Summit Responds to Rachelle Lefevre Press Statement Concerning Re-Cast of Victoria in Eclipse with Bryce Dallas Howard

646 Comments July 29, 2009 by Will Filed Under: Bryce Dallas Howard, Rachelle LeFevre, Victoria

Eclipse 200907292311 Summit Responds to Rachelle Lefevre Press Statement Concerning Re Cast of Victoria in Eclipse with Bryce Dallas Howard victoria rachelle lefevre bryce dallas howard The recasting of Victoria in Eclipse has quickly turned into quite the debate, with Rachelle LeFevre being replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard.

Summit has just issued a press release in response to the statement that Rachelle LeFevre issued earlier today concerning the casting of Victoria.

We at Summit Entertainment are disappointed by Rachelle Lefevre’s recent comments which attempt to make her career choices the fault of the Studio. Her decision to discuss her version of the scheduling challenges publicly has forced the Studio to set the record straight and correct the facts.

Ms. Lefevre’s representatives were advised as early as April that THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE was expected to start shooting in early August.

If Ms. Lefevre was, as she describes “passionate,” about being part of THE TWILIGHT SAGA, we feel that she and her representatives would have included us in her decision to work on another film that would conflict with the shooting schedule of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE.

It was not until July 20th that Summit was first informed of Ms. Lefevre’s commitment to BARNEY’S VERSION, a commitment we have since been advised she accepted in early June. Summit had acted in good faith that she would be available to fulfill her obligations both in terms of rehearsals and shooting availability for THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE. 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.

Furthermore Ms. Lefevre took a role in the other film that places her in Europe during the required rehearsal time, and at least ten days of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE’s principal photography. This period is essential for both rehearsal time with the cast, and for filming at key locations that are only available during the initial part of production.

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.

The fact remains that Ms. Lefevre’s commitment to the other project – which she chose to withhold from Summit until the last possible moment – makes her unfortunately unavailable to perform the role of Victoria in THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE.

What do you think? With this, has Summit settled the qualms you had about Rachelle LeFevre being replaced in Eclipse? Does this adequately explain her replacement?

Category: Bryce Dallas Howard, Rachelle LeFevre, Victoria

Anonymous

Why doesn’t she just do the movie? Huh? is it really that hard? i dont think do honestly, all this bull crap! both of them are to blame in my eyes. dont pick sides.

she is the actress for this part since twilight, why not just let her go through and she needs to go through with it also. i mean, come on you cant just switch actors and actresses in a sequel it messes it all up!

i mean what ever the “big deal” is, i dont really understand and don’t really care.
take care of it and get over both the actress and summit people!
its like taking one of the cullens and switching it with someone else.
it just wont be right.
we saw her as victoria! and thats how we want to see it, if we didnt then we wouldnt be here now comment on this would we?

dont change a thing. you all are making millions off this saga anyways!
Anonymous

Why doesn’t she just do the movie? Huh? is it really that hard? i dont think do honestly, all this bull crap! both of them are to blame in my eyes. dont pick sides.

she is the actress for this part since twilight, why not just let her go through and she needs to go through with it also. i mean, come on you cant just switch actors and actresses in a sequel it messes it all up!

i mean what ever the “big deal” is, i dont really understand and don’t really care.
take care of it and get over both the actress and summit people!
its like taking one of the cullens and switching it with someone else.
it just wont be right.
we saw her as victoria! and thats how we want to see it, if we didnt then we wouldnt be here now comment on this would we?

dont change a thing. you all are making millions off this saga anyways!
samantharae

Alright. Well, I guess you got us there didn’t you Summit?

“Oh no! She’s going to be gone for TEN days! Whatever will we do to fix this?!”

Fire her… Huh, I would think that even IF she didn’t tell Summit about the other project, that they would try and work around it. For God’s sake here people! She’s one of the key charactors to the story! You can’t just lay her off because she screwed up once!

I am EXTREMLY disapointed with Summits decision, and I hope that they reconcider, because if not? Well, I’m sure that they will recive many more disturbing e-mails regarding this situation, like ones I’m sure they already have. (One from me, of course.)

So, my very DEAR Twilight Fan Friends (or as my friends and I like to call ourselves, “Twi-Tards”.) Let us band together and fight for Rachelle, because she IS Victora…
samantharae

Alright. Well, I guess you got us there didn’t you Summit?

