Ahhh, the drama! As we reported previously, Rachelle Lefevre is being replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard to play evil vampire bitch Victoria in Eclipse. Summit, the production company, stated that all was fine, Rachelle wanted to do an indie film with Dustin Hoffman, and so they decided to get another redhead. All´s well that ends well, right? Wrong!

The Summit statement was the first that Rachelle heard about being replaced by Bryce! Apparently, she thought she was still doing the part, until Summit hired another actress. Talk about failed communication!

Lefevre issued a statement: “Summit chose simply to recast the part. I am greatly saddened that I will not get to complete my portrayal of Victoria for the Twilight audience. This is a story, a theatrical journey and a character that I truly love and about which I am very passionate.”

Summit tried to strike back, saying Rachel only had herself to blame: “We at Summit Entertainment are disappointed by Rachelle Lefevre’s recent comments which attempt to make her career choices the fault of the Studio.”
Apparently, she hadn´t told them til the last minute that she was going to be absent for ten days during the shoot.

Now I don´t know what happened, but here´s what Eonline said (and I think it may be true!), namely that Rachelle was to get a pay rise and the producers thought they could get out of it by hiring a new actress. I must say, that sounds kinda flimsy to me. I´m back to thinking Bryce´s dad, big shot producer Ron Howard pulled some strings to get his baby girl on this bockbuster.