October 20, 2009

'Eclipse' Gets One More Vampire: Kirsten Prout As Lucy

By Eric Ditzian (MTV.com)

Filming on the Vancouver set of Eclipse is getting close to winding down after a nearly three-month shoot, but vampire casting news continues to trickle in. The latest addition to the Twilight family is 19-year-old Kirsten Prout, who will play the role of Lucy, according to a report from E! News.

Prout is best known as a co-star of the ABC Family sci-fi series Kyle XY, in which she played Amanda Bloom, a neighbor and love interest of Kyle, the cloned human at the center of the action. She appeared alongside Jennifer Garner in 2005's Elektra.

In the Twilight saga, Lucy is a key figure in Jasper Cullen's (Jackson Rathbone) backstory, having helped create a vampire army with Maria (fellow franchise newcomer Catalina Sandino Moreno), who turned Jasper into a vampire, and Nettie.

Prout won't be the only new vampire showing up in Eclipse. Fourteen-year-old Jodelle Ferland will play Bree, a young vampire who has only recently been turned. Xavier Samuel is set to portray the vampire Riley. And, while the character of Victoria has been seen in earlier films, Bryce Dallas Howard will step into that key role for Eclipse after replacing Rachelle Lefevre in July.

While shooting gets close to wrapping up, the cast is still busy in Vancouver. Kristen Stewart is back in Canada after a quick trip to Los Angeles. And after filming outside Boston on the film Girlfriend, Rathbone has more Eclipse filming still to come.