MTV: WHY ANNALYNNE MCCORD PASSED ON ‘NEW MOON’
Earlier this year, AnnaLynne McCord was in talks to join the New Moon cast as Heidi, and it seemed as though it was pretty much a done deal. Fast forward a couple months and we all know by now that the role went to the lovely Noot Seear, but we never really found out what happened with AnnaLynne. Well, MTV recently sat down with the actress and got to the bottom of why she wasn’t cast:
Back in February, when the cast of “New Moon” was very much in flux, there were reports that “90210″ star AnnaLynne McCord might be joining the cast. And at the time she was both very eager to join Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, and also deep in negotiations.“We are in negotiations,” she said of her talks with “New Moon” filmmaker Chris Weitz and his team. “It’s definitely something I would love to do; as most people know, I am obsessed with vampires. I’m a true-blood ‘Twilight’ fan all the way. … There’s some scheduling conflicts, and we’re trying to work that out now,” she explained. “We’ll see what happens with it, but hopefully — fingers crossed — it’ll smooth over and we’ll be able to work it out.”
But cut to May, and McCord will not be appearing in the film. It turns out that in the process of negotiating a part in the film, she eventually made the decision to drop out. “There was scheduling conflicts and I really just needed a break,” she told MTV News on Thursday. “I worked two years, I came straight off ‘Nip/Tuck’ and on to ’90210′ and it’s wonderful to work, but I needed some R&R.”
McCord, who described herself as a “hard-core” fan of the series, said that although she decided to pass on “New Moon,” that doesn’t mean she didn’t want to do the film.
“I was [upset] ’cause I really love the film, all of them, the books and everything and I have a lot of friends on the movies,” she said. “But in the end, I got to go to Europe for two months … so I can’t say that I’m too pissed.”
I think Noot is gorgeous and will do an amazing job at playing Heidi, but I was really sad when things with AnnaLynne didn’t work out. I think she would have done a great job, but unfortunately things don’t always work out!
What do you think of AnnaLynne’s reasoning? Were you saddened when she dropped out or were you relieved? Are you pleased with Noot in the role?
