14 DAY TRIAL // Only a few months ago, everybody was talking about Xavier Samuel, or Riley the vampire in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” Amidst reports that Twilight could make anyone a star, Xavier has slowly slipped off the radar.
According to Ted Casablanca of E! Online’s The Awful Truth, this could be the first sign that the Twilight machine is not working properly or, at least, not as it did in the case of Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart & co.
The report comes on the heels of Summit Entertainment announcing that Rami Malek would join the cast in the second “Breaking Dawn” film, based on the second half of Meyer’s last novel.
From this to several media outlet saying that Malek was on the path of greatness for landing a part in the incredibly successful franchise was but a step.
It could very well be that those saying this have rushed to the conclusion, Casablanca believes, and Samuel’s example speaks louder than any other arguments.
In July this year, for instance, USA Today called Xavier the new star of his generation, a young actor who would become an icon – and all thanks to Twilight.
It’s September now and the public has heard nothing of him in the media for weeks now, which is clearly proof that Twilight doesn’t really make everyone in it a star.
“We thought that when smoldering newcomer Xavier Samuel joined the cast of Eclipse last year, all hell would break loose when he became the next hot thing to infringe of Rob’s precious territory,” Casablanca says.
“Well, that was then. Zero tabloid drama and one Kate Gosselin haircut later, nobody’s talking about Samuel – not even us,” the E! editor goes on to say.
“We thought Twilight makes a star out of everyone, but that clearly wasn’t the case with Samuel, or even with Bryce Dallas Howard (who was already a star, but no thanks to the vamp franchise). Fans just didn’t embrace them with the cult following that they did for the main cast in the first few movies,” Casablanca adds.
What this means is that Twilight fans are either no longer willing to welcome newcomers among their idols or, even simpler, they never were.