I hadn't been paying attention to the flap over Rachelle Lefevre's firing from the Twilight series and replacement with Ron Howard's fugly daughter - because, being an adult male of normal intelligence, I don't give a shit about Twilight - but then I saw the words "studio fires back at Rachelle Lefevre" and I thought, "Hmm, what's all this then?"And then I actually read the article and went back to not giving a shit.
For the record, the studio - who also took heat for firing the director, as I recall; maybe these folks just enjoy firing people? - says Rachelle was shitcanned from the third movie in the series because of a scheduling conflict, and say they are angry that Rachelle chose to make her issues public.
"We at Summit Entertainment are disappointed by Rachelle Lefevre's recent comments, which attempt to make her career choices the fault of the studio," the statement reads. "Her decision to discuss her version of the scheduling challenges publicly has forced the studio to set the record straight and correct the facts.
"Ms. Lefevre's representatives were advised as early as April that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse was expected to start shooting in early August.
"If Ms. Lefevre was, as she describes, 'passionate' about being part of the Twilight saga, we feel that she and her representatives would have included us in her decision to work on another film that would conflict with the shooting schedule of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse."
Blahblahblah we hate her guts, then the statement concludes, ""Contrary to Ms. Lefevre's statement, it is simply untrue that the studio dismissed her over a 10-day overlap. It is not about a 10-day overlap, but instead about the fact that The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is an ensemble production that has to accommodate the schedules of numerous actors while respecting the established creative vision of the filmmaker and most importantly the story."
Hollywood people are so slimy, even reading their statements makes you want to scrape yourself with a spatula, then roll around in skunk shit to get a better smell in your nose.