fact that she was part of the saga… she isnt bella… it looks to me like she was being greedy wanting her cake and eating it too! To bad for her she should have really thought about it now she has a small part versus a very big part in eclipse.

ROTFL.. SPORKS!!!!!

You are brilliant!!! *takes entire crew of angry twilighters to KFC so we can eat fried chicken and use sporks for torture later)

Excellent!! I am WELL ARMED!!! WHY USE CLAWS WHEN I HAVE SUCH DEADLY DEVICES AS SPORKS and TOOTHPICKS!!!!!!!!!

glares menacingly!!!!!

I think that's why the recasting of Sam Uley didn't effect a lot of people. I didn't even know “Sam Uley” was in the first movie. I just thought those guys were Jacob's Friend 1 and Jacob's Friend 2. lol That's probably how I would have named them if I had written the screenplay.

how did they reply, because that was a good letter, can you email me the response, my e-mail is aneishanicole90@yahoo.com, so im sure their response will be very interesting to hear.

i have not gotten back a response from anyone on any three of my letters so far.

The whole Twlight Saga is revolved around the conflict with Victoria. It builds from the first Book. Its no small part.

That's what I was thinking. I believe summit was just looking for a way to boot her and overreacted so they could sneak as many big names as possible into this Saga. I'm gonna make my Rachelle Stick pretty soon. lol

LOL thats exactly how it went down.
they just didnt predict the fan outrage.
those greedy bast*ards. =*(

Ya, so enthusiastic she booked another film during the shooting of the movie that she has the most scenes of the series. Not so much. So far as Im concerned she's the one who let the fans down

hahahaha lmfao thanks for the great idea

*gets stick and glue* now, all i need to do is find a pic of rachel…
my other querry is, how are they going to make bryce look as amazing as rachel would have in that movie?!?!
and yea, i cried about my old wolf boys too…

Do you remember what happened when they were about to start filming New Moon? They wanted to replace Taylor Lautner because he was not the right size for Jacob as a werewolf… Don't you remember? And what happened??? Was he replaced??? Well, of course they thought it twice because Taylor is one of the main characters of the story and somewhat managed to make things work for him to continue in this franchise. Rachelle's case is not the same. But, she was important for the story and it would have been great if she had been able to finish what she started, for the story's sake. Now, when we rush to the cinema to see the film (because most of us will) it will be awkward to see somebody else playing Victoria in Eclipse … don't you think?
As regards Summit…. I truly believe that they give a d*mn about what fans think about their choice of Bryce to play Victoria. It's always been about the money, and they've make loads!

*gasp*
are you f**king kidding me, GREY face?
You base your ASSumption off of one comment about me not being as interested in the movie now..
I don't know about you, but I have read all 4 books and the pre-draft of Midnight Sun. I have read Twilight 4 times, New Moon 4 times, Eclipse SIX times and Breaking Dawn 2 times.
You seriously sit there and judge me as a fan because I am not as interested in the movie?
I never said I lost all interest. I simply stated that I am not AS interested.
Rachelle MADE Victoria. Rachelle gave birth to her and will help her grow through out New Moon. For another actress to take her spot at this point changes who Victoria is and how I see her.
No, they aren't casting a new Edward.. but Rachelle IS the face of Victoria.
How can I enjoy a movie from a book that I absolutely love when every time I see the villain I will think of Lady In The Water? (horrible movie….. horrible. That is how I see Bryce … Howard… Sorry Bryce)
Have you ever thought about the fact that Twilight the movie was barely like the book? Maybe Slade will do the same.. Make Eclipse how he sees it – not how it is.

Thanks, GREY face… Thanks for your attempt.
But next time.. do a little got damned research before you try to accuse someone of not being a fan because of their choice in regards to a movie that is based off of a book (movies from books are very rarely the same)
And BTW..
Since I'm not such a fan.. Maybe I should cancel my $1,500 trip to Vancouver to go to the scenes from New Moon and Eclipse. Ya know… Because I am not a fan.

