‘Twilight’ Co-Star Rachelle Lefevre Talks Treetop Controversy

Rachelle LefevreIf it’s possible to create a riot in cyberspace, “Twilight” star Kristen Stewart may have done just that a few weeks ago, mentioning a scene in the upcoming movie in which “[Robert Pattinson as Edward] throws me over his back, right before he’s going to tell me that he’s a vampire, and then he runs over the treetops.”

Some 1,600 comments later, the debate rages on, over whether the scene strays too far from the book’s depiction. Naturally, when we landed the first-ever on-set “Twilight” interview with Stewart’s co-star Rachelle Lefevre, we had to get her thoughts on whether those treetops would be tweaking “Twilight” too much.

“There’s a scene where Edward reveals to Bella that he is a vampire, and he doesn’t just reveal that he’s a vampire, he reveals all that that encompasses,” Lefevre said of the script. “It’s almost a demonstration, and I think that scene is going to be amazing.”

The actress, who plays the vampire Victoria in the flick, added that the cast has spent the past few weeks training for such stunts. “I haven’t seen all of the stunts specifically, but I did see a setup of that while I was doing my wire work,” she revealed. “I would imagine that [Stewart's statement] is exactly what they are going to do.

“They’re talking like it’s really going to happen,” Lefevre added. “We did a rehearsal at one point where [director] Catherine [Hardwicke] was like, ‘They went up in the tree, but we’re not doing that today.’ I think we are really doing that.”

Before you post your comments below, Lefevre wants you to consider that the treetop-running thing does happen at other times in the “Twilight” series, even if not in the moment when Edward reveals himself.

“I think that there is a scene where a character ends up in a treetop in the book,” she explained. “I don’t want to say who, but there are treetop scenes in the book. But there are also things that are described in the book — the stunts that we are going to be doing, as far as I understand it, are very accurate to what’s in the book.

“You want to put as much action and excitement into the movie as possible,” Lefevre said of the controversy. “So sometimes things get heightened.”

So, twi-hards: What do you think?

754 Responses to “‘Twilight’ Co-Star Rachelle Lefevre Talks Treetop Controversy”

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  1. I honestly dont really care if theres tree-top scene...as long as the movie is played well by the actors..who really cares? i know people are freaking out about how its different..but think of it this way...it could be worse.
  2. I'm excited about the fact they are making it into a movie. You can't think that they would be able to follow the book word for word. I'm sure whatever they add or change Stephenie has had some say in it.
  3. I agree with a lot of the people that are saying that Jacob should be the one who reveals or gives Bella the idea that the Cullens could be vampires. Having Edward confess it? it really does throw off the story some. going over trees?? thats insane if you ask me. stick to the book please.
  4. The only person that's ever actually in a tree that I know of is Jacob... He climbs the tree outside Bella's window and then flings himself in and tries to help her guess that the reason behind his strange behavior is the fact that he is now a werewolf... other than that I don't know that anyone else is in trees let alone practically flying above them... the sad reality is that the movie is not the book and never will be, but I'm sure it will be awesome all the same... there will just be some details that have to be adjusted for the big screen that we all have to adjust to.

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