Summit Entertainment fights back against Rachelle Lefevre

Categories: 'Twilight', Film, Movie Biz, Movies

Now it's getting ugly. Summit Entertainment is chronicling its version of how negotiations went down with Rachelle Lefevre in an effort to stem the fan outrage over the studio replacing Lefevre with Bryce Dallas Howard for the role of the villainous Victoria in Eclipse.

The studio has released a detailed timeline of their interactions with Lefevre's representatives, attesting that it advised them back in April that The Twilight S aga: Eclipse would start shooting in early August. However, according to Summit, the studio wasn't informed of Lefevre's commitment to appear in the film Barney's Version until July 20, even though she had accepted the role 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," says the statement. "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."

The studio contends that her conflicting role not only have taken her away from days of principal photography, but also from the required rehearsal time for the third Twilight film. "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."

"Ms. Lefevre's commitment to the other project – which she chose to w ithhold 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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