Summit responds to Rachelle’s statement « Twilight Source | Your fansite for Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn news

Posted by Andrew on July 29th, 2009 | Comments (305)

Summit Entertainment has issued a statement which responds to the statement actress Rachelle Lefevre shared with Access Hollywood earlier today.

This all stems from yesterday’s news that Rachelle Lefevre had been replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard for the role of Victoria in Eclipse.

Below is Summit’s full 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. 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.

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It sounds like they’re just trying to cover their butts and I really doubt that they’re being completely truthful.

What’s the difference between this version of the statement and the earlier version that Summit wanted Twilight Source to take down? I read both, and nothing really jumps out at me.

I hate Summit Now. . . They are making it sound like its rachelles fault she got fired!!!

Summit should just ask Warner Bros HOW THEY DO IT?!?! Come on, Harry Potter has bigger stars with busier schedules and they still DO IT!

I think that Summit Ent is full of crap. Rachelle is the only Victoria. This is one of the most horrible choices Summit will ever make, ruining The Twilight Saga

i agree with michelle something is just not right here i think their really is another reason for getting her out of the saga but i guess were going to have to live with it..and that kinda sucks for rachelle and us fans that loved here as Victoria

There HAS to be something that can be done… it’s 10 days… there has to be some way to give the fans what they want… and THEY WANT RACHELLE!!! BRING BACK RACHELLE!!!!!

Who cares? I thought she was a terrible actress anyway, and her hair is way too light to be Victoria. Thank you Summit for making the decision to weed out people who aren’t nearly as committed/dedicated to the project as some other people might be.

Summit just wants to rule the world i think. But all this is confusing is it her fault or Summit’s?

Whatever. They wanted to replace Taylor too for no good reason. I feel like they are replacing her just because they want a “bigger name”, such as Bryce Dallas Howard, which she really is only famous because of her dad anyway.

Either way, still doesn’t sound right to me. And maybe it’s the fact that Summit has more to lose with bad press than Rachelle, I think they are just trying to save their butts. Not to mention ten days is nothing compared to the three months that Eclipse will be shooting, they could have readjusted, it’s not a big deal.

didn’t think the fans (who ARE the ones who buy the tickets) would get this upset did you?

That is just complete BS. Summit just wants to push her out for a bigger name actress.

What a load of bollox.
There trying to make excuses for there actions after seeing the Fan’s reactions!

Summit’s probably mad because their phone # is posted all over twitter. they will be getting lots of calls in the morning…

plus I really hope this turns out to be a Taylor Lautner sit. and she isn’t replaced in the end. how can they do that when this is her last movie?

wow, i sense some tension and drama!!! This was so formal! They called her “Ms. Lefevre.” I think that is a bad sign when they call you by your last name…

Still sad that Rachelle won’t be in Eclipse, this new chick is gonna have BIG shoes to fill to even be close to the standard Rachelle has set

Sounds like a bunch of B.S. to me… They could make it work if they really wanted to. And if what they’re saying is true all it took them was one week to cast the new girl…it shows, it was a very sloppy, hurried choice ’cause I can’t even begin to picture her as Victoria.

Ugh. Whatever.
They are still on crack. They can’t expect ALL of the actors/actresses to do ONLY twilight saga stuff? I mean…they still need to make money other ways. Sheesh…It sounds like they just wanted to find a reason to sack her n found this gimpy little one to do it. >.<
Do they realize how many PISSED OFF twilighters they have on their hands now?
Idiots…

their just trying not 2 seem lik the bad guys but 4 such an important character they cud move things around. if rpattz was still filming remember me when it was time 4 eclipse they wud push it off b/c remeber me is a summit film so they get money from that. thats all they care about rlly. the money. they need 2 remeber theyd b nnothin w/o twilight, its fans and its stars. and if they “knew” about the scheduling conflict y didnt they confront her instead of waitin 4 her 2 come 2 them?

That sounds like a load of bull!
Its 10 days and we still want her back way to piss off the twilight fangirls Summit! You should know we are one of the most powerful forces of nature ever! Oh and btw We stii want her back!!

Cutting cast members is simply not a good idea. Twifans are a pretty loyal bunch and we don’t want to see our cast broken up for scheduling issues. Particularly at the 11th hour. Summit noted rehearsal time with the cast as a reason, Rachele is already part of the Twifamily Ms Howard has to start from square 1 in even getting to know the cast. Rachelle has don comicons and Twicons and the fans love her! Whose Next to go? Two more movies left to shoot- who will go next?

YEAH RIGHT SUMMIT! SO CAN YOU TELL US HOW WERE YOU ABLE TO FIND A REPLACEMENT SO FAST IF YOU JUST RECENTLY KNEW ABOUT THOSE CONFLICTS?

Wow, they are pissed!!! While am inclined to give Summit benefit of the doubt, it’s really hard to reconcile this act of stupidity on the part of Rachelle with what I know of her. She’s so nice and smart. Really hard to believe she’d be that unprofessional. gah! what to believe. I’ll sleep on it, maybe she’ll clarify HER statement. Just hope this ends soon.

Hmm… I don’t believe it. Summit is coming off rude and shady. First Taylor, Catherine, and now this?! What’s going on with them?

i am all for Rachelle as Victoria 100% but i kinda feel bad for the other actress shes going to get hated on a shiit load! lol but hey if it brings back Rachell (which i doubt) its all good

Summit is still stupid for not trying to work with her on it. I don’t care what it takes. Push the freakin’ movie back. We don’t need to see it that fast anyways.

god summit is rlly idiotic by thinking tht this is a good excuse 2 get rid of rachelle. i think that rachelle shouldn’t be blamed at all cuz she’s an actress she can’t keep turnign down roles just for twilight.

I would have thought that Summit would have been clued in when Rachelle accepted the other role. It doesn’t seem like her to be uncooperative and keep Summit in the dark. She was so dedicated to Twilight and New Moon, it just doesn’t make sense.

This statement and its formality make me rethink my opinions on Summit. I’m not impressed with how quick they were to throw Rachelle under the bus. That being said, she probably shouldn’t have talked to Acess Hollywood so quickly and blamed Summit.

No matter how you look at it, there are bad feelings all around. Hopefully this occured soon enough it won’t be a distraction for the filming of Eclipse.

These are excuses on the part of Summut to discredit Rachelle. She has been passionate from the beginning and just like the others who worked on other projects she should be entitled as well. This is a huge franchise one that makes enough money to assisr with scheduling. Rachelle has been a class act from the start. They should be ashamed to make this statement and an embarassment to their production co. The fans put the movie on the map and their voice should be heard. Bring Rachelle back and respect the fans and the franchise. Howard is a great actress but Rachelle is Victoria perios. Enough with the pathetic statments and to what is right.

They’ll try to herd the fandom back into the stables soon by leaking casting decisions I bet, Seth and Leah, to quell the uproar

“The Studio”? Wow, the whole thing sounds like a letter that school principals send home

This is so lame. I haven’t liked Summit from the start.

It could be the truth, but I know people won’t believe it. For all we know it could have management that miscommunicated with them and completely screwed her over.

Oh boy, here comes the drama! it seems a bit unprofessional for them to throw her under the bus like that…but I guess thats the way it goes. I highly doubt that that first 10 days would have been when they needed her anyways…

I watched Twilight 3 times during its theater run. I had planned on seeing New Moon 3 times, just during opening weekend alone!! Unless they bring Rachelle back, there will be no repeat viewing from this twilight fan and I will encourage my twi-friends to do the same. I won’t make Summit any more rich than I have to

Hit them where it hurts.

Summit is wrong about trying to put it on her. She did say that they “didn’t want to accommodate her” and it seems that that’s about right! They are acting like the big, bad bosses now. Awesome for them. Too bad fans don’t question Rachelle’s commitment to the series, but theirs.

Ahhh…so they knew since July 20th or longer that they were going to replace her, but are just now telling her, and happened to book the other girl in just under 8 days? Even Dakota took longer to book as eager as she was for the part. Give me a break and save to BS excuses.
It’s more dignified to admit to what sleezeballs you are, than to keep lying about it and passing the buck off on someone who WAS and HAS BEEN 100% supportive of Twilight and everything to do with it.

Something is really off here… and we’ll never know who’s really telling the truth. But I believe the actor over the stupid studio any day. Like I said before just a ploy to get peoples attention. Fail Summit. Big fail. How convenient is it that like 2 weeks before shooting we suddenly are ‘replacing’ a key character?! I mean at Comic Con she said nothing about this? Seemed to me like she had no idea it was coming. I can’t wait to hear the other cast members take on all this. This is soooo shady..

it seems to me if they really cared about the fans/franchise that they would work something out… it sounds immature and petty to not work around people’s schedules. and i’m sure if they made rachelle choose between which movie to do ~ of course she would choose eclipse. don’t these people talk?

…still doesn’t make any sense to let rachelle go for such silly things and i’m still suspicious of the new director.

is 10 days really that much to replace her? this is almost like the taylor controversy (almost) fans are upset ….. i wonder if summit checks twitter…..

Hey summit, have you ever heard that when you point a finger at someone you have three pointing right back at you??

I’m still not happy about this…..I thought I was over it but i’m not! This is all so depressing.

10 days out of 90??? What a bunch of bs!!! they wanted a Bigger Named actress for eclipse! this is NOT ok!!! Rachelle has earned the right to finish out Victoria’s story in Eclipse! Keep up the good work peeps! We just forced the to respond!!! TEAM RACHELLE!!!

In the business world time is money, but what a shame I really liked her in the part, no offense to the other actress none of this is her fault..

What a bunch of BS! I can’t believe they’re still blaming Rachelle when all this is clearly a move to put a “bigger name” in the franchise.

Honestly, I’ve never been impressed with any of Bryce Dallas Howard’s acting. I wonder if she’d get all the work she does if her dad wasn’t Ron Howard.

They are so full of it. Sounds very defensive to me, like they are trying to hide something. They know that Twi-fans are gonna be upset. You just don;t recast,something like this.. Let’s let Summit know how we feel……JERKS

they wanred someone different….it is a mistake to change actors afer two movies..whose next Edward or Bella…

my fav comment so far is the person who said she hated rachelle as victoria b/c her “hair was too light”

They try to make it seem like Rochelle was trying to pull one over on them or make some kind of power play.. why would she do that? she is a relatively unknown actress and this is the biggest thing in hollywood right now…

This sounds like BS to me. It seems like they are trying to make it all Rachelle’s fault and are not taking any blame for it. I believe Rachelle and I feel like Summit wants a bigger name. You can’t just change cast mid Saga. If they had a problem they should have just figured something out instead of getting rid of her. They should have thought about the fans, since they do always say they care so much about the “fans” and the “story”.