“Oh no! She’s going to be gone for TEN days! Whatever will we do to fix this?!”

Fire her… Huh, I would think that even IF she didn’t tell Summit about the other project, that they would try and work around it. For God’s sake here people! She’s one of the key charactors to the story! You can’t just lay her off because she screwed up once!

I am EXTREMLY disapointed with Summits decision, and I hope that they reconcider, because if not? Well, I’m sure that they will recive many more disturbing e-mails regarding this situation, like ones I’m sure they already have. (One from me, of course.)

So, my very DEAR Twilight Fan Friends (or as my friends and I like to call ourselves, “Twi-Tards”.) Let us band together and fight for Rachelle, because she IS Victora…
TBF

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
TBF

“edit”: It says that Sam Uley was played by Solomon Trimble, so it was Embry(aka Chris) that answered Mike; “You got that right!”

*adjusts halo*
MarLizWhite

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.
MarLizWhite

I completly agree. Bryce is a great actress. I have seen her in films like Big Fish, Lady in the Water, and other really great movies. I think she could do a great job as Victoria and she shouldn't be blamed for choosing a great role. Even if she did back out then Summit would simply choose another actress. Rachelle, at this point, is not an option.
philboy

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.
MarLizWhite

LOL! I wish I were affiliated with Summit. I would go public and put all of this doubt crap to rest. By keeping the talk between the lawyers, more and more anger and doubt continues to get worse. It needs to be put to rest because all of this he said she said crap is getting on one anywhere. I cannot say which production company because I was asked not to. Rest assured it's not Summit. Relax.

They fired her properly. She went public about the situation and ended up screwing any chances of re-negotiation. Summit is in no way going to be hurt over this situation. They make millions of dollars on Twilight alone. Anytime you buy a t-shirt that has Robert as Edward on it, Summit makes money. Anytime you watch Twilight or New Moon on HBO, Summit makes money. They won't hurt one bit over the role change. Sure a lot of fans are upset but I can bet my last dollar that by next month, no one will be talking about this and even if they are, no one will care much dear.

My credibility and respect is still here. You may not like what I have to say but I will post and give my opinion as a fan all I want. I can't pursuade you or change your mind but that still won't stop me. Sorry
Anonymous

Whatever…..Don’t blame Summit because Rachel Lefevre big ego. What? She thought that they would postpone everything for her? “Oh I am Rachel so they can’t dare film without me”…..well yes they can. When you sign up a contract and the contract said that you have to be available in August then be available. No I don’t feel sorry for her she still makes plenty of money and she got some semi-fame out of that movie. So she should have been grateful to Summit because no one heard of her before they choose her for one of their movie.
She is NOT one of the main characters and she should stop acting like she is a celebrity because she is NOT. If Patterson, Stewart and Lautner could arrange their schedule for Eclipse so could she. I wish her well.
Anonymous

Whatever…..Don’t blame Summit because Rachel Lefevre big ego. What? She thought that they would postpone everything for her? “Oh I am Rachel so they can’t dare film without me”…..well yes they can. When you sign up a contract and the contract said that you have to be available in August then be available. No I don’t feel sorry for her she still makes plenty of money and she got some semi-fame out of that movie. So she should have been grateful to Summit because no one heard of her before they choose her for one of their movie.
She is NOT one of the main characters and she should stop acting like she is a celebrity because she is NOT. If Patterson, Stewart and Lautner could arrange their schedule for Eclipse so could she. I wish her well.
ninaseth4ever

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.
crystalkc

We can continue to assume what she thought or felt all we want. But the facts have been made pretty clear that she (or her people) screwed up pretty big and she lost the job.

If Summits statement is true (and lets face it if they lied they'd be facing a pretty big lawsuit from the actress herself) then I'm going to say there was most likely some breech of contract and that's why they decided to replace her. I doubt it was an on-the-fly decision by the studio.

I'm not saying I don't want her to portray Victoria–I think she did a great job in Twilight and it will be weird to have another actress portray Victoria in the 3rd movie. But when you make careless mistakes/decisions there are consequences no matter how innocent the intent behind them.

