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Xavier Samuel as Riley In Eclipse
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The West Australian and Rachelle Lefevre have confirmed that the Australian actor Xavier Samuel will be cast as Riley in Eclipse.

Little-known Aussie actor Xavier Samuel is headed for the big time after landing a role in one of the hottest movie franchises around: Twilight.

Samuel has been cast in Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight series based on the best-selling books by Stephenie Meyer, his management company Shanahan Management told AAP.

He will play Riley, a good-looking college student and newborn vampire, who joins villain Victoria’s plot to murder Bella (Kristen Stewart).

“I’m really thrilled, but also very overwhelmed, I don’t think it has sunk in yet,” Samuel said.

“This is a fantastic opportunity and I’m really excited to be part of the film.”






by Julie on July 18 - 10:50 am PDT

Yea I guess he would be ok in this role but I still think Tom Felton would be more than perfect. Good luck tho xx


by Samantha on July 18 - 10:53 am PDT

AWWW i really wanted Tom Felton to be Riley cuz he was just the way i imagined him…:(
Well whatever i bet he wont do as good but ALMOST as well as Tom <3


by Jen on July 18 - 11:14 am PDT

i thought tom felton would be good at first too, but ive never seen this guy before, so i cant really compare the two of them. besides… this guy is hot ;)


by Shaniah Cullen on July 18 - 11:49 am PDT

i thought tom would be cast because i pictured the guy blond really pale. but i guess they can fix that with hair color, makeup and contacts of course


by emilyecstasyTM on July 18 - 12:35 pm PDT

Yeah I found this out a few days ago. I’m so excited for Eclipse, and New Moon hasn’t even came out yet :P I can’t waiittt.


by cc on July 18 - 12:36 pm PDT

Yea tom felton really fit my image of riley. But this guy seems cute enough.


by Naveena on July 18 - 1:20 pm PDT

I was rooting for Craig Deering from Evil Iguana Productions to play Riley )-:


by Twi_Hard on July 18 - 2:15 pm PDT

OMG dats exactly how i pictured Riley! It’s like they took him right out of my imagination!!!


by Cali on July 18 - 2:44 pm PDT

AAHHH!!! iv been waiting for them to cast him for 4everrrr! now all they gotta do is cast Bree (=


by Mrs. Kellan Lutz on July 18 - 2:50 pm PDT

He is so hot!! Perfect person to play Riley!!! <3


by Biiah Cullen on July 18 - 3:06 pm PDT

OMG!!!
i CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!


by Brandi on July 18 - 3:55 pm PDT

he is perfect for the part! i love when they cast an unknowns for this series. i think that is one of the reason why i like the casting. they look for new faces, letting them get a jump start in their future as an actor/actress. i mean tom would have been great, but i like the fact that he is a “new” face.


by Brandi on July 18 - 3:56 pm PDT

plus Tom wouldn’t have the time to film Eclipse, due to the filming of the final book for Harry Potter.


by Team Edward on July 18 - 4:10 pm PDT

wow this guy is gorgeous i think he will be a great riley
and hes an aussie!! yay! :D


by jacqueline on July 18 - 4:50 pm PDT

i cant tell from the picture if he could look good as a blond. but he sure has the looks down. i want him to look just a lil bulkier.


by Honey on July 18 - 5:27 pm PDT

Another piece of fine aussie product….go get ‘em Xavier – looking forward to Eclipse.
Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi! Oi! Oi!


by daisy on July 18 - 5:44 pm PDT

I HAVE NO IDEA WHO HE IS WHICH IS GREAT THAT HE IS A NEW FACE PLUS HE’S RILEY CUTE


by Mrs.Lautner on July 18 - 6:34 pm PDT

Tom Felton is WWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAYYYY better and hotter. I pictured Riley as young as Tom. Xavier is older looking than i pictured Riley.


by Ene on July 18 - 7:11 pm PDT

i sent that news three times to this website…….


by twiguy on July 18 - 8:28 pm PDT

Damn I was quite excited for Tom Felton to be Riley… I was qiute excited but I’m not, really, like, ugh…


by andrea espinosa on July 18 - 8:37 pm PDT

i tought Riley was supposed to blonde hair? well what ever i think he is still good actor for the part of riley. and pLz will some of you follow me on twitter follow me.My Twitter name is andreax96 PLZ. :)


by ed4bel4eva on July 19 - 1:36 am PDT

aww i thought Tom Felton would be good as Riley, but i’ve never seen this guy before so i dnt know he might be the most perfect guy for the part ever, or on the other hand he might be crap


by amber on July 19 - 8:14 am PDT

tom felton would have been a better pick but oh well.


