Friday, December 11, 2009

Bryce Dallas Howard as Victoria for 'Eclipse'

Bryce and Rachelle The announcement has been out for awhile that Bryce Dallas Howard took Rachelle Lefevre's spot due to scheduling conflicts for the role of vamp, Victoria, in Eclipse. Readers are well aware of the importance of Victoria's character to the storyline of Eclipse, while she fills the central conflict of the third novel in The Twilight Saga. Victoria may not be a leading character, but it's always hard to see a change of cast for a series of movies. What a lot of fans may not know is that Bryce was actually offered the role before Rachelle was but she turned it down because she felt it too small a role according to Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke. Ouch, Twilight too small a role? Am I the only fan who feels like that one hurt a bit?

Regardless, Bryce will be portraying the vampire bad girl. Evidently, the role gained some appeal with Howard after the intense explosion that followed Twilight. One major difference between Bryce and Rachelle is the shade of their hair. Stephenie Meyer does describe Victoria as having hair as red as fire in New Moon, but it's still going to be an adjustment to see this extreme change right before our eyes on screen. I thought Rachelle Lefevre really played the role well, there was just something about her mannerism that made it seem right. Bryce Dallas Howard is renowned to be a talented actress, so hopefully she can at least help Twi-hards adjust to the impact of the change. I'll be looking for a stellar performance, especially after the burn of her rejecting Twilight. Do you think she'll make a good Victoria or do you wish Rachelle still had the role?

{via JUST JARED}

13 comments:

  1. Omg!! no,no,no ! We want Rachelle back!!, she's the best Bad-vamp ever!! Very convincing Vamp- and hot!...We fans from Israel say Yes! to Rachelle!! She is the: www.Best.com! that's it! ;)

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  2. I wish I could see it differently. But Rachelle is the best Victoria they could have. She's perfect in Twilight and she is more than perfect in New Moon! I actually believe in the hunting scene in the woods was the best scene in the whole movie. Rachelle did an awsome job and Tom Yorke's "Healing Damage" in the backround. It was just as perfect as it could get. I WANT RACHELLE BACK! No chance Bryce can do it as good as she did. I'm Team Rachelle!

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  3. Bring Rachelle Back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  4. Wow I'm surprised so many of you want Rachelle back so badly. I thought she did a great job making Victoria's character more real as well, but I'm surprised to see the feedback so one-sided!!

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  5. i've been reading your blog for a while and i never comment, but i just had to stress that Rachelle was absolutely perfect for the role of Victoria and i completely disagree with the change. she's much more beautiful than Bryce (Bryce looks to be about 10 years older than Rachel????) and what gives Bryce the right to barge in and steal back the role she gave up? It doesn't seem right at all - there was NO REASON at all why they should change something that was working perfectly fine until now. i know a lot of twilight fans, and not one disagrees with me on this. I have yet to meet one person that prefers Bryce over Rachelle!!

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  6. I REALLY dont like that she thought twilight "to small" for her but NOW tries to get a piece of it!?? I dont know if thats true but I dont like the sound of it!

    I dont think she is right for the role at all!

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  7. I wish they didn't replace Rachelle! She was good as Victoria but it's not her fault. Just the scheduling conflicts. Oh well! We twilight fans just have to accept it whether we like it or not.

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  8. I'm gonna say honestly if I wasn't a huge fan of Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, and Kellan Lutz that is positively no way in hell I'd go see this movie. I feel that if it wasn't "big enough" for her to do it to begin with she shouldn't have been given a second opportunity. She may be Ron Howard's daughter but she is definitely not the type of person I will EVER support.

    I will not ever see her in another film that I can guarantee you. As far as I'm concerned she took her own career down. If they offer her roles after this one, they deserve to go bankrupt.

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  9. I'll miss the real Victoria

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  10. rachelle is way better -- hannah elisabeth willis hannahwillis14 (twitter) thehannahbanana99 (youtube)

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  11. I still think Summit could have worked with Rachel. Its not like they shot the scenes in order anyway. What was it like a two week over lap? They could have worked something out!

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  12. Actually if it wasn't for the fact that I'm a huge Jackson Rathbone fan Summit would have lost me with the branch of fucked up. I can't stand her and just the fact that she's in this one is enough to make me not want to see it. I will still buy the tickets because Jackson is in the movie but I honestly can't say I'll go see it or buy the movie just because her ass is part of it.

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  13. To me Rachelle was the best Victoria there could be. She had that mean and evil look on her eyes. Bryce Dallas Howard doesnt look menacing!! She looks funny for crying out loud! She doesn't have the look to fill the big shoes Rachelle did.

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