Breaking Dawn Salary Disputes "Could Turn Ugly," Director Says
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Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke warns that Kellan Lutz and Ashley Greene could be replaced -- like Rachelle Lefevre -- in the hit vampire flicks if they ask for too much money to reprise their roles in Breaking Dawn.
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"Ashley and Kellan have agents, managers, lawyers... you get all of these outside influences telling you you should hold out for this much because you're such an important part of the franchise," Hardwicke told UsMagazine.com at the Twilight convention in Vancouver on Sunday.
The Hollywood Reporter says Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson have already received huge raises for their roles in Stephenie Meyer's fourth book, which is rumored to be split into two movies. But the secondary characters are still negotiating salaries.
A source tells Us that "Summit leaked the story to turn fans against the cast. They are leading the negotiations to the press and are trying to make them look greedy... Summit has made millions and the cast is just looking to get what they deserve."
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Said Hardwicke, "Possibly, Rachelle and Ashley and Kellan might not even be all that involved. They have all the other people telling them things and a lot of stuff can get mishandled, like what happened with Rachelle. There's so many possible misunderstandings. It breaks my heart."
"It could turn ugly. Do [these actors] deserve more money? Probably they do, on one level. But if everybody make so much money then... it's complicated. What a mess!" she continued.
The source tells Us, "The leads made 20 times as much on Eclipse than they did on Twilight," continues the source. "The non-leads are not asking for anything close to that."
Meanwhile, Pattinson and Stewart tell USA Today why they haven't been photographed together recently. (Us Weekly reported last month that they have a system for sneaking around to see each other. While filming Eclipse, out June 30, they spent most of their nights together, but, says a source, "always had two separate drivers to give the illusion they weren't an item.")
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"We have gotten better at hiding over the last year," Pattinson admits. Agrees Stewart, "We are just good hiders now."
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16Why don't they just pay them more? The twilight saga already makes so much money. It's not like they don't have it. They shouldn't replace kellan and ashley it wouldn't be the same and they would be messing it up. It would just be one of those damn sequels that have different charachters that suck. They already shouldn't have replaced victoria now they might change two more charachters.?
For the record. Robert Pattinson is gay. In the latest USweekly he was kissing guys at an Los Angeles party.
Just replace all of them except TL he's good...Ill cast the new Twilight KS doesnt even know how to act RP is just not that good looking ugh FCK IT REPLACE THEM ALL!!!
I agree with Kara. No one should be replaced. It just wouldn't be the same.
I believe they deserve more money and they are important characters. If the Twilight franchise is making a lot of money, why shouldn't the actors get paid. Some fans Will be disappointed if they make character changes in the middle of the film, and I am one of them. If what they are asking for is fair, then they should receive it. It's not like Summit isn't making bank off of these films.
These secondary characters are barely even in the movies. They're not that important to the franchise, and totally replaceable
I hope they really think this through. Replacing Ashley and Kellan at this point could prove to be disasterous! They too are main characters and should be treated as such.
If Kellan isn't playing Emmett and Ashley isn't playing Alice, it won't be the same without all the original characters. Ashley makes a great Alice and contrary to popular belief, Alice is in the book Breaking Dawn quite a bit, what with planning Bella's wedding and fixing up their cottage in the woods and all.
ey why do people get so greedy for money? i do think everyone deserves an increase when you think how successful these movies have become but seriously i would this movie without getting paid AT ALL, who wouldn't? kellan and ashley aren't even a big part of the movie, kellan is just there for extra eye candy... i'm sure there wouldn't be a problem finding a replacement!
like they care about the two fans this Kellan guy has. The majority of fans are slobbering over that greasy haired guy or the werewolf with those big horse teeth. These dummies need to realize that they ARE replaceable and just take what they can get. None of them will be in movies this big again. And I agree - Vampire Diaries is soooo much better.
As an obsessive fan of Kellan, and a hater of Robert and Kristen, I can honestly say I only watch the Twilight Saga movies for Kellan and his amazing biceps and baby blues. If he is not in Breaking Dawn, you couldn't pay me to see it.
This quote was not told to US Weekly in Vancouver. It was taped at the Official Twilight Convention. No tape recording was allowed at the convention and Catherine was not to be quoted on anything she said at the convention. A fan in the audience asked Catherine what her response was to the salary dispute. Your stringer couldn't even ask the question and Catherine did not speak to US Weekly. Your stringer in Vancouver is a Fraud and recorded this unauthorized at the convention. Get your facts straight and obey the rules of journalism.
Yuck.
Yikes, I hope that doesn't happen?
i used to love twilight but then the world became obessed so now i luv the vampires diaries!!! however i dont think the nonleading roles are greedy by askking for more money cause it isnt like summit doesnt have enough money plus kellan and ashley have earned their profit from making the movies stewart and pattinson dont make up the ENTIRE movie
Okay. Like seriously. I hate books & I actually read all 4 Twilight books. & then I saw the movies & I think they did a great job casting the actors. If they replace Ashley & Kellan then I will seriously never watch any other Twilight movie or anything.