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August 31, 2009

'New Moon' Actor Went Too Far With Kristen Stewart

'Wolf Pack' members describe injury, aggressive confrontation with Kristen Stewart.

The second day of the official "Twilight" convention started with a howl from "New Moon" actor Kiowa Gordon, who, along with fellow Wolf Pack members Alex Meraz and Chaske Spencer, sat down for an hour-long Q&A session at the event.

Meraz initially took the stage wearing black sunglasses to conceal an injury received during mixed-martial-arts training for an "Eclipse" fight scene he'll have with Kellan Lutz. "In theory it's a good idea, but I got my eyes beat up," he said. "So they're kind of red. I'm being insecure."

While Meraz has been throwing punches in preparation to play shapeshifter Paul, Spencer took a more laid-back approach for his Quileute pack-leader role. "I just watched a lot of movies to get the character, Sam, and watched a lot of generals," he said.

One thing the trio tries not to do when preparing to film is read the blogs.

"For the first two weeks, when it came out I was in the Wolf Pack, I did it," Meraz said. "I was in my trailer [saying], 'People like me! People like me!' " But the gleam quickly wore off and negative comments began to bug the actor. "By Googling myself, I'm not going to find anything I like," he said, adding, "I'm arguing with an 8-year-old!"

Onstage the affable trio shared an obvious rapport, crediting some of their bond to cuddling on-set to keep warm during rain-drenched shirtless scenes. They shared several funny anecdotes from filming "New Moon," including Meraz's embarrassing moment with Kristen Stewart.

"I decided, all right, the Wolf Pack stay up all night looking for who's killing people on the res, so we don't sleep very much. So I thought it would be a great idea if I stayed up for 10 days straight." What should have been a simple scene — a confrontation between Bella (Stewart) and the Wolf Pack — became, in Meraz's mind, his "Brando moment." Wanting to try something different, the actor played the scene overly aggressive: screaming, grabbing Stewart by the throat, hurtling his line at her.

"[Director] Chris Weitz comes off-set like, 'Yeah, I like the energy Alex, but just take it down a little,' " Spencer chimed in: "Meanwhile the producers are freaking out back there."

" 'Cause nobody touches Kristen Stewart," joked Meraz.

Things get even more heated for Meraz when he phases into a wolf. For "New Moon," Weitz told the actors to envision the phasing sequences as a "pop like popcorn," which meant the actors only had to do a little shake before CGI took over from there. For the novel's wolf mind-reading sequences, the trio said it would be portrayed on film through quick glances. "With real wolves, that's actually how it's done," Meraz said. "The alpha male does things just with its eyes."

Spencer and Meraz also reminisced about the cliff-diving scene, a stunt they performed themselves, though for Spencer, his favorite scene was kissing onscreen love Emily (played by Tinsel Korey). "It was a lot of takes," Spencer said. "It's a hard job."

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EXCLUSIVE: First Look at New Moon's Evil Volturi






In New Moon, the second installment in Stephenie Meyer's wildly popular Twilight saga, readers are first introduced to the ancient ruling class of vampires known as the Volturi. Determined to capture their creepy menace for his screen version opening Nov. 20, New Moon director Chris Weitz has given them custom-crafted blood-red eyes.

"They're all hand-painted, specially manufactured contacts," Weitz tells PEOPLE. "They're opaque red, almost like preying mantis eyes. You can't really see into them. There's something terribly off-putting about it."

British actor Michael Sheen (The Queen) plays Aro, leader of the Italian blood-sucking clan. Although Aro and his brothers Marcus (Christopher Heyerdahl) and Caius (Jamie Campbell Bower) have been "alive" for thousands of years, Weitz says he "deliberately" gave them a younger look in the film – for which he credits author Meyer.

As Volturi guard Demetri, Charlie Bewley has Ashley Greene's Alice Cullen by the throat Photo by: Kimberley French / Summit EntertainmentEXCLUSIVE: First Look at New Moon's Evil Volturi| The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Movie News, Dakota Fanning, Stephenie Meyer
"Stephenie was very keen to steer away from a kind of wizard-y look for the vampires," says Weitz. "They do look quite young, but they convey a formality and self-possession, which comes from age."