*slams door in StephanieDJ's face*

I completely agree with you about director switches.
I think there is a need for different directors for different feels.
Twilight – kinda childish (perfect. a doped director – h whatever her name is)
New Moon – more adult orientated… (great, Weitz)
Eclipse – getting darker… (awesome a dark director – slade)
Breaking Dawn – all out nasties. Haha, jokes. More of an adult book – more going on (so… experienced director!)

lol

*pours great wine for the fallen wolf boys* They will be missed….
They are gonna have to make her look like a knock out times two. Because I've seen a picture of Rachelle from New Moon and I was scared. That girl looked feral.

I want to see it more. I am so pissed that choosing another role over the one she so called 'was passionate about' came to the back burner. Truth be told, I think she got too full of herself and thought the industry would bend over backwards for her. Kristin, Robert, Peter as well as other cast members have filmed other projects and made sure their scheduals worked for the Twilight Saga filming. To say that Summit fired her on puropse is just mind numbing. It makes no sense. They let her go for a reason and I think their reason is legit.

i dont think i follow u if u have twitter…? add me? i have the smae name here and there

Haha..
I just have Twitter so that Peter would win the bet
I don't use it much (well.. at all lol).
Nmm.org is my home

(disqus wont let me follow the thread to reply to your post beloww. so here it is! LOL)

I know i know.. it DOES take a genius to come up with such deadly weapons!

WHATEVER CHICKEN IS LEFT OVER, USE IT TO CHUNK AT THEIR HEADS!

*falls into defensve vampire crouch with you*
ALRIGHT SUMMIT WATCH OUT! WE'RE COMIN! lol.
everyone! sharpen those tooth picks and lick those sporks clean!
HEY!! DONT EAT THE LEFT OVER CHICKEN! LOL.

{btw; im most def. following you xD your fun ! LOL)

Perhaps but that's not the point. If Rachelle had no schedual conflict then I am sure Summit would not have replaced her. Period. It wouldn't make sense for them to replace her if there were no reason. With Taylor there was. Rachelle was hoping for some bending and tweeking in her schedual and showbiz is showbiz. If she cannot complete the tasks she was given she gets fired. That's the same for any employment job. If you worked at Burger King and couldn't make it to work for ten days even though you were schedualed and you knew it before hand, bye bye. Acting isn't any different and if the people on this board cannot see that then sorry. Those who say, 'I'm not going to watch this movie now' are lying out of their butt holes. You know, at some point, they will no matter how they feel.

THANK YOU! I completly agree. Harry Potter is a prim example of different Directors and each movie got better and different with each mood.

Rachelle knew what she was doing and knew that she would run into issues. She is just suffereing the consequences.

OOH!! OOH!! OOH!! I'm glad you found me!!!

Let' attack SUMMIT LATER!!!

Right now we're having an all-out party over in the Jacob Black hot wallpaper post.. bring a swimming suit if you'd like. but it's on the Pemberly lawn.. well lit with lanterns.. has a slip n' slide, drinks, and VAmps are SO totally welcome!!

*grabs hand* Come ON!!! I'll race you to the Pool!!

LOL

LMAO…i say dirty and she comes a following!!

haha. That was just an excuse. You said please come lol. How do you say no to a fellow twilight team vamp lover? You dont. Lol.

Lol, it actually says “_JAIL”… wow that is special!
I added both. Sorry for the delay. I had to take care of the real world for an hour . lol

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I totally agree with you…100%. Of course Summit wants the support of the fans and the truth is Rachelle has it. I believe in my heart that Rachelle would NEVER make such a decision. Twilight has not only launched Rachelle's career, but the rest of her fellow cast members as well. I am interested to hear if they have anything to say about this issue. I bet that Summit has contacted each of the them and put so sort of fear in them. This statement Summit made is TOO fishy, especially the quick recast!

