The comments are flying - and it didn't take long at all! We learned yesterday that Rachelle LeFevre has been replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard for the third installment of the Twilight franchise. Rachelle was quick to make her disappointment publicly known - and Summit has responded with a stinging statement: ["We at Summit Entertainment are disappointed by
Rachelle Lefevre's recent comments which attempt to make her career choices the
fault of the Studio," Summit said in a statement to Access Hollywood on
Thursday evening. "Her decision to discuss her version of the scheduling
challenges publicly has forced the Studio to set the record straight and
correct the facts. 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. 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,"
the statement from Summit read.
"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,'" Summit's statement concluded.]
Ouch. Someone's gonna have a tough time getting work in that town! Perhaps she could lose a ton of weight and pretend to be Lindsay Lohan. (Not that Rachelle is fat, by any stretch of the imagination. It's just that Lindsay's looking so, umm, emaciated these days.) Of course, that strategy might backfire since Lohan doesn't get jobs anymore - but at least she'd have someone to blame for her poor decisions! It sounds like Summit really wanted the daughter of an A-list director versus an "unknown" and they don't want to own up to it. The good news? A lot more people know LeFevre's name today than they did prior so maybe this will all shake down just fine...
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