Okay, my mistake. I did a quick wiki check and I suppose Reed is in fact of Jewish and Italian/Cherokee descent. My apologies if my "Latina" comment came off as offensive. Either way, Rosalie was a debutante from Rochester in the 20s-30s. I'm picturing more of a Grace Kelly look for that type.

Honestly between Rob Patterson breathing heavily every three words to maintain his "American" accent and Peter Pan fairy glitter, Kristin Stewart snarking every line, and Reed's amazingly huge thighs- who will notice if Leah is not up to par? Maybe she is secretly perfect for the movie. She does have great hair.

I believe that reason Hardwicke left (so she said) was the time frame. She wants a certain amount of time to develop her movies (longer than a few months) and the studio wanted to get it out quickly to capitlize on the craze.

No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.

and NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

god no. its already been said but cant be said enough that nikki reed was a HORRIBLE pick for rosalie and now they want the simpering squinty eyed disney girl to play hardcore embittered bitch Leah? what are these casting directors smoking???

Anyone else think that, with some brown contacts, Jessica Szohr could be a great Leah? She's got the pouty, jilted act down on "Gossip Girl".

No. I loved Leah in the books, and I don't want Vanessa to ruin her for me. She has never shown that she is able to be a bitch, and when she had to act "jilted" in HSM, she just pouted a lot. I cannot see her as Leah. At all. Also, if they were going to recast Jacob because Taylor looked too young, how are they supposed to cast Vanessa as someone who is supposed to look in her mid-twenties? No, I refuse to accept this as truth.

@ Ali: Dustin Hoffman in a skirt is something I'd actually pay to see.

Why are we arguing over this? Vanessa Hudgens has all the substance as an actor of cotton-candy fluff - which, incidentally, is the substance of the entire Twilight series. Perfect match, in my eyes.

They had to pay me to watch the first Twilight.

No way on earth would I go watch the next movie if Vanessa gets cast for the follow-up. NO WAY!!! Not even free. Vanessa, is cute, but girl CANNOT act!!!!!!!!!!!

I honestly didn't care too much about Rosalie one way or the other (though I see everyone's points), but you are SO right -- Nikki Reed would have been PERFECT (or at least much much better) for Leah, now that you mention it. Ah, hindsight....

Does anyone remember Katherine Heigl in Roswell as Isabel? Now SHE would be a perfect Rosalie. Imperious, bitchy, regal and haughty, and when she wants to, she can turn on the old school glam. It was a similar storyline, too...Isabel was pissed at her 'brother' Max for telling the girl he was in love with that he was an alien. KH played Isabel the way NR should be playing Rosalie.

Well...that good hair of hers will be ruined if they go with the hairstylist of the first movie (right, Jason Rathbone?)

Just cast Q'orianka Kilcher (the girl who played Pocahontas in The New World), for crying out loud! She's a real native american, she's relatively fresh and she can act.

Plus, Vanessa would never let her gorgeous hair go to play a bitchy werewolf who not even gets a proper conclusion in the saga.

Vanessa is a big no. Especially for the soundtrack, because her voice makes my ears bleed. However, it should be pointed out that Robert Pattinson actually has two songs on the soundtrack himself, and both appear in the movie - the first when he's at the restaurant with Bella and the second, I believe, at the prom. Sort of Ray LaMontange-ish in mood, but obviously not nearly as good.

I liked Rosalee in the movie. I didn't think Edward was a good cast - I didn't think he was handsome enough. From the book, I got the visual of drop dead gorgeous. In the movie...not so much.

I definitely agree that Vanessa Hudgens should NOT be in the movie. It will ruin the whole movie for me no matter how many parts she'll have in it. I don't think she could fit the part of a warewolf. I mean come on now. Vanessa Hudgens? They should get someone who can actually act and look the part for the movie.

I agree with Bia. The girl from the new world was amazing. And the right age range. Vanessa Hudgins is too young, too peppy, and untalented. As for Nikki Reed, she's lucky the first director had the job at the time or she may not have had one.

Jessica Szohr would be perfect! Well spotted Marbleblue. She's absolutely gorgeous, intelligent, and intriguing. I think she'd rock that part.
I agree that Nikki Reed was a bad pick. I liked her in Thirteen, but Rosalie in my mind was much more elegant. I do hope they keep that Mickey Mouse CLub kid out of the next flick... they'd just be cashing in.

OMG!!! She cannot play leah 1st off everybody HATES hsm now and its a disney movie. Also lots of twilight fans will get angry (including me!!) so they should not cast her!!

Oh my goodness. Please do not make the movie suck more for me.
If she is cast, it will be even bigger epic LULz.
Oh the lulz. The LULZ. I can't handle you sometimes.

loved this entry! you're hilarious. loved the knocks at nikki reed.

it doesn't matter how bad new moon ends up being (and it WILL be.. if vanessa's in it- which she won't be since her rep said she never auditioned and the screenwriters said she never wrote leah into the script) i will still see it 4+ times, buy the DVD and blog about it obsessively :)
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if they put vh in the movie, i am going to be so pissed. she is so smily and she just sucks, there is already to many people in love with twilight, and i'm not saying that's a bad thing cuz twilight is awesome, but there is never any room at the places the celebs go to anyway. not that i would know, but VH SUCKS. and thats it.

She has the look but she doesn't have....what should I call it? I didn't imagine her in the way huggen's voice is or the way she acts. And including the way she would be going...I don't think that her so called singing carreer would be so great either. So NO huggens.Find someone else!!!

NO. Hudgens shouldn't play Leah.I agree with most of the people on here.what's sad though is i read twilight and the rest of the saga before anyone else did in my school and now all the conformists and fakers are taking a liking to it. i feel so ashamed now that i ever really liked the series because then i'd be put into the same group of screaming twilight fans.and most of the girls that like the books are disney supporters and 'zanessa' lovers so i think they'd be pretty proud with their distruction of a book that was supposed to be a good movie. what's strange is that all the girls i know that are team edward are dumb and idiots and the girls on team jacob are more sane,but i think the whole thing exploded and ruined everything in its path.

there are plenty of Native American girls who are perfect for Leah Clearwater. i have a beautiful spirited daughter who would fit the bill!! she's half Navajo (a southwestern tribe, for those who are pulling a blank)