You can read MTV's take on it at: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2009/07/30/rachelle-l… and get both sides (Summit and Lefevres).
Anonymous

I think you are completely underestimating the fans of Twilight. The Twihards as we are called, and guess what, I am a grown woman with 3 children and my own business who has purchased hundreds of dollars of merchandise for myself and my girls. So, if you don’t think I can’t hurt Summit’s bottom line or the fans can’t you are very naive. Most of us saw Twilight numerous times. We don’t have to do that for New Moon, or especially Eclipse. We can see it once. They don’t need to make 368 million worldwide. They can make half and since their production costs, and budgets increased since the first movie, they most certainly would lose money. Not to mention, I do not need to continue buying all the crap that is cluttering my house with more merchandise.

To think we are going to forget Rachelle is stupid. And 20 years ago we would have never been the wiser. But now with internet and sites such as Hisgoldeneyes, bellaandedward.com, and newmoonmovie.org we now are privy to every little move the studio and the stars make. Nothing is secret. And your attempt to brush this off as Rachelle’s fault is not working. Rob could break his arm on set tomorrow and push back the start date of Eclipse and they would wait for him. Replacing Rachelle with Bryce is ridiculous. She brought Victoria to life. I initially didn’t think she was a very good choice, but she proved herself and I am sure New Moon is only going to solidify everyone’s opinion that she was the only Victoria. You maybe right, there is nothing that can be done to bring her back, but she had a right to make it known that they treated her like shit after all the hard work she did. Especially for the fans. And…. I for one, plan to make Summit hurt in the pocket book. If other fans feel the same as I do, then they should be very very worried. One person is nothing, but thousands represent their bottom line. They may have just given away millions of dollars both at the box office and in merchandise. So I hope it was all worth it. Someone will probably lose their job at Summit over that decision. In case you aren’t aware…. there are already websites popping up asking fans to boybott in her behalf, and I am not the only person who has seen them. They may not bring back Rachelle, but Bryce will never be accepted as Victoria, and the fans are going to make it miserable for her. It’s not her fault, but she will be the one to suffer nonetheless. She would be wise to drop out.
Anonymous

I think you are completely underestimating the fans of Twilight. The Twihards as we are called, and guess what, I am a grown woman with 3 children and my own business who has purchased hundreds of dollars of merchandise for myself and my girls. So, if you don’t think I can’t hurt Summit’s bottom line or the fans can’t you are very naive. Most of us saw Twilight numerous times. We don’t have to do that for New Moon, or especially Eclipse. We can see it once. They don’t need to make 368 million worldwide. They can make half and since their production costs, and budgets increased since the first movie, they most certainly would lose money. Not to mention, I do not need to continue buying all the crap that is cluttering my house with more merchandise.

To think we are going to forget Rachelle is stupid. And 20 years ago we would have never been the wiser. But now with internet and sites such as Hisgoldeneyes, bellaandedward.com, and newmoonmovie.org we now are privy to every little move the studio and the stars make. Nothing is secret. And your attempt to brush this off as Rachelle’s fault is not working. Rob could break his arm on set tomorrow and push back the start date of Eclipse and they would wait for him. Replacing Rachelle with Bryce is ridiculous. She brought Victoria to life. I initially didn’t think she was a very good choice, but she proved herself and I am sure New Moon is only going to solidify everyone’s opinion that she was the only Victoria. You maybe right, there is nothing that can be done to bring her back, but she had a right to make it known that they treated her like shit after all the hard work she did. Especially for the fans. And…. I for one, plan to make Summit hurt in the pocket book. If other fans feel the same as I do, then they should be very very worried. One person is nothing, but thousands represent their bottom line. They may have just given away millions of dollars both at the box office and in merchandise. So I hope it was all worth it. Someone will probably lose their job at Summit over that decision. In case you aren’t aware…. there are already websites popping up asking fans to boybott in her behalf, and I am not the only person who has seen them. They may not bring back Rachelle, but Bryce will never be accepted as Victoria, and the fans are going to make it miserable for her. It’s not her fault, but she will be the one to suffer nonetheless. She would be wise to drop out.
crystalkc

“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!
crystalkc

Just because “She was gracious and generous with the fans and talking about how much she values the role. She knows this is her big break.” doesn't mean she (or her people) can't make a mistake.
crystalkc

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.
TeamLiqGld_disqusATEmyACCOUNT