PS. For all of you who don’t have anything nice to say about Rachalle and to support her, maybe shouldn’t say anything at all.

Really Summit? My question is how did they get Bryce Dallas Howard on board so quickly when Rachelle was so recently let go?

This whole thing doesn’t make sense. Other studios accomodate other actors and their various projects. Look at HP working so hard to get as much as they can done for Emma since she is starting school soon. And some of the huge names in that series do many different roles while filming is occuring. They just work with them.

And didn’t Summit work with Cam last time to be sure that he could do his role and also be on time for his next project. I mean seriously they rearranged and did the climax of the movie first just so he could play James. This smells something huge!!

Oh and Billy posted on twitter, and said he didn’t know anything about this whole thing and he is very confused.

I also want to know how stupid they think we are to think they just found out about her role in Barney’s Version on July 20th. That information was released WEEKS ago!
Rachelle is the ONLY Victoria that I for one, will accept. I don’t know who this other chick is, but she is not my Victoria. Suck it up Summit!
This just makes it seem more and more money hungry than before! They could have accomadated those 10 days, but instead they cast some actress that they wouldn’t have to pay as much.

I can kinda see where summit is coming from as far as her being in Europe and the locations. She is not the only one in the movie here guys. You have a lot of people that will have to change their filming time around for one person. I know that you can always get a new location, but to have to do all that just to accommodate one person? I mean why can’t the other film be willing to let her do her parts at another time. Why is it summit that has to be the one to make the compromise here. I mean come on. She had an obligation to summit 1st. I’m not saying that summit is in the clear here but maybe Rachelle people needs to take some of the blame also.I love Rachelle as Victoria, but lets be reasonable people.

Give me a break Summit. You cannot just REPLACE a major character like Victoria and not expect the fans to be extremely PISSED. Rachelle is the face of Victoria, FIND A WAY TO ACCOMODATE HER. If it were anyone else this would be a non-issue.

Wow. I call BS. And it may be on both sides. How far back have we heard that filming for Eclipse was to begin on August 20th? Have we ever heard of anything starting in ‘early August’? I hope that Rachelle has something from Summit *in writing* that gave the 20th as E-Day. She could really chap their azzes. Also, if she ‘just’ told Sum-schitt on 7/20th about the other movie … my calendar shows that as 30 days before shooting. Sum-schitt, PROVE that she knew in April that she would do this other movie AND PROVE that you initially told the cast ‘early August’ and then I may be able to slightly see your side. Till then, I’m embarrassed to actually live in a town that includes Summit in its name! DISGUSTING. Note to NM Cast Left Standing: Watch your backs!!

This is some BULL-ISH! I hope the backlash is so bad that Summit has no choice but to #bringbackrachelle. They need to realize that the FANS run this franchise, not the dumb studio! UGH.

Are u kidding me? This statment is absurd. This franchise makes enough money to rework scheduling within a three month period. Did Summit read this before sending it out? Absolutley pathetic. Rachelle is the only Victoria. Reissue a statment of apology to her and the fans and put her back on the payroll where she belongs. As much as I like Howard she was not casted from the beginning. You never change an actor in a franchise…stupid move. Summit step up and do the right thing. Your pockets are fuller because of us and we want her back!

There’s nothing worse, I think, than to replace a character in the middle of a series. It just doesn’t work. What is summit thinking?

OK, I think some of you guys are missing what is essentially the bigger picture. This is quite literally and almost billion dollar franchise. They want someone dedicated enough to make this billion dollar franchise all the more successful. It’s a business, folks. Plain and simple. They didn’t feel she was up to the task, whether through her neglectful attitude towards the scheduling, or her lackluster portrayal as Victoria over the series progression. She could also be HEINOUS to work with, who knows?

If they wanted to accomidate her they would have.In my opinion they didn’t care enough to try and make it work.

Summit Entertainmeint RUINED THE TWILIGHT SAGA! @RachelleLefevre is the only Victoria!

I’m pretty sure that if Rachelle knew that doing that other movie could ruin her chances of being in Elipse she would have probably ditched the other part. AND like a lot of people have already said.. they adjusted things for Cam, why not Rachelle? Honestly, unless Melissa has completely changed things, Victoria isn’t really even in the story until the end! Couldn’t they have adjusted things just a bit?

Who you gonna beleive them or her? (HER).. I got a bad feeling about the new director for the up coming movie. Did he have something to do with it? WHAT IS 10 DAYS…I MEAN REALLY!! The whole thing is gonna be off. The Howard girl will not be able to pull this of,becouse we do not and can not see he in that role..We want RACHELLE!

Why are you all picking on Summit? I bet Rachelle jumped at the chance to do another movie, for fear of, lets say, being stamped as a “twilight only actress”, knowing full well of the scheduling conflict and lied about it.. thinking she coul dget away with it.

I fully agree with wanting to have the same actors for all 4 movies, but we all know that Summit has had the planned release dates for the movies, pretty much since Twilight came out.

Keeping that in mind, they probably had all of the set locations laid out way in advance as well.

Therefore, it would be Rachelle’s decision to choose to do the other movie or not.

She chose to do this other movie, knowing full well that it could, and probably would, conflict with the Eclipse Schedule.

We’ve all harped on Summit for choosing to rush the releases of these movies, and I admit I am very skeptical of this new actress… but dont just assume this is all summits fault. There are 2 sides to every story.

It doesn’t sound like crap to me, call me naive (please don’t) but withholding information from a production company will get you in to big trouble. Many other actors and actress have been replaced because of similar incidents. I am annoyed, because I hate when people are recast, having said that, I understand, being an actor myself. I think Bryce will do a good job, I like her as an actress, and i think she has some big shoes to fill. Bryce is versatile, hopefully she understands the importance of these films to the fans.

I want Rachelle too but 10 days in filming is ALOT. It seems like nothing to us, but look how quick they made NM. 10 days definetly does matter. You know what they say in Hollywood “Time is money”. Sucks for us fans though!! Eclipse is already disappointing me. I hope that its not a sign of things to come.

This statement reads like someone scolding a child. Come on Summit, bring it down a notch. I’m not buying that all of this is on Rachelle’s shoulders. Leave the cast alone and give us our Victoria back!

First off all, there are plenty of movies where actors have had to miss certain parts of preproduction because of other projects that they’re working on.
B.S. i’m sure.
Not to mention the fact that I bet the 10 days in question is something thats probably excusable that they could be flexible with, but they’re choosing not to be, just to get rid of her for whatever reason. Just be upfront about it Summit, and say, “we don’t like her. so we fired her.” or something.

You DO NOT replace the main villain smack dab in the middle of the saga…you just don’t. And how the h@ll did they get Bryce Howard so quickly if the just found out about this on July 20th??? So within 8 days they miraculously found Bryce negotiated and signed her??? NOPE Summit is lying to save their butts. Thankfully Rachelle had the guts to come out and tell the truth.

first of all, don’t act like this is the first time in movie history that a schedule has been changed to accomdate someone. happens all the time, so don’t give me that b.s.

Very convenient of Summit to withhold this statement until AFTER Comic Con. Imagine the kind of **it storm this would have caused if it was before?? The FANS are pi**ed and Summit will NOT hear the end of this!!

Summit is disappointed in Rachelle, well i’m disappointed in YOU Suck-mmit! epic fail!! Whatever the reason might be, summit is to blame. This crap about rachelle not telling them is utter BS. It’s only ten days! I highly doubt something couldn’t be worked out, well unless someone didn’t want to. Summit is stupid. really. their stupidity astounds me.

Complete CRAP!! its TEN days for crying out loud!! and if i remember right kellan and a couple other actors missed rehersals on the first movie also due to conflict!And they had to reschedual Cam’s rolls under short notice! They TRIED to pull similar Bull with taylor after the first one, but fans were too outraged it was not gonna happen. Their just trying to cover thier tracks!! They can talk till their lips are blue! thier not fooling anyone. That may even be their personal justification, but do not tell me they could not reschedual TEN DAYs!!! the only stuff shes in is the battle! Im sure there is more than one open feild in vancover!

If it is true that she was not telling them until the last possible moment, that is unethical. But, we will never know if that is the truth. Also, someone else commented that the whole entire cast will have to reschedule themselves around her other movie and since she is a huge character in the third movie it would basically be like halting production for ten days. They could film the scenes that didn’t have her in them but you know a lot of Twilight depends on the weather and other various elements so they shoot on whims a lot and if she wasn’t present it would be really hard to coordinate scenes. I understand Summit but I also understand Rachelle. If she did wait till the last minute then she sort of bit herself in the bottom because they could’ve had more time to work with her schedule and get things set up if she would’ve told them earlier. But who knows…we never will. But I just hate it that when filming begins people are going to hate Bryce for no reason. She didn’t fire Rachelle. She just took a part in the biggest franchise in the world because any sane human would and she’s going to get hated for it. ************Please get mad at Summit everyone, not Bryce.

@Melissa, Summit COULD accommodate her schedule if they wanted to. That’s the point: they DON’T. They don’t think it’s worthy for whatever reason.

I agree, it sucks for fans. But even if the decision isn’t reverse, I think Summit should get a piece of our mind. XD

wow…so Summit is saying that those specific 10 days of “production” (costume fittings? photo shoots? makeup shoots? rehearsals? ACTUAL FILMING?)that Rachelle would’ve missed were ALL for the scenes her character, Victoria, would be in…but it was OK to film Cam’s scenes first in “Twilight” because he was scheduled to start another film elsewhere–right? but just NOT Rachelle–she can’t have the same accommodation now for HER conflict, now that the series is in “blockbuster” hype mode and Summit is greedy and well, you know, continuity isn’t important because we fans are only good for our money and not our brains. yeah, that’s the bottom line, I think. money. thanks Summit for all your warm fuzzies. rightbackatcha.

And kim makes a GREAT point!! HOW ON EARTH did they get that other girl so fast??? THis news has been in the making!

I am completely on Summit’s side. It really is Rachelle’s people’s fault. They should have informed Summit earlier so they could move around the schedule to accommodate her. And Rachelle really was not a good Victoria. She didn’t resemble the Victoria in the book. BDH will be soo much better…her voice is higher too! Summit ftw!

@Cameron how are you so sure that Rachelle is lying? Cuz they said so? I don’t remember her accusing them of lying. So why is it that people are so quick to believe that this woman that they don’t know, is a liar?