I am BEYOND annoyed by this and I can only imagine the emotions Rachelle is going through. This is NOT fair to her! This is the last film she will be in for the saga! Let the fans have the Victoria they want. WE WANT RACHELLE! SHE IS VICTORIA!

I saw Twilight 8 times in theaters! All I can say now is that once all the films are completed, I will NEVER support a SUMMIT PICTURE AGAIN!!!

how are fans acting childish??? how was my comment childish?? care to elaborate a bit…

I agree with you all…something is fishy here. Eclipse is Victoria's moment to SHINE, it is her biggest part yet and pulls together essential parts of the story in many aspects. Summit just looks bad right now…as if they are trying to cover up the fact that they decided to throw in a “name” all of a sudden. Which is what I think we all have been worried about.

However, I am a Twilight junkie and I will go see Eclipse as you all will too…when it comes down to it for me Twilight= Edward + Bella +Jacob+ The Cullens…I know it won't be the same and when the final fight scene comes out on the big screen in Eclipse it will lack a lot of the emotional connection that we have to Victoria. I just pray that when Breaking Dawn comes around EVERYONE that has been in the 3 will also follow up on the last because that would be a MAJOR suckfest.

I have to have faith in Summit though and hope that whatever the mess is that they continue to stay true and faithful to our beloved story:)

Also just throwing this out there…What is up with DAVID SLADE? Is he a fan or not? WTF? I feel like he has had a lot of bad press…and I wish he would release a letter like Chris did…embrace us…we are the driving force behind this cash cow. Alright done.

I know that Mike is not important, what i meant is that summit isnt interested in our feelings, what they are interested is in their money and making us happy means more money for them…that´s why they say they try their best for the fans…bla,bla, bla…anyway I´m sorry for Rachelle but as far as I know the lawyers are talking…where is stephenie, please?

lol ditto. but let's not even get me started on the person who DID write the screen play! LMAO!

what pic are you talking about?

*hurredly googles*

could u send me the link to it please?? i wanna see the true victoria

yes they kept taylor cuz he proved he could handle the role. but you honestly believe that rachel would risk the BIGGEST role in her career for in INDIE film??!?!
seriously, rachel would never consciously book a movie during eclipse: besides the amount of money she would lose, she knows she would dissappoint fans worldwide
she wouldn't do that: she's not stupid! i think she was prepared to take both roles, but summit wanted a new face, so they booted her out.

Hmm…..do I know you? Do you know me? I don't think so. I know Hollywood and how it works. I know it well. Thank you for your arrogant assumption.

However whether or not I, as you state it, 'know Hollywood' or not, people are intelligent. And in this WW web saturated world we live in you don't have to work in Hollywood to understand Hollywood. Everything I've posted, and you obviously didn't read all of the posts, are my thoughts based upon what I know. I've never said one side is lying and the other telling the complete truth. I've never said fans won't go see the movie if Rachelle (please at least get the name right) isn't in it, and I've never stated that Summit is ignorant of this. I ask that if you disagree with my thoughts or opinions, then just state that instead of making erroneous judgements in a rude manner.

One time I didn't go to work and I got recast too.

Summit is losing it. It is obvious they do not respect the books or the fans. I am boycotting all Summit merchandise.

I think this is BS! She would never do that. She was too loyal to the fans, and to being involved in the Twilight series. They told her dates, and then they changed them on her. She was set up.
Summit sucks. Eclipse is my favorite book of the series and I have a trip to go to Vancouver as well during filming, but I am ready to cancel it all. You just don't treat people that way.

Let me just say…. we may still all go see it. But will we go see it 8 or 9 times like we did Twilight to make sure it made enough money to have sequels done? Maybe not. See it once. Then they don't make the same amount of money, and we as fans make a statement. Summit needs to be loyal to the people who kept them from bankruptcy. They treat their employees and the fans like shit. They need to be taught a lesson, and the best way to prove it is through the pocket book!