I think this whole thing is completely on Summit. I mean look how fast they jumped to the conclusion that they were going to have to replace Taylor Launter without even giving the poor guy a chance? And look at him now. I think as a company, they should realize that you cant just change a character like that in the middle of a saga. That would be like saying “Oh sorry, someone else is going to play Carlisle now.” It’s a huge mistake. And I dont understand how they got bryce dallas whoever to agree to all of this in a matter of days. It’s ridiculous. If they were smart they would release a statement apologizing to Rachelle instead of trying to look good.
Anonymous

Lol. I love all the people that *KNOW* what Rachelle would or wouldn’t have done.
Anonymous

I have seen a number of comments about how mean we are to Bryce and we should not put any blame on her. I say that is a load.
Everyone in the movie industry knows about Twilight. They know who established the roles for each character .
Bryce was aware that Rachelle was in San Diego supporting the franchise at Comic-Con. At the same time Bryce
was negotiating stealing the role, in order to insert herself in a successful movie.
Yes Summit and David Slade are pigs and dishonest, but any actress that stabs another actress in the back for a role does not deserve
any respect from the public and specifically from the true Twilight fans.
Tom G.

I’ve read some your comments there…I’m with anyone of u for upsetting that Bryce took the role of Victoria and replace Rachelle in Eclipse. I really think its just plain wrong of Summit for making the decision to re-cast Victoria…Summit don’t even realize that the movies are for the fans to see and this will affect their ranking sales on the box office just simply because of the Eclipse will be different than we expect with different 1 different person in the movie and it would bother anyone when they see the “new” Victoria in Eclipse. I just dont like the idea of replacing Rachelle in the first place since she is the “orginal” Twilight Saga star (or whatever u call it, LOL) and she is already part of us like we look at her the real Victoria, u know?
Tom G.

One more thing..I wonder what would Stephenie Meyer would say…if she was not happy with replacing Rachelle, would she take action against Summit??
Brenda

She got too full of herself…period.

Her agent screwed up.

The role of Victoria made her famous. She needs to bend over backwards for Summit, not the other way around.

Ten days of filming is ALOT of work and $$$$.

She’s not that famous or special for them to rearrange or “accomodate” her (as she says in her statement)

Her exact words…….

“Although the production schedule for ‘Eclipse’ is over three months long, Summit said they had a conflict during those ten days and would not accommodate me.”

Puhleeze….hope she learned her lesson. It goes just as fast as it comes!

Hope that other movie was worth it.
Anonymous

I just read an interview with Peter Facinelli and he has a few days that over lap in October becasue of Nurse Jackie and they are not replacing him. Something else is going on. I thinks its a mistake to replace Rachelle. Have they announced a director for Breaking Dawn yet? Could it be Ron Howard?
nina&seth4ever

yea i agree with you but what im saying is I don't feel let down by her. Yes she could have handled it better but mistakes happen so I don't blame her.
Name

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.
upsetFan

Do you know Rachelle? Like on a personal level? Because you sure are making negative comments about her. You say that you are associated with a production company (but won't say which one), so that leads me to believe that you also only have one side of the story. For all anyone knows, there was an issue on BOTH sides and both parties are to blame!
I'm not saying that is the case. Rachelle and her people and Summit know what happened. The rest of us get bits and pieces. So we shouldn't assume it is one parties fault or another unless WE WERE INVOLVED IN THE DISPUTE FIRST HAND!

And for the record, I am a huge fan of the books and the movies. I am also very upset about the cast change because the character will not be the same. No matter what anyone says, it does change the movie. It may not happen, but I think for the fans' sake, Summit and Rachelle should work it out. Remember, the point of making the movie is for the fans to enjoy.
upsetFan

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!
upsetFan

Oh and one more thing.
Can you explain to the rest of us who are not aligned with a production company how in the heck they got a well known actress contracted and signed in eight days? For someone who is not aligned with a production company, signing on another actress sounds like it could be time consuming what with SCHEDULING ISSUES, salary negotiations, and what not.
So why is it that Summit hired on a new actress and did not at least TRY to work things out with Rachelle?
Since you associate yourself with a production company, I was hoping that you would be able to answer those very important questions?
TWILOVER96

They havent said anything but that was my first thought… that maybe they put bryce there as a sign to tell us the director… or maybe they wanted to save money for themselves, in my opinion i wouldn’t want ron. And i agree there is something going on…
TWILOVER96

They havent said anything but that was my first thought… that maybe they put bryce there as a sign to tell us the director… or maybe they wanted to save money for themselves, in my opinion i wouldn’t want ron. And i agree there is something going on…
Anonymous

upsetFan, I will try and answer your second question as best I can. Let’s see, how would a well known actress who has connections to the director get a phone call and sign a contract in 8 days?