People keep saying that she will only have a small role in Eclipse, but how do you know. She is mentioned a lot in the book. Just because you don’t see her characters part till near the end, who knows how much they wrote her into the movie. They could show small clips of her every time they talk about her in the book. They could have incorporated parts about her building up her army of new vamps. No one knows how big of a role she would have played or what scheduling problems they may be dealing with. We don’t know all the facts and face it, we never will. You also need to face facts that they probably will not hire her back. We’ll all miss her and she was a good Victoria, The End.

The question really is when was Summit informed of this….was it as they say just a short time ago, or has it been enough time that they could have worked around it.

But I agree with everyone else…how in the heck did they get Ms. Howard so fast????? Seems like they have been thinking of a recast for awhile and were lookign for any excuse to do it.

It was easy to leave a recorded message. Wish there recording would get so many polite requests to reinstate Rachelle, that it would… be a record. lol

You cannot replace a main character in the middle of the story.
That’s like replacing Kristen or Robert…or Taylor, for that matter! Everyone would $h*+ themselves…and Summit would rather kill than lose out on a pretty face like Robert’s. They would be condemning themselves; totally lose.
There are things definitely not being mentioned…and I’m with everyone here:
This whole situation is sketchy.

Reeks like studio politics to me. The fans already support the actors that “made” the Twilight books come to life. There should be a compromise so Rachelle can finish the role of Victoria, whom the fans already love and admire. This kind of thing ruins films, especially part 2, part 3, etc., as the fans have already accepted and received her as Victoria and now are disappointed before the movie even starts to shot. Bring her back!!! Summit is getting a bad reputation in regards to how it treats its actors.

They should have informed Summit earlier so they could move around the schedule to accommodate her

there, is where you’re assuming that she wilfully kept from them what her availability was. its called, A LIE OF OMISSION! just because they said she did it…doesn’t mean its true.

“She didn’t resemble the Victoria in the book. ” so what? I don’t recall Harry Potter having blue eyes instead of green or Jenny from GG being blonde with no boobs or Bella having an eye dryness problem (why else would Kristen blink so much??) . but we still deal. and I don’t really understand how people can say that she didn’t play the part of Victoria well when Rachelle was only in the movie for like 7 mins tops. Summit raped Rachelle of the one opportunity she had to really take Victoria to the center of everyone’s attention and that is purely despicable.

Summit clearly is only in this Twilight Saga for the money. I think they’d be surprised to find out that fans would rather a little delay in filming then changing up a role as pivotal as Victoria.

As usual Summit seriously dissapoints. I think New Moon might be big, but Eclipse not so much.

wtf are people on about her not resembling Victoria in the book, it’s not her fault Twilight was low budget and couldn’t afford hair dye and she had to wear Catherine’s clothes <.<

and someone said she wasn't a good Victoria because she smiled when she ran? seriously gtfo, it was a game to her clearly but whatever. Rachelle doesn't choose which scenes get put into the movies so if the EDITORS of said movie wish to have a certain scene, a scene I'm sure was shot more than once, then they'll put it in and I'm sure the Director has say so in that as well.

Just because big studio Summit wants to release a statement saying such things some people automatically go along with it. Same on both sides really, but come on…who's side sounds more believable…not Summits…

Ugh why do these movie companies like to screw over the franchises? It's so annoying. I've had to deal with WB's bull for 10 years and now Summit is jumping the bandwagon? I'm seriously starting to HATE movie companies <.<

I think summit has little respect for the fans. This whole thing has turned me off of the mediocre twilight film series.

This isn’t fair! There is NO way we can get her back!? Sign a pettition?? The series won’t be the same witout her! And I will Always picture Victoria like Rachelle!

I agree with Cameron, Rachelle’s people should have made the conflict in her schedule clear to the Summit producers and withholding that information is a breach of contract. It sucks that they didn’t talk to her first about it but she wasn’t my ideal Victoria anyways so I am excited to see what BDH brings to the character. Now if only they could replace Kristen Stewart I would be happy. (now before you all go bashing me about KStew just remember we are all entitled to our own opinions and I am sorry that I don’t picture my bella as a fast blinking, stuttering, mouth hanging open the whole movie bella)

@Ashley G., I think I love you… your the only person with some good common sense around here!

Does anyone else smell that? Because I can smell the BULLSH!T in what they are saying.
Summit you ruined it for all Twi-Hards around the world.
I have never been so dissapointed in my life.
This is a load of horse crap, you deserve all the haters you are getting right now.

You might as well be recasting the whole cast with your all drunk and doing dumbass moves!
Like seriously, you need to check yourself before you wreck youself!

If they are a billion dollar franchise than they are equiped to accomodate a scheduling conflict. Many of the actors missed reh. and filming due to other commitments. I highly doubt that thet didnt know about Rachelles projects and the fact thatv the hired somone on such short notice is highly doubtful. They knew about this. Whether thet think she is a good actress is irrelevant because the fans love her and our opinion should count. I this is about business then it was poor business on their part. Huge franchise could have made this work for the fans that help build that billion dollar franchise. Shady tactics and they should fix the mess they made.

I can understand about the her signing for another movie part because it seems it went against her contract but I still don’t think they should have dropped her.

Unfortunately Summit still can do anything they want because they know we’ll all go see the movie.

I HATE it when they change actors in sequals. I want to feel like the movies I’m watching are real, and when they change actors you always are thinking “Oh, I’m watching a movie and these are just actors playing the same character.” Plus why did they have the replacement so quickly?? And is she really that much cheaper, I’m not so sure?

I think Summit is throwing a hissy fit, but I would like to hear from her management team because maybe they fucked this whole thing up unbenownst to her.

Sounds like Summit is just trying to come up with a load of BS to cover their asses when Rachelle gave a good explanation on the matter. Honestly, doesn’t anyone think they re-cast the role of Victoria pretty fast?

I have to say i didnt find rachel exeptional in twilight but i cant exactly say much on her acting skills because we havent seen enough of her. Shes a wonderful person, bless her heart, but maybe summit found out she wasnt all That great an actress during the filming of new moon? as they edit the film they could be sitting in the editing room going ” eughh what are we going to do? None of thes shots are usable!” How can we know of her acting skills, having only seen twilight ?
I personally found her look in twilight did not match up with the description of her caracter victoria from the series and i find that this new actress fits the part slightly better. While i want to hop on the band wagon ( “omggg back victoriaaaaa” ) and act like the loyal fan that I am, i will stick to my opinion and give summit the benefit of the doubt until we see new moon.
I do however agree with most people and think that their excuse for firing her seems very shady. But it could also be a sour relationship with rachels representatives instead of the actress personally.

I don’t believe that. I read an article that she got this role back in March and that scheduling would overlap with Eclipse. So Summit MUST have known about it and are just trying to cover themselves

Where’s the common sense in not liking an actor/actress because they don’t fit the “image” YOU had in your mind about that particular character? I’m confused … Just because you guys agree, doesn’t mean you have more or less common sense than everyone else.

the fact that fire is hot and that one should not touch it with their bare hands. that is a real example of common sense.

Supposedly they did it on purpose to make it look like it was her fault, but really, they wanted a reason to drop her for someone cheaper.

Unless anyone on here knows her personally you don’t know if she’s telling the truth or not. Unless you were at summit and listened to discussion about all this you don’t know if they are telling the truth or not. I’m sure all the blame can’t be laid on summit. I wonder if Rachelle will release anything about this.

For all anyone knows Bryce Howard could be a good Victoria. I didn’t care for her in Lady in the Water or in The Village, I think she pretty much acted the same in both and I honestly can’t even remember her in Spider Man 3. , but who knows, she may be great.

@ Black – No. She was a terrible actress imo. Too deliberate and not nearly graceful enough. Dying her hair would not have solved anything.

@Black, She doesn’t fit the “image” the book has. And dying her hair?…Not so much as dying it as just making it more…wild. She tried her best though. But whatevs, she not coming back now.

I am usually an observer…but I feel the need to speak on this-this entire situation is absurd! summits gonna run this saga into the damn ground and its truly a shame. as it would seem to me summits still at fault regardless. u can’t tell me there was no other way…there is always a way. plus summit should realize fans will always take the sides of their favorite actors over the faceless suits at summit or any company for that matter-so for summit to even fire back sounds pretty petty to me. they also should b counting their blessings as such a small company that they were even given an opportunity to handle the twilight name and its obvious possibility of success and should be bending over backwards to please the fans, concidering wo the fans support they would cease to exist. they r just trying to cover their ass’s and by pointing a finger back at RL’s statement and it does nothing but make the fans turn on them even more so…not a very smart play on summits side. either way summits the last to suffer because they know fans will still buy into the brand(even unhappy fans)-they will still make their money regardless…and in truth they know this and don’t care. hollywood is a shady place for shady people. sadly the ones who truly suffer are the fans who live breathe sleep n eat twilight. with that beings said-shame on u summit for many obvious and previously stated things, and shame on hollywood for taking advantage and taking for granted its fans. without fans your nothing…its a true shame.

I think its tacky for summit to speak about that woman that way in public. They’re on the defensive, i get that. But they don’t have to be so childish, laying all the blame on her and not mentioning anything about the role they played in the negotiation or lack there of.

They should still be forced to pay her. THEY are the ones who changed the shooting schedule, not her. Summit is run by a bunch of cheap amateurs. Look what they did with the first film. They gave it a laughable budget and assigned the most unqualified people to make it. They need to get their stuff together. Really, the only one who should be replaced is Nikki, because she doesn’t fit the part AT ALL and should have never been cast. If she wasn’t friends with the director, she wouldn’t have. She’s a nice girl and all that, but she is NOT Rosalie.

hey!! i have a great idea for WB!! replace alan rickman/Snape in Deathly Hallows with someone else! that’s a great idea. no one will be upset and everyone will love the new Snape. because i’m sure WB is taking note from summit on how to win over the fans. *end sarcasm*

I don’t really know what tha problem is? I mean we only saw Rachelle for like 20 min at tha most in twilight how do we know that we won’t like tha new girl? What if she is a much better Victoria? And we don’t know if they r trying to cover something up, give them a lil slack. I mean they r producing tha movies rite? Without summit we wouldn’t have tha movies. CUT THEM SLACK!!!!!! Jeez

@Cameron That’s exactly my point, Cameron. A lot of the cast DOESN’T fit the image the book had. They would have to re-cast everyone if we go by that rule, Edward included. Personally, physical differences from book to movie are not a pet peeve of mine.