by Christa Clearwater-Cullen on July 19 - 10:18 am PDT

omg! that hot aussie dude is too cute to be killed by my favorite Seth! Go Team Seth


by Cali on July 19 - 10:20 am PDT

@Brandi ^^ i totally agree, thats y i dont like the idea of dakota fanning playing jane. they shud have stuck with the “new faces” thing throughout all the films. that way, it wud be far more suspensful for us, as fans, when we actually see the films. idk, i just dont like her. enough said. :\


by Carolyn on July 19 - 11:05 am PDT

He looks perfect for the part. Needs to be a guy-next door look.


by major rob fan on July 19 - 12:10 pm PDT

idc who plays who bc i mean they culd pretty much pick any1 for the parts in the movies bc once they put on the makeup and costumes they can completely transform so no matter who is playing who i have complete faith in the makeup artist/costume designer/and director that the next 3 films of the twilight saga they will do justice.(this of course does not apply to kristen stewart and robert pattinson bc they of course are irreplaceable lol bc if they werent in these movies as edward and bella nothing would be the same bc no1 can pull off edward lyk robert pattinson can and no1 can pull off bella like kristen stewart does) so yea thats what i tink.
-frm the#1twilighter and robs#1fan

P.S.
does any1 no y the ‘grab’ on the new moon and eclipse countdown isnt wrking bc i wanna put those countdowns on my email account but the ‘grab’ button wont wrk so HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thx


by Megan Cullen-Black on July 19 - 2:30 pm PDT

noooo i wanted tom felton so bad):


by OHHHHHHHHHHH on July 19 - 4:36 pm PDT

cute :)


by Jules on July 19 - 4:38 pm PDT

hmm..well i dont think it really matters who plays riley because just like major ron fan says, you can change anyone’s looks in hollywood. but i wonder..will he have an austrailian accent or will he be like rob and put on an american accent?


by Isabella on July 19 - 6:46 pm PDT

AUSSIE PRIDE ALL THE WAY.
hm. who do you think might play seth?


by Jessica on July 19 - 7:02 pm PDT

i sort of imagined him as a blonde hair dude in the book. When I was reading it, to me it seems like he had blonde hair and his eyes were sort of more different. But I guess I was wrong.


by LovingLautner on July 19 - 10:20 pm PDT

YESSSSSSSS!
AWESOME!
Finally, australian actors (Y)!
++, this ones haanndddssooommeee! :D


by HClearwater** on July 19 - 10:54 pm PDT

i LUUUVVV the idea of him as Riley!! i can just totally imagine him and Rachelle 2gether and her totally lik trickn him!! He’ll do AWSUM!!! + hes soooo C..U..T..E, CUTE! lol

so, now tht they cast Riley WHEN R THEY CASTING SETH CLEARWATER?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? okay, dont gemme rong, Rileys a semi-big part, but Seth’s part is WAAYYYY bigger!!!!!! CAST HIM SO I DONT DIE OF WAITING!!!!! lmao


by Tanya on July 20 - 9:21 am PDT

NOOOOOOO D:< I really wanted Tom Felton for Riley. I mean sure, this guys cute but Tom is hotter. Tom is EXACTLY how I imagined Riley. :(


by Brittany Blair on July 20 - 11:53 am PDT

wow now he is a goodlooking guy ;) but its too bad tom felton didn’t get riley


by Alice_fan1 on July 20 - 12:32 pm PDT

Tom Felton would have been a good riley


by strZ_21 on July 21 - 1:04 pm PDT

man.. this guy SOOOO doesnt look like riley..hez looks too old for the part and hez not that hot! and for those of u who think makeup and costumes can change everything…well ur WRONG A MILLION TIMES!!! cuz it all depends on how they play the part and i think tom felton would have been PERFECT for the part…he’s like A GAZILLIION more times hotter than that australian dud and tom looks the part..but not this guy!!!!! :P


by Arassay on July 23 - 10:38 am PDT

He looks exactly like I imagined. He is just perfect for acting as Riley. Excellent choice!


by MOMO on July 29 - 8:26 pm PDT

Makeup WILL make a BIG change for those of you who think it wont(Strz_21) take a look at twilight Ashely and Alice look like to diff people makeup is powerfull and acots can learn a part i think he wil do great i trust summit and love twilight


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