July 30th, 2009 at 12:14 pm by
Anne

This isn’t good for Rachelle Lefevre and I imagine she must be freaking right about now. Summit Entertainment, the god’s that give us the Twilight franchise have hit back at her comment about being ‘stunned’ the studio replaced her with Bryce Howard Dallas for the third installment of Twilight, ‘Eclipse’.
Rachelle had said that she signed up to do Barney’s Version, which commnences filming the same day as Eclipse and ”Never did I fathom I would lose the role over a 10-day overlap.” Here’s what Summit Entertainment had to say about that:
“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 10 days of [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 10-day overlap,” the statement concludes. “It is not about a 10-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.”
It’s a pretty lengthy and detailed response to her quote, but I can’t help but wonder if there is more to the ‘lack of cooperative spirit’ remark. Not trying to stir the pot, but sometimes things aren’t as they appear.
How do you think this will affect Rachelle’s career?
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