Anyway, she’s not coming back, like you said. And that’s the main point. Summit seemed to be really quick ditching and replacing a person that has been playing the role of the villain for the past two movies. It makes me question if it could happen to other members of the cast, as well. I disagree with the way this situation was handle by principle. I would be annoyed if it had been any other character.

If u are looking to replace every actor in this series these movies are not for you. The amount of money and following proves otherwise. If u feel that Summit was in the right – then u clearly side with a company that does not care for their actors. No one really knew how nuch this movie was going to blow up. All the actors including Rachelle made that happen. She looked the part and did a good job in the first installment. They didnt give her a chance to show what she could have done in the ones to follow. Even if it was Rachelles reps miscommunication, they could have tried to make it work. Instead they kept shut and were completely unprofessional. You never change an actor in the middle of a series. She has always represented this franchise withe respect and passion. Shame they couldnt do the same for her.

this is so sad…. i mean really 10 or the wat 90 i think some said!!?!?!??!?! so ridilous! summit is makin a huge mistake and i tink they willl here about it! and i am really annoyed!!! where is imprint… i no i have said this a lot but it just annoys me….. it has been a month and lately they have been monthly… can we plz have a update as to when the next show will be??? does anyone agree with me? or am i jsut going insane… plz plz comment and tell me cuz idk y but it annoys me and i think i am going crazy! hahahaha

Everyone’s right, it’s total BS… on both sides. Sure 10 days of filming is a lot, and sure they could have scheduled around it just like any other franchise.

But what really surprises me is that Summit made such a huge detailed statement… as if their reasoning to fire he was wrong and they had to defend it. The real BS is that this is a spitting image of a 7th grade cat fight.

Let’s let the kiddies sort it out for themselves, and shall we not.. encourage them!?!

@twiluvr Matt and Elysa said on their Twitters that they’re going to be recording Episode #20 of Imprint tomorrow.

PS to everyone,
“not how i imagined her in the book.”
as great as it is that every person in the world has their own imagination when it comes to reading books, it’s stupid when you start saying that the movie version didn’t accomodate your needs. it is impossible to satisfy EVERYONE when making a movie specifically based on books; everyone has their own visual of each character and so does the director of the movie. they can’t make everyone happy. so don’t avoid the subject by saying “she wasn’t a good victoria anyway” just by looking at her face and not her acting ability. it is purely ridiculous.

I’m already hating “Eclipse” right now… First we have a half-hearted director who acts like he doesn’t even like Twilight and now we have a shitty new actress.

I’m pretty sure Summit would move their schedule around the other actors. This is Bullshit!!!!!!!!!!

It’s funny when people try to defend the actors from the production company. heres a thought-maybe it actually IS rachelle’s fault! *gasp! I hate how you feel like you have to defend the actors because you’ve seen them physically and feel like you can “relate” to them. as opposed to the Summit execs whom most of us have never seen. yall are just silly. personally, im glad she’s gone. she was a terrible actress…

Wowwwwwwww…this is sooooo BULLLLLLL. Summit is really stupid and corrupt. Those movie companies always have to do something stupid for publicity. Annnnd I think they just wanted a bigger name. Gettin greedy, I’ll say. SUPER SHADY. Big no, no.

I’m surprised no one has remembered Cam’s movie conflict was with, “Never Back Down” which was, as I recall, a Summit Entertainment production.

Dirty, money-seeking hacks. I hated the first film, so I’m not seeing the second one and I’ll encourage my friends to do the same. Will it make a difference? No. But at least my hands won’t be stained by this stupid company’s bad work.

Sounds to me like Summit are trying to cover their tracks. I liked Rachelle as Victoria; and I, of course, can’t say whether I’ll like this change of actor just yet. But I do feel that changing actors just ruins sequels and makes them noncontinuous. It is right that everyone imagines the character differently but I think that by changing the actor, the character is also going to change considerably. They better not change any of the other actors!

I love Rachelle, really do. But if what this statement says is true, her reps weren’t very smart. Even I knew they were filming Eclipse starting in August. They have to plan the locations in advance, if everything is planned, it’s hard to rearrange everything for one person. Any delays could cause other projects starting after Eclipse is done to be delayed, like Rob Pattinson’s move that starts in late Nov. It’s hard to rearrange that many schedules for one person. Also sounds like more than 10 days if she would be out of the country during rehersals. Really would like to know who’s telling the truth!

Wtf?!?!?! U guys r so stupid! No wonder s many people hate twilight fans… I’m a fan but seriously! U guys r so stupid. How do u know rachelle or watever her name is, is so innocent? That’s right there is no way possible. We don’t know if summit is telling the truth but atleast there acting proffesional. Rachelle (or watever) wasn’t. And don’t say she had a major role cuz seriously she didn’t! This book is her major role so I’m happy they replaced her, for a REAL actor. And y r u mad at this new Victoria she didn’t fire rachelle. U haven’t seen her acting. And u can’t all be pleased. Everything can’t go ur way. There’s no need for u to be trashing summit. Ur all sayin summit is acting “childish” but u guys r the only childs here. Leave summit alone. What happened happened. Whining aint gonna get u everything u want. Life doesn’t work that way. People are always getting replaced in life. U can’t act like this is the first time. Rachelle wasn’t important in the first movies. And since wen are all of u on her side. Wen we saw the trailers for twilight and saw her character, all of u were saying she wasn’t VICTORIA so stop being a bunch of hypocrites and live on. Sumit didn’t ruin the twilight saga. Heck for all we know they might have made it better. So since we don’t know the whole story don’t trash summit. I’m just on summits side bcuz of all ur incompetent and ridiculous fans. Y can’t u be like other fans and just wait till the movie eclipse comes out in order to judge this new victoria. I feel bad for her BHD for having to work with such hypocrtitical and obnoxious fans.

super shady… In twilight, did they not rearrange the scheduled filming for Cam’s part as “James” due to filming conflict with another movie???
I really thought Rachelle portrayed her character really well and think its weird to have another actors perspective…
but good luck to Bryce! I’m sure it will still be an amazing movie

uhm, i pretty much hate that anyone could assume that the mass majority of people who support rachelle only support her because she’s a celebrity.

Believe it or not, many people here support her as an actress who doesn’t deserve to be called out the way she was. You’re right, I don’t believe what the Execs are saying. Because its not not unheard of for schedules to conflict and for people to accomodate them if they’re willing. Like they did with Cam, and like they might have done with others, whose situation aren’t known to us. It has nothing to do with the fact that I’ve never seen them before and don’t know who they are. I don’t really know anything about Rachelle. I’m defending a human being who has the right to my good opinion. And neither of us need your approval.

If there was no way for her to be accomodated, it still amazes me how “quickly” they’ve been able to get someone else in the role. And it disgusts me how they are accusing her of withholding her scheduling information

I think is Rachelle`s fault, because she accept other proyect so close with the start shooting to twilight 3. All actors work in others proyects months early and now are free to film eclipse. So i agree with summit , a commitment is a comnitment.

you don’t know whether or not anyone here complained about rachelle’s portrayal to begin with, so there goes that theory. And in this country that is America, I am allowed to have my own opinion and voice it in this manner that I am choosing right now, and in many others. Don’t like it, don’t pay attention. Simple as that.

I, personally, lost interest in Twilight and the series a LONG time back when initally, stupid drama kept happening.
My interest in this topic is because of Rachelle, the person.
She has been supportive of everyone on the cast, through thick and thin. Has DEFENDED everyone of them, stayed loyal and true to them, showed up for all the interviews when Kristen couldn’t be bothered, because Rob was so uncomfortable, backed Taylor when everyone else was against him, took Dakota under her wing, hung out with Ashley when the other girls snubbed her off, and she KEPT an UPBEAT, chipper attitude, and always had a smile on her face, and something positive to say about it all, throughout all of the drama, and they, Summit, turn around and stab her in the back like that. It’s just not right.
Maybe Bryce will pan out for them, time will tell, but to string someone along like that is wrong. No matter what. At least be upfront about what you’re going to do so their prepared. The girl is HURT. That’s not a movie. That’s not acting. She feels betrayed and rightfully so.
All I know is that, any females that sign up with Summit who are 25 and older, better have an air-tight contract.

Don’t forget also, people…not everyone who is upset, is outright attacking Bryce. My ill opinion goes to Summit, exclusively for their poor choice in words. The mudslinging tone of their response was quite unnecessary.

Oh please…a little overkill on the rebuttal maybe? They probably want BDH’s daddy for a future project…she’s part of the deal.

i would think summit would want to make the fans happy. that should be their #1 priority. i know it’s a business but, who is paying to see their movies? they’ve got to have known this wasn’t going to go down well… and that statement didn’t help. not to be snipity, but you know… just trying to wrap my head around why in the world they would do this?

rachelle loved victoria… she would never knowingly put her role in danger. my suspicion is still on mr. new director…

OK let’s think about this,just maybe it is not Summit or Rachelle but Rachelle’s agent/agency more at fault here, maybe a serious lack of communication on their parts? I think there is more going on here and that alot of it has to do with someone at her agency holding out info till the bitter end, leaving Summit with no choice until now to hire someone else, with filming starting in less then a month. JMHO

To lil o’l nessa I didn’t actually mention that ont ppl on here complained about her portrayol and I kno some did because I spent time skimming through comments witch I doubt u did because there are some that never liked her strawberry blonde hair and I’m not only talkin about the ppl on here I’m talking about fans period! And how do I kno most didn’t like her portrayol its called comments u bafoon. Don’t u ever surf the net? Well I do wen I have time. And as for me being childish, I’m not childish for defending the thing that all of u are against. They have a side to this story too. Its not just rachelle. And really? I’m not stupid I know u can voice ur opinion I’m just saying that all of u are not lookin at the whole story! This wasn’t only summit firing her. We don’t kno wat really happend. If a tree falls in the middle of the woods, and no one is around to hear, does it make a sound? We don’t kno what happened. This is a he said she said situation so y don’t u ms. Nessa just let me defend who I wanna defend cuz there are some of us who are actually tryin to be reasonable and not be a biast ‘thing’ so u voice ur opinion I’ll voice mine.

i agree with ‘K’
they should have replaced nikki reed
this calls for an episode if ‘Imprint’ don’t ya think guys?

Summit comes out with this long statement, just to really say nothing. The Summit exectutives really made themselves look like ass-holes.

I’m totally okay with this. If an actor witholds major information that will impact a films shooting then it is not okay. Summit staff, cast, and crew put so much time and effort into making these things work. If they couldn’t work around her sudden commitment to another project then its her fault for not alerting them fast enough. Again so much time and money goes into this that there is no reason for us to be so upset because ultimatly what they are doing this for is to give us–the fans–a good movie, and in order to do that and make all the actors, production staff, and locations work together they all need to be on the same page.

