As we have seen time and time again, "Twilight" fans have a very tough time keeping their cool around any of the series' main stars. But what we learned today is that Nikki Reed has her own favorite celebrity that she can't keep her cool around: Ellen DeGeneres. The 22-year-old actress was very overeager as she joined Ellen on stage during the show, requesting a dance with the host and saying that being on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" was her way of celebrating her 22nd birthday.
But more importantly, she brought a little something to help us celebrate her birthday instead of just watching her nerd out. Click on after the jump to read about the brand new "Eclipse" clip debuted on "Ellen."
Though we learned that Rosalie's backstory will only take about two minutes of screen time to tell, we were excited nonetheless to see that the scene shown on "Ellen" took place right before Rosalie shares her sad tale with Bella. In it, she explains why she has always been so cold to the human who captured her brother Edward's heart.
"I don't hate you…. Bella, I envy you," Rosalie explains to a shocked Bella. She adds, "You have a choice, I didn't. None of us did, but you do, and you're choosing wrong."
Rosalie is of course talking about Bella's choice to want to become a vampire, but we didn't know being a vampire meant that you need to look so rough around the edges. We've already talked about Kristen Stewart's not-so-hot wig, but Nikki wasn't looking much better with her weird mussed up hair and super-white make-up in the scene as well.
Back on the show, though, Nikki looked lovely in a cute little black dress, her hair back to her normal shade of brunette and her skin back to being tan. As it turns out, Nikki shared with Ellen that the one thing that "got her through" the long shoot in Vancouver for "Eclipse" was a video of Ellen pole dancing at her BFF Paris Hilton's house. Nikki, who just bought her first place, promised Ellen she would put in her own stripper pole if it meant Ellen would come film a similar video at her house.
Instead, Ellen produced an even better birthday gift for Nikki: a two-part best friends necklace that read "Best Brunette Friends Forever." Nikki immediately put hers on, but Ellen was a little more hesitant, making a joke out of the fact that she'd "hold it a lot." And, even though it was Nikki's birthday, the young "Twilight" star brought the gift of a lifetime to Ann Cussler, an audience member who won two tickets to the "Eclipse" premiere in June.
I think Nikki Reed is lovely and I actually like her as Rosalie. I also think that 2 minutes is no where near enough. I am now scared that it is going to be rushed and that people are not going to see Rosalies true character.
What do you think? Is 2 minutes enough time for Rosalie's backstory?
Link to movie clip: hollywoodcrush.mtv.com/2010/05/18/nikki-reed-ellen-recap-eclipse-clip/