You are absolutely right!!!

It's not a huge picture, but it's on the NM official website.
She looked so nice I saved the picture. link: http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q282/dreamer...

Absolutly. If the actress didn't commit to what she signed on for then I say get the steppin. I want someone who cares just as much about the film as I will and if she would rather take on another role that changes the dates and hurts her chances of meeting her deadlines, which in turn will make me wait longer for the film then you bet I want her out.

I do understand that a lot of people are having a hard time imagining someone else playing Victoria other then Rachelle but what you all are overlooking is that it's her fault she got fired. You all want to blame Summit for sticking to their shedual and that doesn't sit well with me. Rachelle is the one at fault here and yet she has fans backing her up because they can't imagine anyone playing Victoria? She got the idea that Summit should bend over backwards to accomidate her just because she's an actress but she got the boot. I say GO SUMMIT! I'm tired of snoozy actresses thinking they can get anything they want because they are on the big screen. It's not all about you hunny. You have fans depending on you. Commit to what you signed on for but instead she disappointed.

BTW: Helena is a great actress and would never screw up a role for something else. She's not so full of herself that she would let her fans down

Join the red ribbon campaign: write a letter of protest to Summit and enclose a red ribbon (red for eclipse red for victoria's hair). Here is the address: Summit entertainment. 1630 Stewart Street Suite 120. Santa Monica, CA 90404. United States Phone: 310-309-8400

Sorry but I have to agree with the studio. As a lay person, if I have a conflict with work, I have to give my employer as early notice as possible. My employer may or may not agree with what I have to do and they have the right to accept my agreement or fire me. That's life. I don't think she's totally innocent in this; I still think she could have planned ahead and communicated more closely with the Studio before committing to something else. I would have preferred seeing her play Victoria as well but she made a choice that she now has to live with. She's a talented actress and she said she had turned down lots of work so I'm sure she'll be okay.

Interesting reply considering you have no idea what transpired. You sure you don't work for Summit? They are working very hard at digging themselves out of the hole they created, and this kind of an e-mail sounds very choreographed in the studios favor.
BTW… If Helena did schedule another movie due to an error on the studio giving her the wrong dates… Warner Brothers would have made accomodations for her. Because, they value their employees. And, they know she is irreplacable.

I thought that was supposed to be Embry? And that Sam was the one that said: “The Cullens don't come here.” ?
I don't get it though.. Why would Sam be with Embry and Jake?
o.O

You are more then welcome to disagree with me but do it in a respectful way. Calling my idea BS isn't respectful. I never called what you had to say BS. It's respect. If you can't respect other posters and their ideas then why post at all? That's all I am saying.

I have a friend that works for a production company, i'm not saying which one, and she shed some light on the situation for me because at first I was just as upset at Summit as the rest of you. I know that Kristen and Rob are working on their movies right now but Remeber Me that Rob is working on is coming to a close and Kristen's movie is just about done filming as well. Their projects won't interfere with the filming of Eclipes.

Replacing Rachelle has already been done and nothing anyone says or does at this point can fix that. Summit may have worked things out with Rachelle had this decision been handled more maturly. By going to the press and making a statment about her situation and not giving both sides to the story, Rachelle pretty much screwed her chances of making it back to Forks.

I am sorry that all of the fans are upset but again they are upset at the wrong person. Summit may have given her the ax but Rachelle chopped off her own head when she a) didn't give them a set time to film her other movie and b) went public about the situation and not telling the entire story as to what happened. She just made Summit look like the bad guys.

I like Rachelle. I have met her before and she did seem like she was looking forward to filming Eclipse but that doesn't mean she didn't screw up somewhere along the lines. It's no different then being excited about going to Disneyland and then woops I failed my Math test so now I can't go. There are requirments that she didn't meet and in showbiz, you have to follow through. Maybe if Kristen and Rob where in the same situation they may have not been fired but they are the main characters. Rachelle's part isn't a major role. She can easily be replaced, as was what happened and she has no one to blame for that but herself.