Wow! people r really making great arguments on here 4 both sides and i understand bothsides.I hav 2 stand up 4 Rachelle as an actress tho. Putting likeness aside..i thought she portrayed vic awsomley n this was her pivital point in the franchise. Eclipse was esentiallly her big break n to recast her wen her charector is going 2 die anyway is stupid.I am all game trying 2 write summit n all 2 get her bck! It wouldnt hurt to try…n the reason i luved Twilight was cuz of the unknowns they cast. It made the movie seem so real! This all leads bck 2 summit wanting 2 put these movies out one afta the other…i mean r they really goin 2 age that much to were we need 1 movie afta the other! No! Yes we want the movies…but we r perfectly content on waiting so the movie can b awsome n the cast is the same. These r the reprocutions of making the movies as fast as they are…I always thought it was a bad idea. We r loyal enough 4 the wait…i mean we waited long enough 4 them 2 actually make a movie! Anyway….all arguments r fair but i a, toataly on Rachells side! I luved her as an actress n going 2 miss her in Eclipse…n if by some miricle we do help 2 get her bck….then
thank god!

here is an adress and email if anyone wants 2 wrtie 2 summit and give their opinions. Jus tryin 2 help as best as i can Twiverse!

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

i work in a production outfit and this has happened to me. I book key staff and fix their schedules, to make sure all of them are available on the said production timing. There will be an incident when a talent will not be available when everyone else are dead set on the sched. Unfortunately, you will need to decide whether to let go of that talent or make everyone else shift their schedules. Usually, we let go of that talent. I don’t think its Rachelle’s fault, sometimes agents and reps are hard to talk to or not accomodating, complacent enough to think their talent will never be replaced. BUT almost if not always, we do not move PRODUCTION TIMETABLES around. We will lose millions, scheduled release dates and franchise assets.

That being said, it can be shady at times. As one who wishes to enter this industry, I know that productions companies care, first, for money. Summit obviously sought out this opportunity as “a positive” for them. Not expecting Rachelle to come out with her side of the story. And she did, and has every right to do so.

This statement completely reads as a childish rebuttal to Rachelle’s statement about how she felt. In Rachelle’s statement, she in no way slams Summit or is against them. She merely expressed her opinion one the matter and called out the company because she is shocked about the quick recast. (This is where Summit must be questioned. The quick recasting of the role without the discretion of Rachelle.) Yes, there may have been miscommunication between both parties, but Rachelle is very much passionate about the character VICTORIA and THE TWILIGHT SAGA and the Fandom. That’s what gives her the right to feel and speak out as she did. Real actors are very much passionate about their work.

To all the people “glad” about the recasting, because “Rachelle” wasn’t their image of VICTORIA or her “acting was bad,” please….

This is not meant as spam, I am truthfully passionate about this issue and would like to hear from all of you on this issue.

Bryce is awesome. Honestly I rather have her. I love Rachelle but why didn’t she just say no it’s only 10 damn days that’s like what 5 mins in another movie ? OK WELL THAT’S WHAT YOUR GOING TO GET. YOU KNEW WHAT THE FILMING SCHEDULE WAS.

I’m done with this drama bring on Eclipse I could care less about I JUST WANT MY MOVIE !!!!

MethatsWho-
I know how you feel I just lost interest in Harry Potter it just got to be the same old thing and a bore SO I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.

I really don’t know what to say… I just wish the best to both parties, and that any hard feelings dissolve with time.

And to anyone who may be arguing on this thread, uhmm… it’s not about you, so stop making it so. Thanks.

OMG!! Summit is acting way too defensive, something just doesn’t seem right to me.
I’m really going to miss Rachelle as Victoria, in Twilight, granted she didn’t have that many lines, but she still was awesome! Summit are just being idiots. You do not recast one of the main characters! Especially when that persons biggest film is next! Gosh! I just feel sorry for Rachelle, she must be so upset

yeah! i do understand the whole situation (both sides) BUT can you just pls. take a walk in the park and talk about it so that rachelle will still portray the part of victoria in eclipse!!!!!!!!! anyways it is her last movie in the saga. can’t you just make some adjustments (BOTH SIDES) ???? IT WILL RUIN THE WHOLE SAGA I TELL YOU!!! EVEN THOUGH THE TWILIGHT SAGA IS A HIT!!! BECAUSE I MYSELF IS A DIE HARD FAN HERE AND HEARING THIS NEWS IS SO PISSED OFF ABOUT IT!!!

I love how they already have some chick for Victoria when this information was JUST realized today. =P

what? you don’t like articulate people who can form a sentence? Not only did nothing you say actually make sense. But I’m loving the fact that I’ve offended you by sticking up for someone else, without actually speaking ill of you. Grow up.

then again, let me rephrase, as far as speaking ill of you goes. You’re allowed to call us childish, but you get offended and go off on a poorly written tangent if someone replies in kind?

You sit at your computer, and you can’t wait to spill some garbage about why everyone else is an idiot and you’re the mayor of Right Town? Need I remind you that my rebuttle to each and every person on this page has been specifically about what has happened, and nothing further. So defend who you want. Don’t take someone disagreeing with you so personal. If you weren’t then you wouldn’t be lashing out the way you are.

I am so ticked off with Summitt!!! I don’t understand how can they hire Bryce Dallas Howard 8 days after they found allegely found out about Rachelle on the 20th. If I rememeber correctly for New Moon Summit pursed Dakota Fanning for months to negotiate the contract. For heaven sakes when she was promoting ‘Push’ all her interviews kept asking her about New Moon but it was just rumors. How could it take Summits over a month to sign Dakota Fanning way months before the production of New Moon and Summit can hire Bryce in less than a month right before Eclipse starts shooting. Something does not sound right to me. Rachelle we love you and we will fight for you!!

“Wtf?!?!?! U guys r so stupid! No wonder s many people hate twilight fans… I’m a fan but seriously! U guys r so stupid. How do u know rachelle or watever her name is, is so innocent? That’s right there is no way possible. We don’t know if summit is telling the truth but atleast there acting proffesional. Rachelle (or watever) wasn’t. And don’t say she had a major role cuz seriously she didn’t! This book is her major role so I’m happy they replaced her, for a REAL actor. And y r u mad at this new Victoria she didn’t fire rachelle. U haven’t seen her acting. And u can’t all be pleased. Everything can’t go ur way. There’s no need for u to be trashing summit. Ur all sayin summit is acting “childish” but u guys r the only childs here. Leave summit alone. What happened happened. Whining aint gonna get u everything u want. Life doesn’t work that way. People are always getting replaced in life. U can’t act like this is the first time. Rachelle wasn’t important in the first movies. And since wen are all of u on her side. Wen we saw the trailers for twilight and saw her character, all of u were saying she wasn’t VICTORIA so stop being a bunch of hypocrites and live on. Sumit didn’t ruin the twilight saga. Heck for all we know they might have made it better. So since we don’t know the whole story don’t trash summit. I’m just on summits side bcuz of all ur incompetent and ridiculous fans. Y can’t u be like other fans and just wait till the movie eclipse comes out in order to judge this new victoria. I feel bad for her BHD for having to work with such hypocrtitical and obnoxious fans.

to reitterate my point – since you’re so eager to talk about annoying people…

how dare you call people stupid, rachelle was important in the first movie(she was one of the three villains who without them, there would have been no plot to the entire book or movie), and then you go on to call people incompetent and ridiculous. And you have the nerve to be upset because I called you childish, after you’ve berated everyone else here? ” – person who is on summits side

The fact that you have valid points aside in your argument about being not knowing whether bryce will do a good job, you do not have to belittle anyone to get your point across. And it doesn’t make you seem any smarter.

that last post was edited wrong: here, i’ve fixed it: skip it if you understood that the first part is a direct quote.

to reitterate my point – since you’re so eager to talk about annoying people…

edit: my bad people. its late. when i spell checked it, my eyes must have over looked it.

The fact that you have valid points aside in your argument about not knowing whether bryce will do a good job, you do not have to belittle anyone to get your point across.

THIS IS FAVOURITISM!!!!! IF ROB PATTINSON HAD TO GO SHOOT ANOTHER MOVIE, THEY WOULDN;T REPLACE HIM WOULD THEY? I THINK SUMMIT NEEDS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME THEY TRIED TO REPLACE SOMEONE.

i don’t get it with summit. i have been read all those their excuses and believe me, that is just stupidity plain explanation to out her. i am so sorry for rachelle, i mean she knew it from the first time about the schedule for sure, why wouldn’t summit gave her extra precautions like early note and it’s only 10 freaking days, it should be cover up. rachelle is very important in eclipse, that is her gold time. i want it so badly to see her and edward battle field. summit might be trying to gain more and more rumors to feed the fans. i hate them.

stop blaming all twilight fans who love rachelle. we never knew her personality, what we knew, she is portrait victoria closed to the book and we were enjoying her acting. so, stop the crap.
I have seen BDH movie, lady in the water and i don’t think she is bad actress but if we didn’t want to accept her as victoria, what’s your deal.
I hope rachelle have a very bright future and stop judging her nessa, you don’t know her also, just shut up. If you’re not fans of twilight so why don’t you GTFO. find another blog who satisfied your comments. we just saying we love victoria and we hate summit fire her. GTFO.

Is it really productive to call people “stupid”? Nope… not really. This person needs to step back and take a good long honest look at him/herself before judging someone else.

All trolls aside… I agree with EM on this. I don’t really know what to think either. It is nothing more than a “She said, they said” situation to any of us. Without being there, we have no way to really know what happened. If Rachelle honestly waiting til July 20 to tell them about the scheduling, then that’s really a big mistake on her part. That strikes me as odd but again, I don’t know.

But then, Summit has been pushing these films out like an assembly line! No one has time to breathe before they have to go right into the next round of filming. I realize they want to capitalize on the franchise but come on! As the fans that are driving this project, we want things to be right and done the best way possible. Getting the films out quickly is great but not at the expense of quality. And the cast has to be working their butts off to accommodate Summit’s horrid scheduling decisions! They have practically signed their lives away to be a part of this project!

But then you go back and think… Each member of the cast had to know what they were getting into. What was expected. What was ok, what was not… Is Summit changing the rules as they go along? Or was Rachelle just assuming that she would be accommodated? I have no idea. Sounds to me like it is a serious lack of communication on both sides and that is unfortunate.

