Maggie Grace (Taken, Lost) has joined the cast of The
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. Grace, will play the role of Irina, a new vampire threat to
Kristen Stewart's Bella in the final installments of the
Stephenie Meyer novel, which director
Bill Condon is directing in two separate films.
More about Grace's character, named Irina:
Irina is a member of the Denali coven, considered cousins to the Cullen clan as the only other “vegetarian” vampire group. When Irina blames the Cullens for the death of her lover, her actions set in motion a terrifying chain of events.
Melissa Rosenberg, who has written the scripts for all the films, has been working on the screenplay over the past few months ready for filming later this year. Wyck Godfrey, Karen Rosenfelt and Meyer are producing.
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 comes to theaters November 18th, 2011 and stars
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Anna Kendrick, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed,
Peter Facinelli. The second part will open one year later on November 16th, 2012. [source:
Deadline]
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