Well one, the director called her.
Two, she said yes.
Three, she signed a piece of paper.
Done!

Hope that wasn’t too hard to understand.

They would want to move fast so they wouldn’t screw the deadline. Otherwise, what was the point of letting Rachelle go. For the record, I have nothing against Rachelle. Yes, I have met her in person but that doesn’t mean I know her. I don’t know what transpired but I do know how the network works and I can tell you from my standpoint that ten days behind is a very big deal. Heck, Catherine Hardwick wanted five more days of filming and the production company said no and she was the dang director!

No one, I don’t care who you are, deserves to call the shots when someone else is forking out the big bucks. Summit is paying for this film to be made and they expect certain deadlines to be made. Rachelle knows that dates being changed around while filming is a big no no, especially when she has such a small role and can easily be replaced, as per what happened. She keeps saying that it was ‘just ten days’ but ten days can cost the company a lot of money. She is the one that decided to play hard ball and got burned. It sucks but it’s reality. No wait. It sucks but it’s showbiz.

I am sorry that there are so many upset fans but Rachelle did this to herself.
Anonymous

upsetFan, I will try and answer your second question as best I can. Let’s see, how would a well known actress who has connections to the director get a phone call and sign a contract in 8 days?

Well one, the director called her.
Two, she said yes.
Three, she signed a piece of paper.
Done!

Hope that wasn’t too hard to understand.

They would want to move fast so they wouldn’t screw the deadline. Otherwise, what was the point of letting Rachelle go. For the record, I have nothing against Rachelle. Yes, I have met her in person but that doesn’t mean I know her. I don’t know what transpired but I do know how the network works and I can tell you from my standpoint that ten days behind is a very big deal. Heck, Catherine Hardwick wanted five more days of filming and the production company said no and she was the dang director!

No one, I don’t care who you are, deserves to call the shots when someone else is forking out the big bucks. Summit is paying for this film to be made and they expect certain deadlines to be made. Rachelle knows that dates being changed around while filming is a big no no, especially when she has such a small role and can easily be replaced, as per what happened. She keeps saying that it was ‘just ten days’ but ten days can cost the company a lot of money. She is the one that decided to play hard ball and got burned. It sucks but it’s reality. No wait. It sucks but it’s showbiz.

I am sorry that there are so many upset fans but Rachelle did this to herself.
Anonymous

There is an old saying, “You don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”
Anonymous

There is an old saying, “You don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”
alamadae_azoiq

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_am_a_pack_wolf

I totally agree with your comment. Bryce had to have known just from media and online reports that the fans of twilight are very protective of the cast who play the characters of twilight. To just take over an actor’s part, knowing how important that person was to the twifans and to the movies is wrong and mean-spirited.
I_am_a_pack_wolf

I totally agree with your comment. Bryce had to have known just from media and online reports that the fans of twilight are very protective of the cast who play the characters of twilight. To just take over an actor’s part, knowing how important that person was to the twifans and to the movies is wrong and mean-spirited.
I_am_a_pack_wolf

I bet money that the only publicity that Bryce is going to do for Eclipse is to media reporters. I don’t think Summit or Bryce would be foolish enough to let her go to conventions and other fan-related events, because they know the backlash and the horrible questions that will be targeted to Bryce
I_am_a_pack_wolf

I bet money that the only publicity that Bryce is going to do for Eclipse is to media reporters. I don’t think Summit or Bryce would be foolish enough to let her go to conventions and other fan-related events, because they know the backlash and the horrible questions that will be targeted to Bryce
I_am_a_pack_wolf

I bet money that the only publicity that Bryce is going to do for Eclipse is to media reporters. I don’t think Summit or Bryce would be foolish enough to let her go to conventions and other fan-related events, because they know the backlash and the horrible questions that will be targeted to Bryce
Anonymous