No matter what happened, I will still miss Rachelle in the role and it won’t be the same without her… and it puts somewhat of a somber mood on NM now (for me at least) knowing that she won’t be back. Not that I won’t still LOVE NM though. LOL

I, honestly can see Summits point. As a professional actor you should be aware of your commitments and know your responsibilities to the jobs you take. For her to take a role where she has to be in Europe is not ok. I understand the point that they are pushing these movies out quickly, but if she was as dedicated as she claims then this wouldnt even be an issue. I agree also that it is always weird to see others playing in roles originated but someone else but Bryce Dallas Howard is an excellent actress and I am very excited to see her in the role of Victoria, when Victoria’s character is at its climax. She will breathe a new life into Victoria that I’m not convinced Rachelle could have. I liked Rachelle and it does suck to lose a job that way, but the show must go on….

From both sides of the statement it sounds like Summit weren’t aware of the conflict and Rachelle just assumed that it would be alright. I can understand how Summit would be annoyed at that.

I think it’s childish that Summit seem to avoiding the blame and it seems that while we can point the finger straight at them, a little partially remains with Rachelle too.

This is a business, it might only be ‘ten days’ but that can be a lot of time and money especially that the part Victoria plays in the next movie is bigger. I honestly think the decision was a business one, the fans, the story, etc had nothing to do with it and at the end of the day these things happen. As soon at the conflict arose it should have been talked through with both sides and then maybe this wouldn’t have happened.

But it’s done now and we can’t do much about it. At the end of the day, no matter how much bad publicity Summit get everyone will still go and see the movie.

I fully agree w/icacullen. I’d like to add this official statement from Summit does NOT deny LaFevre’s earlier comments in regard to Summit’s behavior and their current broken relationship. This simply sounds like “Yeah well it’s not our fault because (1) excuse a, (2) excuse b, (3) excuse c. So there

” It simply sounds like an expert politically deflecting spin job.

It’s business. It sucks, but that’s how it goes.It’s really unfornate on both of their parts;Rachelle and Summits. Both should take equal blame in this. It’s hard to see another person play the role someone else has. But at least it’s not Rosalie, Alice or Bella’s actors that this happened too.

If Bryce Dallas Howard is such a big name actress how come I have never heard of her? Who is her famous father because everyone is saying that is the only reason she got the part!

I wonder if Summit expected the backlash. It is completely ridiculous and unprofessional to replace an actor so far in. This isn’t a soap opera for heaven’s sake. I guess Summit figures fans are going to see the movie anyway so why not bring in a higher profile actor to bring in other people. It is all about the $ for them.

Let me start out by saying I am so, SO sorry for Rachelle Lefevre. She was a great actress who laid the ground work for the character of Victoria. Having said that, I’m not going to be sending hate mail to Summit, signing petitions to “bring back Rachelle”, etc. for several reasons:

1. No matter how much BS Summit spouts about “staying true to the book” or wanting to “please the fans”, they are first and foremost a business. Money is the bottom line, it always has been and always will be… The end.

2. It is probably not 100% Summit’s fault. It’s never 100% anyone’s fault. There were likely mistakes on both sides. Of the comments that were issued by Rachelle and by Summit, there is probably some truth it both of them. The fan comments about Summit throwing Rachelle “under the bus” are completely unfair because, to be frank, Rachelle started it. The studio was going to say it was just a mutual decision, no tabloid-like drama.

3. Contary to what some fans are saying, it’s not just about 10 days of filming. It’s also about the missed rehearsal time which is key for the actors to understanding what will be happening during filming as far as blocking the scenes, etc.

4. Even if it was about filming, Summit has every right to dismiss Rachelle over those 10 days. The filming schedule is based around the availability of the site, the weather and who-knows-how-many other people’s schedules. It’s not as simple as making a few phone calls the way some people seem to think. I know they’ve made adjustments in the past, but it was for actors who had more than the (maybe) 15 minutes of screen time that Rachelle was going to get. And Rachelle didn’t help matters by waiting until the last minute to let Summit know.

I’ll end my post by saying this: I am VERY disappointed in some of the fan reaction I’ve seen. I expected an uproar over Rachelle’s dismissal. However, I did not expect such a hostile attitude towards Bryce Dallas Howard. It’s not her fault that she was shoved into the middle of this. The comments about her being ugly and this all being because of her father are completely unfounded and unfair. I have followed Bryce’s career from the beginning and really like what I’ve seen. She has experience playing supernatural characters and she’s very versatile. If Rachelle has to be replace then I think Bryce is an excellent choice.

P.S.: Just a word of advice, you can write/email/call Summit all you like. By all means, let them know that we’re not happy. But don’t expect it to change anything. If the official announcement has already been made that means that contracts and legal documents have already been signed.

Also, internet petitions are not legally valid. It’s too easy for someone to forge the information.

Nice comment Kathryn.
I couldn’t agree more.
This fandom has become so damn hostile to anything.

Can any Twifan honestly say they will not see this movie because of this? I doubt it-it’s not really about the actors-it’s about the characters-and as much people dislike a change of actors-the story wins out in the end! And it was the story most of us fell in love with.
And thats why we will all go and see the movie-Rachelle or no Rachelle!!

If they recast Edward or Jacob-I don’t think people would vote with their feet, I’d still wanna see it anyway, coz they have started to tell the story and we need to see the finish-whoever is in it!

Don’t waste youe time with dumb petitions. They ALREADY signed Bryce Dallas Howard. They can’t drop her. That would be breaking a contract! If you want a scary, mean red headed girl, you can’t get any better then Bryce Dallas Howard. Also, why don’t you believe Summit? What makes us so sure that this actress is telling the truth? She told Summitt at the last moment. She knew those days were going to be a problem.

By the way, does anyone at “Twilight Source” check the message board? They need to clean some of this garbage up! Do i have to email them?

Inconsistent characters brings down the flow and credibility of the film tenfold. This is such a disappointment. I wish there were a way to keep Rachelle.

Rachelle should not have taken another film role in June knowing that Eclipse was set to start filming in August. While I hate to see her being replaced fact is she should have discussed her other film role with everyone before accepting the part.

Wow….I can’t believe that summit is getting so upset about this. I mean, she was only going to be gone for 10 days. Her role isn’t even that big until the end of the book. Can’t they just I don’t know, work with the OTHER cast members while she’s gone. I also agree with what someone said closer to the top. Summit should just ask WB how they deal with all the schedule problems.

To me it simply sounds like if Rachelle really cared about whether she would lose the part or not she would have notified Summit when she first found out about the conflict. Summit is justified in the fact that she didn’t tell anyone till the very last minute. I don’t think this is BS at all, I think it’s business.

It’s the same as if you worked somewhere and got a new job and all of the sudden they schedule you to work at the same time as your other job. In real life they replace you so why wouldn’t they in the situation as well?

I get that a lot of people are fans of hers and heck I loved her as Victoria as well, but she could have handled this better.

You guys talk about Bryce having a contract, but Rachelle had one too. If you think they’re gonna be 100% faithful to Bryce just because she’s signed now, don’t. Just throwing that out there.

Ummm…Nia…Rachelle’s contract probley said that they could fire her anytime if she did something wrong. In other words…they can’t fire someone for doing nothing (like Bryce Dallas Howard)

i cnt comment if i think they are “trying to save their own butts” or not…i think the fans would say that being they luved the actress in this role. i mean yes i am upset..but there is always two sides to the story. at least its not a major character you know but i do agree it sucks she made other promises and not part of a scene her character wus finally suppose to be the most in

I say we boycott summit for as long as possible- if they don’t give us what we want back, then we’ll work from there. but everyone realizes that this is crap- the fact that we love victoria, and we probably make up most of summits fandom. we control what they do if you think about it… we need to act now or loose rachelle. and quite frankly she doesn’t deserve this at all!!!! >:(

Summit has a tendency to re-cast as we witnessed with the potential re-cast of jacob black!But never did i imagine that Victoria would be re-casted! Re-casting a charcter is just stupid, espically when it comes to the twilight movies! The Twilght movies are HUGE, and upseting the people bringing in the $$$$$$$$$$$$ is not a smart ideas Summit!……… would other huge blockbuster movies and their studios risk this(ex:Harry Potter)? NO THEY WOULDN’T

I stand by my earlier comments (in past posts) I hate Summit…bastards! They only see $$$ with these movies and that’s all they care about, not what the fans want! I, as a fan, am much more inclined to believe Rachelle over Summit-The-Money-Hungry-Screw-Over-The-Fans-To-Get-Our-Money-As-Soon-As-Possible-Entertainment…ugh hate them! The Volturi def need to get involved!

This is about business not fan fare. Summit has a time line to produce a movie that we all want to see. If Rachelle chose to do another movie & did not notify Summit – you can not blame them or expect them to alter their schedule to accomodate. I dont’t see Robert, Kristen, Taylor or other actors committing to conflicting schedules.

Shame – I liked her as Victoria – will always see her in my mind as Victoria when I read the books again

@Kathryn…Just have to say that you have way to much time on your hands, that was a long a** post! Dear God, no one is going to be moved by your little rant about your personal disappointment in the Twifans! No one really cares, us Twifans are gonna do & say what we want, even if it ruffles a few feathers! Get used to it, its just how we are!

Side note: I have nothing against BDH. I love her acting, she’s amazing and I think she will do a great job as Vicotria. Its Summit that I dislike (always have…from the beginning) Just wanted to clarify that point

Rachelle is naive to think that she can accept another movie during the Eclipse shoot and simply be accommodated. None of the other actors have taken concurrent projects. It’s irresponsible. Of course, Summit should have given her the option to quit either her other movie or Eclipse, and it looks like instead they simply fired her.

This just reminded me of the Team Taylor days, that sucked!! C’mon, replacing an actor at the third movie? When the character dies?? What the f*ck??
I don’t care what Summit has to say, and like someone commented before, I’ll believe the actor before I believe the studio, specially when there’s a track record of BS already.
Let’s go Team Rachelle, we got Taylor before, let’s get Rachelle this time!!

All these comments are so funny, everyone is so mad, but really guys, we will all be excited for Eclipse by the time it comes out and the fact that it will not be the same Victoria won’t matter anymore. I mean look at all the HP fans like me that we so mad at WB for delaying the film and then I saw it 3 times opening day. So lets just all be happy that the HAWT Rpatz is still in because lets face it thats pretty much why most of us love twilight anyways, and Taylor Lautner too =)

I will miss Rachelle as Victoria, but at least Victoria is killed in Eclipse, so we don’t have to deal with Bryce Dallas in Breaking Dawn!

