LA TIMES: CATHERINE HARDWICKE ON BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD

I think that it’s Bull that she turned down the part at first cause it wasn’t “big” wought for her. And now that its the third movie into it and it has blowen up and gets her name known that she wants in, Not Right in my Book, She wasn’t that big of a actress to begin with, I had no idea who she was until about a few days ago, It just urks meto see people be so, selfish, but idk if thats the right word for it, like ego, not like ew what a horbile person, but more like greddy, I think thats what I’m looking for.

To sum it up, I think thats totaly messed up, and Greddy. But I will wait to see how she dose. Hope she dose well is all I can say.

I can understand why Bryce turned down the role in Twilight. She’s starred in many successful films like The Village, Lady in the water and Terminator: Salvation. The role of Victoria in Twilight was tiny compared to what she’s used to.

I like Catherine’s response the best so far, to me the other’s have been wish washy, polite and possibly coached, they may feel they have no choice. I like that she pointed out that she thought the role was too small for her.

Well if the role was too small then, its too large now. I don’t care if she is a good actress, or a “nice” person, its not the point. More effort should have been put into keeping Rachelle.

I look it like this, no I still can’t let this go, Bryce got this gift and it wasn’t just what she wanted(not big, glamorous or expensive enough) so she returned it. Now all her friends want or have the same thing, so she changed her mind. She stomped her way to dad and demanded he get it for her, now! (think Varuka Salt)

The role was not BIG ENOUGH for her??? OMG, thats so like, disgusting to hear, because she wasnt that big to begin with. no ones really heard of her until now, that i know of. theyve only heard of her father. ugh.

of course she says yeas now, seeing how Rachelle is uber-famous bc of it and Eclipse is Vicorias biggest part.

She officially sickens me.

Actually, it did surprise me Bryce was offered the part first. ??? I love Catherine Hardwicke and I THINK she did a fantastic job on Twilight. It was done more like an Inde with a small budget. You can tell she truly cares for “her” people who are cast and I think she is right on about Rob and Kris. I know they will continue to do great no matter what roles they take on. I certainly will see movies they choose to act in.

oops, I bet Summit is cringing at her comment. If Bryce had read the three books available to her at the time she would have seen the part gets bigger as the story goes on. Ha.

I still think her Dad has some part to play in this. Rob said that Ron Howard asked him to have a picture taken with him at the Oscar’s. I think he may be toying with possibly directing Breaking Dawn. That movie will have to be a big budget movie, or movies, and that is just up his alley now. He’s only done big huge movies lately soooo, that’s my theory.

I just wish they all talked to eachother sooner and all this could have been avoided. “If” that’s what both parties wanted.

Ron Howard is not thinking about directing “breaking dawn”. Just look at Ron Howard’s wikipedia or imdb page, he has like 4 movies in the next 3 years to make.

And it really baffles me that people didn’t know who Bryce is. She was the lead in 2 M. Night Schamalayan movies. And in two blockbusters as love interests, on top of that an award winninng actress.

I’ve known of her for the past 4 years or so.

For those of us who care about Rachelle, we can’t help but be upset hearing this new news that Bryce was originally offered the role for Victoria but thought it beneath her… because she was supposedly this big star… well, I’m sorry. Not to me.

I didn’t know who she was (Bryce Dallas Howard) because I didn’t like either of those M. Night Schamalayan movies. Not my taste. I only put names to faces if they matter enough to me… and she did not matter to me.

It’s only NOW that I recognize she was in Terminator: Salvation… her role wasn’t even that huge in that movie either.

I’m still upset and haven’t gotten over it either. I know there’s nothing I can do to change anything. What’s done is done. But it doesn’t mean I have to like it.

BASICALLY. I will miss Rachelle, I would prefer it was Rachelle, but even though I’m not jumping up and down for Bryce, I don’t think she’ll do a bad job. In fact, she better do a good job!! *shakes fist*

I don’t care what Wikipedia says about Ron Howard. It’s not that I dislike either him or Bryce, but if the part was too small for her back then, it’s suddenly big enough now? Sure it is, because of how hot and popular this franchise is. Rachelle was so totally committed and a huge fan herself.
If I’m not familiar with Bryce as an actress it’s because of the movies she choose to be in, they were not something I would go to see, but I will see her in New Moon and hope she does a good job at playing the part of Victoria. That doesn’t mean I have to be happy about it, after all, what choice do we have.

Mini post: It was great hearing Catherine give the real lo-down on the fact that Bryce was originally offered the part as Victoria but it “wasn’t big enough of a part” for her. Pishaw….ugh. More intense snarling going on in the forum. http://forum.twilightersanonymous.com/news-b2/la-times-catherine-hardwicke-on-bryce-dallas-howard/

We’re being really bad-ish but at least we’re being honest. We even found a site that has t-shirts that say, “Rachell Lefevre is Victoria. Accept no substitutes”. We’re going to wear them on Nov 20th and cheer when Edward rips Bryce to shreds in Eclipse. Hey now…just being honest with the feelings. ya know? See you in the forum.

Sorry, but I think some of you guys are just too young and thus just not the right audience to know Bryce Dallas Howard’s name. If Rachelle wasn’t in Twilight, you wouldn’t have known her name either. I already knew of her before Twilight from Swingtown.

Personally, I think it’s sucks for ANY character to be recast in any show. However, I definitely know that Bryce has the acting chops to be in this movie, and she definitely has more of the dark and vengeful “look” than Rachelle. I feel bad for Rachelle, but I definitely think she put her own spin on the story to make Summit look evil. All of the other actors didn’t take on commitments that conflicted with the schedule. Why should the whole rehearsal schedule be rearranged for ONE person in an ensemble cast? It is ridiculously expensive to do so.

That said, I wish everyone would get over the whole situation. Bryce will be in the movie, and it’s not like anyone would forgo seeing the movie just because Rachelle’s not in it. And don’t bash Bryce’s talent because you liked Rachelle better.