Vanessa Hudgens Auditions for "New Moon" (FALSE RUMOR)

[RebelMan]

Ashley Greene, who plays Alice Cullen in the movies, thinks 'High School Musical' actress would be 'great' as Leah Clearwater.

Jan 12 2009 1:12 AM EST
By Katie Byrne, with reporting by Larry Carroll

With all the "New Moon" casting rumors that have been floating around since "Twilight" hit theaters, we were especially wondering who would play werewolf Leah Clearwater, Jacob Black's feisty and heartbroken frienemy.

Well, one of the rumored actresses in the running — "High School Musical" starlet Vanessa Hudgens — has apparently taken the next step and auditioned for the role, according to "Twilight" actress Ashley Greene.

We ran into Alice herself at a Golden Globes afterparty, and she told us she'd be happy to co-star with Hudgens. "I think she'd be great," Greene enthused.

Just last week, we asked Twilighters on our Movies Blog what actress should play Leah, including Hudgens and "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" actress Brenda Song as two poll options. The actresses tied at 31 percent of your vote, with "neither" being the most popular choice at 38 percent.

Commenters had a lot to say about Hudgens' possible casting — both positive and negative.

"I cannot picture her being mean or aggressive as Leah," Mary_ym commented about the Disney star.

"Vanessa Hudgens would be a good choice," chill_kid_07 countered. " ... Of course she can't look like Leah — no one can. You know why? 'Cause it's just a book, and these are actors trying to portray the roles! I think she would be great."

Besides casting, Greene also had some news on the status of "New Moon."

"I hear they're doing another rewrite," the actress revealed of the in-flux script. "I'm with you guys — I'm so excited to read it."

From what my girlfriend told me about the character Leah, I could see on of these 3 actresses portraying that character in the film adaption: Vanessa Hudgens, Keisha Castle-Hughes, or Q'orianka Kilcher.

[Plastic Flute]

I just started New Moon. this should be good. Vanessa is a great choice. Ty Reb

[RebelMan]

Vanessa Hudgens Not Up for "New Moon" Role
Source: Entertainment Weekly
January 14, 2009


Entertainment Weekly has debunked the rumors that Vanessa Hudgens ("High School Musical" films) is up for a role in the Twilight sequel, New Moon:

Sources inside Summit Entertainment and Hudgens' camp tell EW that the filmmakers aren't looking at the star (best known as High School Musical's Gabriella Montez) for any role in the soon-to-be-shooting Twilight followup.

The only actors confirmed up until this point are Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. Chris Weitz will direct the Summit Entertainment release.

[BannedFromHeaven]

I don't think this is a good idea, I like Ashley Greene more than Vanessa Hudgens..

[RebelMan]

Originally Posted by BannedFromHeaven

I don't think this is a good idea, I like Ashley Greene more than Vanessa Hudgens..

No, Vanessa is not replacing Ashley in "New Moon". Ashley will still be playing Alice Cullen for the next 2 movies.

The rumor that came out of this interview from Ashley, that was started on the internet by fans, was that Vanessa had already auditioned to play the role of a werewolf named Leah Clearwater who is Jacob Black's feisty and heartbroken frienemy & possibly gotten the role. But Summit Entertainment cleared up this rumor & released a public statement stating that it was completely false.

[BannedFromHeaven]

Originally Posted by RebelMan

No, Vanessa is not replacing Ashley in "New Moon". Ashley will still be playing Alice Cullen for the next 2 movies.

The rumor that came out of this interview from Ashley, that was started on the internet by fans, was that Vanessa had already auditioned to play the role of a werewolf named Leah Clearwater who is Jacob Black's feisty and heartbroken frienemy & possibly gotten the role. But Summit Entertainment cleared up this rumor & released a public statement stating that it was completely false.

Okay then

[Bynesrules]

I'm so glad it's false