News out of Hollywood is Bryce Dallas Howard (“Terminator: Salvation”) will be appearing in the Twilight series of films as the new nemesis for Bella.
Howard, the daughter of Academy Award winning director Ron Howard, is an actress of note in her own right having starred in such mega films as “Spiderman 3,” “Apollo 13,” “Lady in the Water,” and the infamous “The Village,” is replacing Rachelle Lefevre, who starred in the first Twilight film as bad girl Victoria. LeFevre will still appear as Victoria in the second film “New Moon” set for release on November 20, 2009.
The official reason given for Lefevre’s departure is scheduling conflicts. However, that excuse can sometime be code for something else entirely. The actress has kept busy since her debut in 1999 and currently has at least five other film and TV projects going on simultaneously, so she is a tad busy at the moment. But, one is left to wonder why she would opt out of such a major project as this that will only serve to enhance her career even further.
Twilight studio bigwigs are said to be thrilled to have captured Howard to replace LeFevre. “We are incredibly happy that Bryce has agreed to come into the franchise,” Erik Feig, president of Worldwide Production and Acquisitions for Summit Entertainment, said in a press statement on Tuesday.
The new film, “Twilight: Eclipse” has Howard embrassing the same role as LeFevre and is expected to bring a new energy to the character. “Rachelle brought ‘Victoria’ to great screen life and Bryce will bring a new dimension to the character,” continued Feig. “The franchise is lucky to have such a talented actress as Bryce coming in to fill the role.”
With that flaming red hair, naturally pale skin and those piercing eyes how could Howard not bring a new intimidation to this role?
Filming for the third film in the Twilight sage will begin in August. Look for “Twilight: Eclipse” in theaters June 30, 2010.
Freudian Slip? In the article you speak of Howard “embassing” the same role as LeFevre. I think you meant embracing, instead of embrassing, which is a spin on the French word ‘to kiss’ (embrasser). Given Howard’s photo included in the article (which you may have had nothing to do with) I can see why kissing would come immediately to mind anyway. Cheers!
It was a typo…but I love your take on it much better. 😉