OMG my friend…… you just lost all credibility you had. You just admitted that you are affiliated with “a production company but you won't say which one” ….. let's guess? SUMMIT.
Bottom line, they fired her without even letting her know properly. They got caught. The fans are 80/20 siding with Rachelle. We can hurt Summit for such a poor way to treat people. In the pocket book. We can definitely hurt their bottom line, and their profit level and refuse to buy merchandise. Thanks for affirming that we are right to stand with Rachelle. You just made our case so much stronger. You can continue replying all you want, but you lost all credibilitiy and respect. You earn respect my dear, and you haven't earned it.
Sorry.

She probaly thought since other people filmed in new moon that it wouldnt be a problem if she asked or not. And they say you shouldn't assume but people say we shouldn't do alot of things and we still don't listen. Sometimes we don't think about things before we do them but thats just people overall so anyways i don't feel let down as a fan i kinda feel bad for her.

“They told her dates, and then they changed them on her. She was set up.”

Where is this fact posted b/c I have yet to read it. Thanks!

Then bring it up with the person that made the mistake–Rachelle. SHE's the reason that we know have this other chick playing HER role.

I couldn't agree with you more! I do not enjoy movies that change their actors. I just cringe when I see a new person playing a role that belonged to someone else.
Summit should realize how important these movies are to the fans. Summit and Rachelle should come to some kind of agreement so that she can finish out her role as Victoria.

I'm new to the board. . . and new to protesting production companies. What is Summit's contact info? Email, address, whatever? I'd like to send an email or a letter too!

It is sooooo Rachels fault. What was she thinking??? A new movie? Who cares about Barney! Its all about Twilight!!!! She should've talked to summit waaay sooner. I never liked her anyway but she was cast in the beginning and now she wont be in Ecplipse! IT's true what they said about her not being devoted! Stupid ho

I agree. I'm not interested in seeing eclipse anymore. I think summit is making excuses. I don't believe they weren't told about the other engagement. Not to mention, Ron Howard always seems to get his way, If they were going to recast victoria, they should have used a no name. I'm so sick of Ron Howard and His daughter. I'm boycotting all Ron Howard films, All of his daughters films, and all of davids films, also I will not go to see Eclipse, also sorry summit, but if you ruin this film for me, I'm done watching Summit movies. I've had it with studio execs, who think they can do whatever they want, and we'll just watch it anyway. Not going to happen this time. I spend to much money on entertainment to put up with it any longer. Plus is it just me or does bryce look much older than Rachelle? I think summit could have made a much better choice. I'm sorry Summit, but Ten Days? You could have found a way to work around it. We've been reading the articles on how new moon has been filmed. I understand that many parts were worked around and filmed in secondary locations. Come on summit get creative with the green screen. You could make the schedule work for Rachelle. I am so deeply disappointed.

It would be interesting to see if that is the case-Ron Howard, Director for Breaking Dawn. The conclusion of the “Twilight” saga that may be either broken down to 2 or 3 movies…….you know what the message boards will be like it that shit hits the fan???

Yeah your right on 1-thing only…Rachelle & Taylor situations are totally different but at least Chris Weitz made his 1st priority when he took on the role as director for New Moon, was to the Twilight Fans AND what is best for the movie.

Apparently Summit 1st priority was to get Bryce Howard in the movie and save money…screw the Twilight Fans and whats best for “Eclipse” because no matter what they do to these movies, SUMMIT KNOWS that the fans will suck it up and still see the movies…bringing in millions of dollars for Summit.