Perhaps most lethal of all the Volturi is Jane (Dakota Fanning), an angelic-looking vampire who inflicts torture on her victims. "She is very strange and very spooky in this movie," says Weitz. "I think [Dakota] wanted to play an evil character for once."

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August 28, 2009

'New Moon' EXCLUSIVE: Get Your First Look At Volturi Vampire Alec (Cameron Bright)!


A few weeks ago we got our first fleeting glimpse of Volturi vampire Jane (Dakota Fanning) thanks to the "Meet Jacob Black" trailer, which premiered before "Bandslam." Since then, Jane's fellow Volturi members have sadly remained concealed in the shadows. Until now. The villains of Volterra are stepping into the light (so to speak), and we've got your first look at Jane's twin brother Alec after the jump.

Portrayed by Cameron Bright ("Thank You For Smoking," "X-Men: The Last Stand"), Alec is described by "New Moon" author Stephenie Meyer this way: "The pale boy in the pearl gray suit could have been Jane's twin. His hair was darker, and his lips were not as full, but he was just as lovely."

See if Alec's movie look is on par with Stephenie's vision after the jump!

In this promo pic, the 16-year-old Canadian is wearing an obviously darker suit, but he's nonetheless a solid match for the eternally youthful vamp. His back story is said to be the following: "The Volturi were waiting to change Alec and his twin sister Jane until they were older, but humans tried to burn them at the stake, so the Volturi were forced to 'change' them while they were young. Since acquiring Alec and Jane, the Volturi have seldom needed to fight — their victims are simply slaughtered."

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Exclusive Picture: Meet Caius the Volturi Vampire of 'Twilight: New Moon'


As if James, Victoria and Laurent weren't menacing enough, 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon' introduces us to a new band of baddies far more eeeeeevil: the Volturi.

Allow us to reveal the first official image of Caius, the most sadistic of the ancient Italian vampire coven. Caius is played by Jamie Campbell Bower, who knows a thing or two about bloody good times from his stint as Anthony Hope in 'Sweeney Todd,' and will also soon be seen as Gellert Grindelwald in the 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' movies (can he and R. Patz broker peace between warring fan armies?)

So what else do you need to know about Caius? This ominous vamp was born in a suburb of Cincinnati in 1988, is a Libra, and enjoys snowboarding, Fruit Roll-Ups and old re-runs of 'Blossom.' (Kidding!)

Caius was born around 1300 BC, though the date of his transformation and his special powers are unknown. But we do know that he really, really wants to kill Bella, Edward, and Alice. And we're not going to lie, he looks pretty good for a 3,300-year-old.

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Exclusive: 'New Moon' Song By Death Cab For Cutie To Be Unveiled On MTV.com September 13

Death Cab for Cutie's contribution to the "New Moon" soundtrack, "Meet Me on the Equinox," will premiere on MTV.com on September 13, the day of the Video Music Awards.

In an exclusive interview with MTV News, DCFC bassist Nick Harmer talked about the song — which will be the lead single from the second film in the "Twilight" series — and the mysterious way it ended up on the most-anticipated soundtrack of the year.

"We didn't expect it would be chosen for the first single — we were thinking it would be a part of the soundtrack, maybe," Harmer laughed. "I have no idea if ['Twilight' author] Stephenie Meyer approved it or what. It's been an exciting process, because we've been so removed from it. We were in L.A. for a week and we went into the studio and wrote and recorded the song and submitted it. We didn't know where anything stood, and then we just got a call last week like, 'Guess what — your song has been chosen as the first single.' "

Harmer is the first to admit that Death Cab and "Twilight" seem like an unusual pairing (only guitarist/producer Chris Walla has read the entire series), but upon closer inspection, they actually have plenty in common: most of which has to do with geography and, of course, matters of the heart.

