CHICAGO – Lucy Hale [1], the star of The CW’s “Privileged [2],” revealed this week that she too has auditioned for a role in the upcoming sequel to Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight [3],” the highly anticipated “New Moon [4],” to be directed by Chris Weitz [5] and going into production soon.
The onslaught of casting and audition rumors for “New Moon” have led us from rumors that Taylor Lautner [6] might be replaced to a possible audtion for Vanessa Hudgens [7] to stories about Dakota Fanning [8] and now Lucy Hale.
Lucy Kate Hale as Rose in Privileged on the CW.
Photo credit: Mitchell Haddad /The CW©2008 The Cw Network, Llc. All Rights Reserved.
Twist Magazine broke the scoop [9] after speaking to Hale on the phone and hearing straight from the TV star that she has officially auditioned for the role of Jane in “New Moon”.
Hale told Twist: “Well, I did read [for the role of Jane]. We had some talks about it. But I think they just offered it to Dakota Fanning – the role I was interested in – which is great. I’m a huge fan of her! So, I think she’ll probably take that. And I mean, as of right now, I’m not sure if it’s going to work out. But I’m definitely still going to see it!”
Twist also asked Hale if she would take any part in “New Moon” – not just the role of Jane – to which the young actress said: “I’d take any role! Leah Clearwater, but I think there’s already talks with somebody else. I think they’ve already offered it to someone. I mean, we’ll see. If not, it’s all good.”
When it was pointed out that Vanessa Hudgens of “High School Musical [10]” is the starlet in question that was considered for Leah, Hale said: “Right, right, right! Yeah, I wasn’t sure if that was true or not, but she’d be great for it!”
“Twilight,” which stars Kristen Stewart [11], Robert Pattinson [12], Ashley Greene [13] and Taylor Lautner from director Catherine Hardwicke, has grossed $178 million domestically. This has put the “New Moon” sequel into production immediately and has spawned a series of casting rumors. Other books in the Stephenie Meyer series include “Eclipse” and “Breaking Dawn”.
Read our “New Moon” open casting call story. [14]Read our story about Dakota Fanning auditioning for “New Moon”. [15]Read our Vanessa Hudgens role denial story for “New Moon”. [16]Read our Robert Pattinson story on “Parts Per Billion” and “New Moon”. [17]See our 2009 Summit release slideshow with “New Moon”. [18]See our high-quality, 28-image “Twilight” slideshow. [19]Read our “Twilight” opening-weekend box-office story. [20]Read our “Twilight” sequel story prior to opening weekend. [21]Read our story about Taylor Lautner’s casting in “New Moon”. [22] [23] | By BRIAN TALLERICO [24] |