Again, you keep mentioning that Rachelle wanted other work and thats why she got fired. Uumm ok, so the other casts members (and yes its “casts” because there is MORE than one) who took “other work” that overlapped the “Eclipse” schedule was able to keep their roles in “Eclipse” because WHY??? Is it because the other casts are BIGGER & WELL KNOW stars in the movie industry and Rachelle is what “small potatoes” so her accepting another job while following her contract is wrong in Summit's eyes??

And your comment about “Burger King”…. WHERE EVER you work; either in fast food, in an office, or for a freakin' huge corporation-when an employee works his/her butt off, go above & beyond for that company, show up for work every day, and follow procedures and company rules, that company will see what a valuable employee you are and will work with you to get the “time off”. There are companies out there that will actually sit with an employee who has proven to be an asset to them and work things out.

“Truth be told.. Twilight Fans are EXTREMELY passionate about the story and EXTREME in numbers. NO other movie has a chance in outshining the amount of cash this series is making (and will make).”

hahahahaha good god are you naive. I love Twilight myself but to say that no other movie has a chance in outshining the amount of money the series is making is about one of the most idiotic things I ever heard. furthermore its downright free from reality.

May I remind you that there are dozens of movies which made more money than Twilight did? Twilight made about 300 million worldwide. All Harry Potter movies made at least twice as much,as did all the Star Wars movies,Spider-Man 1-3,Pirates 2 and 3 and I dont even start talking about the ones who broke the one billion barrier (Dark Knight,return of the King,Titanic)

Man are you deluded. I am a big fan of Twilight but I would never be ever so deluded to say that there is no movie out there who would ever make more money than Twilight.

New Moon will make about 400 or 500 million the highest,Eclipse could make 500,maybe 600 but thats pushing it. If they do a Breaking Dawn movie (and if they do they really must change the ending for it to become a successful movie) it will gross about 400-600 million.

With that very realistic calculation still dozens of movies will be more successful then everyone of the twilight films (Harry Potter,Star Wars,Transformers,Titanic,Lord of the Rings,Dark Knight,Pirates,Spider-Man…)

So please being a fan and showing your love for Twilight is really cool – but do it in a realistic way that is not total fiction will you?

Eclipse ws my favorite book as well and I just totally agree with everything you said. I hate it when they change one of the main people, just because you become so accustomed to them and in your mind that original person will always be that character.

im extremely late, but, this is BULL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
summit is STUPID. point blank! they shouldve thought of the FANS, not on scheduling crap, not of time, not on whos fault it was. whos ever fault it was doesn't matter. they NEEDED to work things out and KEPT Rachelle with AT LEAST A WARNING!!!!!! i mean, COME ON!!!!!! this woulda been her last part in the saga anyway! they might as well have changed ALL the cast if they were going to change ONE. it was a horrible decision. and now Eclipse isnt going to be the same without Rachelle. and sure, Bryce might be good in the movie, and maybe good for the part, but NEVER, EVER as GREAT as Rachelle. we all have Rachelle's face and image set for Victoria. its like shes not even known as Rachelle anymore. shes Victoria now. Bryce will NEVER be known as Victoria but as the one who TOOK Victoria's place! sorry Bryce, but its true. i saw the Ecplise trailer and waited to see THE Victoria on the screen, but made me mad to see it wasnt her. i dont think Victoria suddenly becomes another face in the book, another figure. shouldn't have happened in the movie (in the VISUAL part) either.

i know i'm EXTREMELY late on this, but i had to let all of this out…

SHE NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED. SHE WAS VICTORIA. BRYCE IS WAY TOO OLD TO PORTRAY THE PART. BUT SHE IS RON HOWARD'S DAUGHTER, SO THAT SAYS EVERYTHING!

If this happend to any other cast-members like Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart, then the company would work around the 10 day over-lap and give the actor a chance.

Summit didn't do that and instead replaced her for a stupid reason, 10 days is nothing! especially for a big, villainous role of Victoria. I think they simply replaced Rachelle for a bigger name like Bryce Dallas Howard, to attract more attention. Nothing else.