Beth said it right:
“Rachelle is naive to think that she can accept another movie during the Eclipse shoot and simply be accommodated. None of the other actors have taken concurrent projects. It’s irresponsible.”
But I agree with Summit’s decision. Rachelle will be fine, hopefully she will learn from this and not make the same mistake again.

This is crap. Let’s think about this, okay? Was there an actor in Twilight who was filming a different movie at the same time that he was filming Twilight? Hmm..oh yeah, Cam Gigandet! Summit accommodated Cam when he was filming another movie. AND New Moon has a bigger budget than Twilight, so they could have accommodated Rachelle.

Summit’s always pulling moves like this, first threatening to recast Taylor and then this.

Maybe Rachelle did keep this from Summit. That, I don’t know. But I am SURE something could have been compromised. If she had been given the choice between the two films, she most likely would have picked Eclipse.

@mrsedwardcullen – Yes, we can do and say what we want. Does that not apply to me, as well? If I want to rant and spend 2 minutes of my day typing a long post I can. It’s called freedom.

But my point was that Summit is a business, the official announcement has been made and it’s done. We can send all the angry letters we want but Summit isn’t going to backtrack. We are all upset and will miss Rachelle (well, most of us), but in the end Summit will still make millions off of us because we will still go and see “Eclipse”. And that’s been their objective all along.

@mrsedwardcullen – And my “long a** post” moved you enough to comment at me. If you don’t care why did you bother to say anything?

“I say we boycott summit for as long as possible- if they don’t give us what we want back, then we’ll work from there. but everyone realizes that this is crap- the fact that we love victoria, and we probably make up most of summits fandom. we control what they do if you think about it… we need to act now or loose rachelle. and quite frankly she doesn’t deserve this at all!!!! >:(

yeah, that sounds like a GREAT way for summit to take the fans seriously. hey guys! lets all throw a tantrum like tweenage girls until we get what we want! yeah, im all for that plan…*sigh

urgh i fudging hate this! i mean honestly summit is soooo full of fly poop for all i care..and thats a lot of poop! HMPH i mean HONESTLY over this mess??? i mean 10 FRIGGIN days and shes been replaced by bryce dallas?????????????? right about now i really wish rachelle was victoria..she would have ripped their heads off!

screw Summit i still want her not some new girl after we have already got attracted to her after 2 movies

how is it that you can not read? That was a direct quote that another person posted. Look through yesterday’s comments and you will see that none of my comments were anything but supportive to rachelle. I’m quite disappointed that you couldn’t see that for yourself.

yeah, that sounds like a GREAT way for summit to take the fans seriously. hey guys! lets all throw a tantrum like tweenage girls until we get what we want! yeah, im all for that plan…*sigh

that goes for you too, person who couldn’t see that it was a direct quote. don’t skim. read.

how is it that people can’t tell the difference between quoting someone and then replying to them, and saying something myself? read all the damn comments people. keep my name out of your mouth if you don’t know what you’re talking about.

@Nessa I agree, we are all entitled to our own opinions and I agree people need to make sure they are quoting the right people. It is rude to bash the wrong person for a quote, so learn to read all you twihards!

Yeah guys no one will boycott, lol, every female on this planet will be lining up for the midnight release to see Edward and Jacob shirtless in the movie. Let’s just try to not bash poor BDH, she didn’t have anything to do with Summits decision and we should just wait and see how she does as Victoria.

Summit is going on a power trip! First with Taylor, now this! It’s only 10 days! Gawd. I’m just waiting for them to pull a WB…wouldn’t put them past it!

I think Summit does this on purpose for Publicity.
First with Catherine Hardewick.
Then with that kid who plays Jacob.
Now with the red haired chick.
They just do it to gain publicity for their film.
By the time they’re ready to film the 4th one…they will probably have re-cast everyone.
But anyways, Bryce Dallas Howard should fit right in because she can’t act to save her life.

To me, it sounded like they were trying to cover up the fact that they had ditched Rachelle…and I read this article before the previous one where Rachelle says she knew nothing of it!
I don’t know what to believe, but Summit don’t seem to be going the right way about all this atall!

Even though I’m sad to see Rachelle go, there isn’t much anyone can do now she’s been re-cast, so we might as well make the best of things and hope Bryce does well

(And seriously, don’t boycott, we’re all still gunna go and see it really, it’s just pointless. We’re the only one’s missing out in the end.)

i honestly dont know what to belive cuz summit has always been full of s#.@% and i really dont think rachell would be able to do something that shady.. but whatever its a shady world out there !

nessa,
i was addressing Bella’s comment from before. the bit about you was just an added thought. i wasnt referring to anything you said specifically. if you’re talking about the person you quoted earlier i dont give a shit about that, im not stupid and i can tell when youre quoting somebody else. all i meant was that you need to get a grip and stop fighting so hard for everyone to share your point of view on things. you dont need to counter-attack every single person that replies to a comment you made. but you do, which is why i wont be surprised when you lash back at me after posting this. have at it.

Yeap after a good night sleep I feel so much calmer. I feel bad for calling everyone stupid. I got really upset that mostly everyone was against summit. Sorry to who ever I offended.

It seems ridiculous that one of the reasons that we thought summit had for rushing the films was because the actors portraying vampires couldn’t age and yet they are going to change the actress for victoria right before the film in which she has the biggest part.

I was kind of hoping it was only rumors at first but now it seems we really are getting a new victoria. I’m sure she’s a great actress but rachelle was really got at showing the feline crazy thing that is victoria

No way can they replace Rachelle…she is amazing! Eclipse will suck without her!

2 words: BULL SH*T
summit is fucked up. theyre being so defensive about this, so theyre obvi hiding something.
and i fully agree with Sukmitt’s comment.

@Kathryn…pointless point taken, still don’t care!

Oh & I respond to stupid peoples comments cuz it pisses them off! Have a great day!!!

its called a discussion. thats how they’re had. one person says something, then another person says something and so forth and so on. If you can’t handle it, then why are you having this one?
How’s that for grip?

added bonus. To anyone who has something to say to me or anyone else here for that matter, the rudeness is not necessary.
Anonymity does not excuse you. Telling people to get a grip, or calling them stupid and all that, is not necessary. And it doesn’t make you look any wiser.

Team Rachelle Lefevre. Has Summit lost there head with money again they did it before with Taylor but he got saved by as. Now we have to save her!

Bryce Dallas is a good actress with The Village, Spider-Man 3, and Terminator Salvation and of course her famine father Ron Howard who is a Direct.

I was a little pissed when I saw this, but then I scrolled down to see who they were replacing her with and now I could give a hoot. she needs to stop being a baby.

Okay first of all this whole thing is getting wayyy out of conrtol. I think every one is intitle to their own opinions…but just dont go overboard with it*cough:nessa*, I mean people say what they say, why bother?

Second of all: My opinion. I think Summet is pulling this for piblicity as I’ve said before, and I don’t think we can really do anything about it. I just hope they see how much were angry with them right now so they learn that its not the coolest thing.

Annnnd instead of boycotting you people should just so ur support to Rachelle, by sending her cards, emails, ect. And maybe a few hate letters to Summit

Some ppl here are really taking this overboard everyone stop teaming up against Nessa she was just quoting someone else…but then again what do I care… as for the whole summit and rachelle hysteria I don’t know who to believe. Any one of them, or both of them, could be lying.

As much as I hate it when a movie recasts a character…I am PUMPED that Howard was chosen…her caliber of acting is what this franchise needs to be seen as a “serious” movie instead of a “teen” movie. Her work in “Lady in the Water” was masterful.

This is like replacing Draco in Harry Potter. It just won’t work. Seriously. SUMMIT SUCKS. I hate hate absof***inglutely hate when people replace actors/actresses in movies. This is bogus. Total bull.

This actually makes Warner Bros. look like kind, whole-hearted people (at least they keep their actors). Looks like Summit is getting a big head from all this money.

THERE IS SOMETHING summit IS FORGETTING – IT IS DEALING WITH A FEMALE FAN BASE!!! WHEN WOMEN WANT SOMETHING, THEY WANT THAT THING!!! NO LOGIC CAN DETERE THAT. THEY SHOULD RETHINK! A FEMALE FAN BASE IS A DANGEROUS FAN BASE. summit MAY WELL BE A BUNCH OF MALE USING POWER TO SQUASH FEMALE, LIKE THEY DON’T MATTER – BUT THEY DO !!!!!!

@mrsedwardcullen – Yes, because listening to both sides of the argument and developing an informed opinion is an obvious show of stupidity. And calling these people stupid makes you look oh so intelligent. God forbid that someone else’s opinion be based on logic and fact.

Okay guys…seriously???? calm down will you?? everyone…NO one is stupid…we can like let the fandom seriously divide over this i mean its crazy…summit are a bunch of idiots.. but at the same time we DONT know wat really happened like alot of you people stated…so please lets just back off a little…if anyone wants to fight take it to the forums?

to some of the earlier comments i would just like to say that twilight fans can be realllllll bitchy. i mean sure we all have our own opinion but we arnt in the 3rd grade, so get over it. all of you.

as to the topic at hand. i *personally* didn’t care for Rachelles portrayal of Victoria, maybe its because i found her character in the books pointless to begin with, idk but even so i find this quite ridiculous. Summit should of been able to work around 10 days, i mean they have 3 months, and the movie its self isn’t coming out untill next summer. so i find this a shady move from summit, but we cant’t expect much else from the movie industry. Welcome to the world of disappointment Twilight fans. WB has been screwing over us HP fans since day one.

p.s please grow up, if you don’t agree with me, say it in a respectful way. Im tired of looking at comments on this website that involve pointless shit and i don’t appreciate reading it. Grow the EFF up. thank you.

I HATE SUMMIT!
ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS MAKING MONEY.
DID THEY EVER ONCE THINK HOW THIS WOULD AFFECT THE FANS.
THIS NEW CHICK COULD NEVER PULL OF VICTORIA LIKE RACHELLE.
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD DOESN’T HAVE A WICKED CURVEBALL!

“p.s please grow up, if you don’t agree with me, say it in a respectful way. Im tired of looking at comments on this website that involve pointless shit and i don’t appreciate reading it. Grow the EFF up. thank you.

I'll try to be 'respectful'.
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Watever if u get offended I'm sorry.
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If you don't appreciate reading our comments then don't read them. No one is forcing you to read the comments anyway.

I’m sure there was politics involved. The quick replacement is a sure sign of that.

How dare she care about the fans so little to put the schedule in danger? How dare she give them any ammunition? She had to try to have her cake and eat it too, and we all end up getting burnt.

