Ok, I'll admit, when I saw the movie, I thought "She is gorgeous. THIS is what a vampire should look like!"

And not only does Rachelle Lefevre fit the beautiful mold for Twilight, but she's also vampire obsessed, which helped make her the perfect choice for the role of Victoria. She actually wrote Catherine Hardwicke a letter talking about her love of vampires and why she was right for the part.

"I've been fascinated by vampires for a long time." 

She also says that fame hasn't affected her so much.

"I don't even feel famous. And that's good. I feel like I'm a part of something with a huge fan
base and that's entirely different. It's not about me at all. It's
about the work that Stephenie Meyer created, so while I may be
photographed at a Twilight party, I'm not stopped on the streets of Los
Angeles."

Rachelle thinks that she's not as driven for fame as people from the U.S. because of her Canadian roots.

"I'm not criticizing the States at all. But when you're raised in
Canada, you're brought up with a different appreciation of difference.
We have the mosaic model instead of embracing this general trend of
assimilation - where people are encouraged to believe in the same
things. I was taught to be inquisitive about people and to respect their uniqueness."

Hmm.  What do you think about that last quote? Do we have a different view on celebrities here in the U.S.?

Keep reading to see more from her interview.

On her instincts playing Victoria:

"I remember when we were shooting the big vampire baseball game, and I
had this impulse to run my fingers down Nikki Reed's leg - like a
creepy bug. I didn't do it on the first take because I thought about it
too much and censored myself,"

On her character:

"We learn to suppress negative impulses, which is good - unless
you're playing an evil vampire. Victoria does not censor herself, so
it's been really liberating to play a character who just says what's
she's feeling.

I
wanted Victoria to be playful and powerful, but not a sociopath.
There's no pathology to her evil. I think she's just an example of what
happens when you have absolute power: It corrupts absolutely.

And
let's face it: If you were more powerful than every other person on the
planet, you'd start looking at everyone else as inferior beings.
Victoria also sees humans as food, too, which doesn't help with the
empathy."

For more quotes, check out the original article.

Thanks to TwiCrack for pointing it out!

Photos by INF.