Youngstown native’s inn is seen in ‘Twilight’ movie

Donn Simione never made it to Hollywood, but Hollywood has finally made it to him.

The Youngstown native was an actor before he became half-owner of the View Point Inn, a historic and picturesque hotel-restaurant in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.

The Inn was used as the setting for the climactic prom scene in the movie “Twilight,” which opens Friday.

The film is based on the “Twilight” books by Stephenie Meyer, which revolve around the romantic relationship between a teen girl and a vampire in Washington state. Fueled by its huge and devoted following, the film will almost certainly become a holiday-season blockbuster.

Read more in Thursday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com