No I don’t think the fans should boycott Eclipse because of Rachel Lefevre – again she made a poor judgment.
Taylor Laudner – he worked like a maniac to make sure that he would carry on Jacob’s role. Kudos to him! Here is a young actor who is committed/passionate to his role/character) unlike someone else – What? she wants to delay production and make 368 million people wait….. for her????? You serious?????
Rachel Lefevre thinks that it is okay to take off during production (after she signed a contract) so that she can go shoot an independent movie? Well it is not! It’s disrespectful to the people who found her and made her “famous”, to the fan and to all of Summit’s staff working to produce the movie. And you guys can criticize her replacement but it is getting old…hmm let me think……Yeah like for the cast of Robert Patterson everybody was like “NOOOOOOOOO! It’s a horrible choice….how could you choose this guy. I’ll boycott the Twilight movie. I hate Summit.” Well, well, well (368 million later) I am still laughing out loud. I am so glad they didn’t listen to the general judgment and kept him because I enjoyed a great movie as well as 367 million of other fan – worldwide – hahahahahahaha!
Anonymous

No I don’t think the fans should boycott Eclipse because of Rachel Lefevre – again she made a poor judgment.
Taylor Laudner – he worked like a maniac to make sure that he would carry on Jacob’s role. Kudos to him! Here is a young actor who is committed/passionate to his role/character) unlike someone else – What? she wants to delay production and make 368 million people wait….. for her????? You serious?????
Rachel Lefevre thinks that it is okay to take off during production (after she signed a contract) so that she can go shoot an independent movie? Well it is not! It’s disrespectful to the people who found her and made her “famous”, to the fan and to all of Summit’s staff working to produce the movie. And you guys can criticize her replacement but it is getting old…hmm let me think……Yeah like for the cast of Robert Patterson everybody was like “NOOOOOOOOO! It’s a horrible choice….how could you choose this guy. I’ll boycott the Twilight movie. I hate Summit.” Well, well, well (368 million later) I am still laughing out loud. I am so glad they didn’t listen to the general judgment and kept him because I enjoyed a great movie as well as 367 million of other fan – worldwide – hahahahahahaha!
Anonymous

No I don’t think the fans should boycott Eclipse because of Rachel Lefevre – again she made a poor judgment.
Taylor Laudner – he worked like a maniac to make sure that he would carry on Jacob’s role. Kudos to him! Here is a young actor who is committed/passionate to his role/character) unlike someone else – What? she wants to delay production and make 368 million people wait….. for her????? You serious?????
Rachel Lefevre thinks that it is okay to take off during production (after she signed a contract) so that she can go shoot an independent movie? Well it is not! It’s disrespectful to the people who found her and made her “famous”, to the fan and to all of Summit’s staff working to produce the movie. And you guys can criticize her replacement but it is getting old…hmm let me think……Yeah like for the cast of Robert Patterson everybody was like “NOOOOOOOOO! It’s a horrible choice….how could you choose this guy. I’ll boycott the Twilight movie. I hate Summit.” Well, well, well (368 million later) I am still laughing out loud. I am so glad they didn’t listen to the general judgment and kept him because I enjoyed a great movie as well as 367 million of other fan – worldwide – hahahahahahaha!
RobismyRomeo (RIMR)

I don't get it either.. I guess we can blame Catherine Hardwicke for that one!
J

Well, I dont like that she is replaced for the good of the movie..but then I have never really liked Rachelle herself (which made her a better Victoria for me) so I dont really care for her.
J

Well, I dont like that she is replaced for the good of the movie..but then I have never really liked Rachelle herself (which made her a better Victoria for me) so I dont really care for her.
duckyggf

the situation is very unfortunate, i think this woman played victoria very well, i feel she may have had a chance at staying on if she had not released the press report, that really hurt her chances to work out a new deal with summit, i dont belive there is any one to blame here but mistakes, i’m very sure she knew how big this job was going to be for her and it is very unfortunate that things didn’t work out for her, and on the other hand, i’m sure that summit fired her as a last resource, every one knows that twilight fans are very passionate and i’m sure summit knew this was going to happen when word got out, so i dont belive it was anyone’s fault dates were probably not handled right and opportunities were lost but sometimes things happen for a reason, so i say i wish rachelle had stayed on, but i wish luck to this new woman,,, and i will still watch the movie