This red-haired beauty was remembered by many viewers. It was she, barefoot, cold and inhumanly beautiful, who hunted the protagonists of Twilight in the first three parts of the saga. But this heroine is ambiguous. Victoria from Twilight was embodied by two different actresses. Why did this happen? Now we find out.
Briefly about the character
Victoria was born in 1984 in Orleans, France. She was a naughty child, and her parents sent the poor thing out of sight - to a boarding house for girls. Victoria escaped from there and, together with a guy named Mark, went to America.
Their life was not easy. Young people huddled in a dilapidated abandoned house and traded with petty theft. Once Mark did not come as a lady. He was gone for quite some time, and when the young man returned, he attacked Victoria.
The girl became a vampire and joined a handful of such creatures in New York, but her fellow tribesmen expelled her, since the convert was uncontrollable. Since that time, Victoria led a nomadic life, until she met James, the love of her life and also the treacherous bloodhound vampire. Later, Laurent joined them.
Once this trinity met the Cullen family and Bella, who was then still a man. James, by all means, decided to enjoy her blood, but Edward was able to protect his beloved and killed a bloodhound. Since then, the purpose of Victoria's existence has been revenge and hunting for Bella and Edward. Now we find out who played Victoria in Twilight.
Rachelle Lefebvre
The first Victoria from Twilight was brilliantly played by this very actress. We know her from her roles in the TV shows Charmed, From 16 and older, and Under the Dome. Rachelle Lefebvre was glad of her role in the famous film adaptation of the novel by Stephanie Meyer, and she was successfully helped by the confidently passed casting and a letter sent to the director of the picture. In it, she wrote that she imagines Victoria as the embodiment of pure evil. But at the same time, the heroine was seen by her as monstrously inventive and feline graceful. It was this description of Victoria that the director of the film really liked, and he approved Lefebvre for the role.
The actress herself admitted that she was very worried before filming. Rachelle Lefebvre watched a huge number of TV shows and videos on the Internet about big predatory cats, lions and tigers in order to learn their grace and evil grin. And she did it. Victoria's role in Twilight was brilliantly embodied by her.
Many fans of the saga, by the way, say that after reading the book just that they imagined this heroine. A photo of Victoria from Twilight, played by Lefebvre, is provided in our article.
Dismissing Lefebvre
Why did it happen that Victoria decided to give the role to another actress? After all, Lefebvre dealt with her really really well. Moreover, the actress only increased her fans after she embodied on the screens the image of a fiery red vampire.
So, during the filming of the third part of the twilight saga, Rachelle Lefebvre had to go away to participate in another project - the film "According to Barney." Filming in this picture should have taken only 10 days, while work on Twilight was planned for three months.
Representatives of the film company Summit decided that even a ten-day absence of the actress on the set can shift the schedule. That is why it was decided to replace it. Lefebvre herself was very saddened by such a verdict by the heads of the company. She did not even appear at the premiere of "New Moon", explaining this by the fact that for her it was difficult psychologically.
So Victoria from "Twilight" "went" to another actress - Bryce Dallas Howard.
Bryce Dallas Howard
This girl played Kate Connor in the movie Terminator: May the Savior Come. This role of her was not awarded flattering reviews from fans and film critics. In addition, the viewer could see this actress in the films "Jurassic World" and "Spider-Man 3".
Bryce Dallas Howard got a role in New Moon due to her distant outward resemblance to Rachelle Lefebvre. As the actress herself notes, Victoria from Twilight has become a difficult character for her. Rachelle Lefebvre worked a lot on her, but she managed to revive the image, create the character of the heroine. In addition, many fans of the saga were dumbfounded by the castling made by Summit management. They were wary of Bryce Dallas Howard, and many were completely hostile.
But this actress also coped with the role. The photo of Victoria from Twilight, played by Howard, is also given in the article so that the viewer can appreciate the image of the heroine she created.
Which of the girls looked like a red vampire more organically, the viewer decides. And yet, the image of Victoria turned out to be so vivid and memorable largely thanks to the efforts of Rachelle Lefebvre.