Wow, some of you people need to calm the hell down. @Carlie, actually it sounds like a lot of us are in 3rd grade the way they’re talking. Why is everyone so quick to blame Summit, we don’t really know what went on. You’re just angry that Rachelle’s leaving and you want to blame someone, and god forbid you consider that maybe it’s Rachelle’s fault. I’m not saying it is her fault necessarily, just that WE DON’T KNOW and we’re not going to find out all the straight facts, so just calm down and accept what’s happened.

note summit says “during the required rehearsal time, and at least ten days of THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE’s principal photography.” when really it would be 10 days tops! They don’t even have the facts right!

Fans are the people who make movies huge and roll in the big bucks, I think we need to take this to a more serious level than online petitioning. Im thinking E or parading around outside Summits office or something.

PS this screws up the whole story in my head, now I have to replace Rachelle when I read the books aswell, OMG IT will be soooooo confusing.
Sad stephenie doesn’t get a say in anything. I trust her desicion because everything is really her creation.

The way most of you are reacting honestly makes me ashamed to call myself a Twilight fan.

haha i agree with you Ashley! but it’s quite entertaining to see people go nuts though…lol.

all i have to say is that i prefer having a constant actor/actress personally. like for harry potter and dumbledore

but in this victoria isn’t like a huge character so it’s ok i guess.

ARGH!!!! All these comments are infuriating!!! Everyone is entitled to their own opinions. Just respect that. Not everybody has to agree with what you say. (BTW, this isn’t directed at anyone in particular, just in general).

1. They’re both at fault. Perhaps Rachelle didn’t tell Summit about the filming and Summit decided it was easier just to find somebody else instead of trying to work around it. Even though she didn’t tell them, they didn’t really give her much of a chance to fix it. Perhaps they got wind of it earlier and were considering Bryce instead of confronting Rachelle about it, which would explain the fast replacement. Either way, both parts acted irresponsibly.

2. Summit could be telling the truth and really took this 10 day overlap as a serious breach of trust and demonstrated her lack of commitment, in which case I would fully agree.

3. Rachelle could be telling the truth. Rachelle could be an innocent victim to Summit’s capitalist enterprise and went with the easier option of hiring Bryce (maybe or maybe not because of her connections).

I love commenting on here, because it gives us all a place to vent and share opinions, and perhaps look at the situations differently, but most of this rubbish is incredibly childish. No wonder everyone thinks the Twilight fandom is solely whinny, psychotic teenage girls. Not to say that everything on here is complete rubbish… Just the bashing and the, “OMGEEEEEEEESSSSHHH!!! I HTE SUMMIT!!!! IT SUCK!!!!” And that sort of thing…

And to all those who say, “But it’s ONLY 10 days!!” They’ve been pumping out these movies really quickly. A LOT can get done in 10 days. It might only be one ninth of the overall schedule for the film, but it was irresponsible for her to accept a role that may interfere. I believe if she was so passionate about the role, she wouldn’t take the risk.

At the same time, I’m sure Summit could have done more to suit her commitments to her other film. Just like others have been saying, they’d do it for Pattinson wouldn’t they??

BUT it would also be incredibly selfish to swap around EVERYBODY’S schedule…. There are so many sides to this argument!! It’s tough to define who’s right or wrong…

Awwww. That’s sad. I love Bryce Dallas Howard and think she’s a great actress, but Rachelle is Victoria. Even though she was only in Twilight all of maybe 5 minutes, if that. But she is our Victoria. Maybe Summit and Rachelle can fix their dispute, but it seems in Hollywood that if you upset a major studio and you are a rather new face it’s the end of the line for you. Good Luck Rachelle. Love ya.

I can’t believe this! Us fans are used to Victoria! And, believe it or not, Victoria happens to be a BIG part of the movie! Without her, who would Bella be afraid of, who would make the army of vampires, and who would Edward kill? It would be a whole different movie, even though they’re replacing Rachelle (Victoria) with someone else. I was fine with the cast, and Summit had better NOT replace any other cast member! It may not seem like a big deal to Summit, but it’s the same as replacing Robert Pattinson or Kristen Stewart! Summit is making a huge mistake, and I don’t agree with them at all.

I still love twilight, but seriously Summit… fire the other Victoria who doesnt look like Victoria at all, in my opinion! Does anyone agree with me? Now when I read the books, I see Victoria as Rachelle. Who agrees with me?

Not buying it Summit. Though, impressive wordplay in covering your collective asses.

of course, the fact that it’s Ron Howard’s daughter taking over the part, has nothing to do with it. su-r-r-r-r-e-e-e-e-!.

Definatly sounds like a 7th grade myspace fight.
ha.
This SUCKS! Rob and Kristin are both filming OTHER MOVIES at the SAME TIME as the saga. And, if anyone listened to the Twlilight movie with the comentary, they had to do all the scenes with Cam first because he had ANOTHER film to go do!
This is complete and utter bull. Summit’s acting shady.

If this really was Rachelle’s fault why would she come out with a statement condemning Summit, knowing full well that they would fire one right back blaming her instead? She doesn’t seem like the type to do something like this. Now that Summit has gotten a taste of what the Twilight saga can do for them they are just money hungry and eager to keep the ball rolling, so to speak, no matter what the cost. I’m completely on her side.

And Bryce Dallas Howard? Please, was she just looking for another sequel to wiggle her way into? Maybe she should try to start out as a character in a saga and establish herself in the role instead of taking sloppy seconds and screwing it up.

my question is how did they already have Bryce Howard all ready for this part?? she came out of nowhere, had she already auditioned for it?

They were BOTH at fault.
Rachelle for not informing Summit of her prior commitments.
Summit for not asking for her commitments.

But you guys shouldn’t take it out on poor Bryce.
It’s not her fault that she was put into this.

We should take it out on bryce dallas howard she should have known…fans wouldnt be happy..perhaps if she had read the books? She should walk away from this. Do you really think she got this part on her own merit are you kidding me. It certainly isnt going to help her paid for and paved career in hollywood by taking this roll i dont think she had any idea fans would be this passonate or she doesnt care and just wants the desperate publicity she is now getting. She was unknown to most of the world till she stole Rachelle’s part as Victoria. I am almost beginning to think people are being paid to write the positive comments about whatever her name is howard. She only in hollywood due to daddy I am really sick of how people are trying to spin this and the media.

Bryce Dallas Howard is an insane party in the whole mess! It not her fault if she got a job by reading scripts she liked by her agent. She is a good actress she’s made great movies in the past like The Village, Spider-Man 3 and more recently Terminator Salvation.

It not fault of Rachelle Lefevre she ask summit if she could do an Indie movie. Which would last 10 days, that all. It not her fault that they changed schedule of the movie date!

I don’t know how a production company is run but I think it is the fault of summit and they are losing their heads with money. I know that Summit Entertainment is a small company and time is money like in any business but how made it work well and helped Twilight and how was in that movie? Rachelle.
Summit let the other actors and actresses from the movie do other movies during the break they had. E.g. Robert Pattinson made the movie Remember Me, Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning did the movie The Runaways, Jackson Rathbone is doing The Last Airbender and don’t for get Peter Facinelli is doing that TV show Nurse Jackie. And more presently Taylor Lautner is doing that movie called Valentine’s Day also I could go on but it would boring!

As I was saying they let them do other things and it look like a big case of boiling singing
Rachelle out which it not on!

P.S She was not an unknown to most of the world till she stole Rachelle part as Victoria .if you read her IMDB page she has made lots of movies. @ natalie

@Chloe A production company is run like any other business. And of course they’re in it for the money, that what businesses are. We shouldn’t blame them for that, this world runs on money, do you really think a business is going to sit there and be happy loosing money? No. Not even Summit.

They tell us it’s about the fans because that’s what we want to hear. But it’s not. It never is.

Anyway, both parties are at fault. Rachelle should have informed Summit of the clash before even accepting the other role. She should have gotten the ok from her prior commitments, which Eclipse was. Summit, on the other hand, should have told Rachelle as soon as they found out about the clash that it wasn’t on and she had to pick one or the other or they were re-casting her.

The blame can’t be pinned on one person. It’s easy to blame Summit because we all love Rachelle and don’t want to see her replaced, but it’s not fair that they’re now the ‘bad guys’ in this when it goes both ways, it’s obvious from both statements. There was a clash and Summit didn’t find out until recently because Rachelle thought it would be ok. And apparently, as we’ve discovered, it wasn’t.

And also, lets leave Bryce what’s her name out of this. None of this is her fault. It’s not like she’s pulling a Michael Copon (ugh… never want to bring that name up again) and generating rumours about it herself.

Oh please Natalie.
You don’t know, she could’ve auditioned for the role at the very beginning, got passed up, and now got the role because of Rachelle’s irresponsibility.

It’s people like you that piss me off and make me feel ashamed for even liking Twilight.

i cant belive they would say that they make it sound like it was all her fault. and i really liked her as victoria.

Comment by The Real Mrs.Bella Cullen/Black/Pattinson/Lautner — 08/01/2009 @ 8:05 pm

the way people are going on about this it’s like they recast the roles of bella and edward or jacob or something. i know victoria is important in eclipse, but in the grander scheme of things, it really won’t make that much of an impact. i mean, she basically dies as soon as she finally makes an appearance at the end of the book. it is sad that they are recasting, because rachelle was great, but i think this has been blown way out of proportion by all of us twilight fans. boycott the movie? seriously? that’s taking it a bit far for a character who is quite minor when compared to other characters in the story. i know that seems harsh, but it is also true. there’s no need to go super crazy. we still have rpattz, kstew, and tlautner after all!

i just cant believe summit would do that. im sure they could have somehow fit her in. i just think it was an incredibly stupid decision on their part. most of the fans are going to be furious once they see the movie. The fight scene is going to be so strange without rachelle lefevre. i thought she was the perfect victoria. i hate it when actors get replaced so late in the series. replacing her after twilight would have been one thing, because she doesnt have a big part in twilight, but she has a huge part in new moon so everyone’s going to be used to her as victoria. i just really cant believe summit at this point. its just insane.

sure, sure. i don’t read any where that summit made “all best attempts and efforts” to keep rachelle. it just sounds like sour grapes on summit’s part. summit merely seems pissed that they were not “formally” consulted on scheduling and this is its way of punishing her. the fact that summit cast bryce howard (who comes with more name recognition) tells me that it knew on the side about rachelle’s other commitments and it engaged in replacement casting discussions behind her back. summit can disclaim and rebutt all it wants — but to me, this is just typical industry back stabbing. summit really doesn’t care about the twilight fandom despite its claims to the contrary.