With the recasting of Victoria in Eclipse, the third installment of the Twilight saga, a sort-of verbal feud has broken out between a cast member and the production company.
Rachelle Lefevre is being replaced with Bryce Dallas Howard and hearing an earful about how “stunned” and “hurt” Lefevre is – Summit Entertainment is defending its decision, and telling Rachelle that she has no reason to be surprised, considering that it’s her fault.
“We at Summit Entertainment are disappointed by Rachelle Lefevre’s recent comments which attempt to make her career choices the fault of the studio,” a press statement reads. “Her decision to discuss her version of the scheduling challenges publicly has forced the studio to set the record straight and correct the facts.”
According to Summit, Rachelle was well aware of the shooting schedule for Eclipse when she decided to sign on with another movie that had a conflicting schedule and was being filmed thousands of miles away. Making things worse, Rachelle didn’t tell Summit about the other film until nearly two months after agreeing to do it, the movie company says.
“If Ms. Lefevre was, as she describes ‘passionate,’ about being part of the Twilight saga, she would have included us in her decision to work on another film that would conflict with the shooting schedule,” the statement continues.
“Summit had acted in good faith that she would be available to fulfill her obligations both in terms of rehearsals and shooting availability. Her choice to withhold her scheduling conflict information from us can be viewed as a lack of cooperative spirit which affected the entire production,” Summit says.
Wow, and not only does Summit bite back, but they really sunk their teeth in!