Vanessa Hudgens is a dog (but this time on-screen)

Ashley Greene aka Alice Cullen in Twilight let slip in an interview with MTV today that Disney starlet Vanessa Hudgens has auditioned for the role of Leah Clearwater in New Moon. If the High School Musical skank gets the role that means she’ll be hanging around for Eclipse and Breaking Dawn films as well. Noooooo! I don’t know if I can handle watching Hudgens play this character for three films, especially when she’s a schmuck actor to begin with. Leah Clearwater is supposed to be Native American by the way and she is the only female werewolf in the Quilette pack. Whether Hudgens has actually got the part, no one really knows but the internet is buzzing with this juicy piece of casting gossip. One site even labelled the character of Leah Clearwater as a ‘cheerleading werewolf’. Hmmm . . . I think they’re getting confused with the type of characters Hudgens usually plays because I’ve read that series of books three times and am pretty damn sure there’s no mention of Leah Clearwater as a cheerleader. I bet Stephenie Meyer would love to throw that character detail in there if it would mean a boost in popularity for the film adaptations, however, if Hudgens gets this role I’m going to be seriously concerned about the quality and authenticity of New Moon and following sequels.

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Greene Machine

I promised I’d keep you peeps updated on all the latest Twilight movie action and although this tasty piece of news is not directly off set it’s interesting none the less. American actress Ashley Greene who plays vampire Alice Cullen in the Twilight movie adaptation has been cast as the lead role in the dark thriller `Summer’. The film has been shooting for several weeks and Greene stars as a girl searching for the father she has never met. Turns out her character is related to a family of psychopaths led by Stephen McHattie who is set to play Hollis Mason, the original Nite Owl, in the forthcoming Watchmen.
Sounds like an interesting idea similar to that covered by Rob Zombie in House of 1000 corpses and its sequel The Devil’s Rejects. Hopefully they can make a better attempt at the concept than Zombie’s horrific efforts which probably spawned the next generation of serial killers. Horror filmmaker Lee De Marbre is directing and Sean Hogan and Christine Conradt are behind the script. (above) Promo shot of the Cullen family from the Twilight set. Ashley Greene is Alice Cullen aka gal with the short brown hair and blue jacket.

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