"The big connection for us is 'Here's a wildly popular book series about vampires — which are awesome — set in the Northwest,' and we happen to be from the Northwest as well, so there's this sort of hometown pride kind of thing going on," Harmer said. "I'm kind of happy that Stephenie Meyer put Forks, Washington, on the map for the entire globe.

"I think that a lot of our songs in general concern a lot of the things the main characters in the books are going through: There's a lot of stuff about relationships beginning and ending, and the questioning that happens around being in love and falling out of love," he continued. "That's a comfort zone for us, so a lot of the lyrical content [frontman] Ben [Gibbard] writes also happens to line up with what the characters are going through in the film. Basically the 'Twilight' series is about love, and that's a major theme for us. So, it wasn't difficult for us at all."

As for the song itself, Harmer describes it as "pretty dark and brooding, lyrically," and though it was written specifically for the "New Moon" film, don't expect it to vary much from the Death Cab formula.

"I'm pretty sure Ben didn't try to write a song from the perspective of one of the characters from the novel. The emotional stuff is what he homed in on, because that's what we do," he said. "It's an uptempo song ... it fits right into the Death Cab canon. The lyrics are darker and brooding, the music is a little more up. I don't know if it's a rock song ... when you hear it, you'll think, 'Yep, that's a Death Cab song.' "

August 21, 2009

'New Moon' Brings Wolf Pack Together To ... Eat Muffins?

'I didn't have the pleasure to enjoy any muffins,' Taylor Lautner says of brooding in the back while his co-stars chow down.

If there's one thing Twilighters are hungry for these days, it's beefcake. For proof, look no further than the latest "New Moon" trailer, which features Taylor Lautner, Kiowa Gordon and their wolf pack buddies without shirts on. But according to the duo, there's a different, top-secret treat fans should be looking forward to when the film hits theaters in November: muffins.

"I call it 'the muffin scene,' " revealed Gordon, who plays Jacob Black's friend Embry Call in the flick. "We all gather around at Emily's house — she's Sam, the big pack leader's, fiancĂ©e — and we all just gather around and eat muffins and talk about stuff."

As those who have read the Stephenie Meyer novels know, this inserted scene is rife with dramatic and humorous possibilities. At some point in the saga, Sam Uley imprints on Emily — the second cousin of high school sweetheart Leah Clearwater — leaving Leah more than a tad bitter. The scene takes place on the La Push reservation, with many of the key Quileute characters interacting while they partake in their bountiful breakfast. But why muffins?

"We like muffins," Gordon said, revealing that the Quileute wolves have a taste for more than vampire flesh.

"The muffin scene?" Taylor Lautner grinned when we told him of Gordon's comments. "I didn't have the pleasure to enjoy any muffins.

"When they were eating their funny little muffins, I was standing in the back, all pissed off," Lautner said of the scene, which depicts Jacob as not being too thrilled with the whole imprinting/ turning-into-a-wolf drama. "So I just got to watch them eat their muffins."

According to the buff, 17-year-old star, Jacob will spend much of "New Moon" in a mood that not even a tasty pastry could cure. "He's a little upset. He's pissed off a lot in this movie, for many different reasons," Lautner explained. "Maybe because he just transformed into a werewolf. But he's a little grumpy at that moment. So I just watched them eat their muffins."

An intense Taylor? The news might be shocking for those die-hard fans who have come to know and love the actor as a happy-go-lucky guy. But according to Lautner, he can put on his game face when he needs to.

"Oh," he promised with a wicked grin, "I can turn it on and off."

Kristen Stewart & Taylor Lautner: From 'New Moon' to 'American Idol'?

Apparently taking the pop culture world by storm in the Twilight saga is just not enough for New Moon stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. Now the dynamic duo would like to infiltrate television’s biggest phenomenon as well. On the latest episode of Must List Live!, Stewart and Lautner reveal that they’d like to put their pipes to the test under the unforgiving glare of Simon Cowell on American Idol. (And don’t think they won’t fight back against criticism either. Just check out the boxing moves Stewart pulls on Lautner in the video below!) Should they ever make it to stage, what song would they croon? You’ll have to watch the clip below to find out. And then let us know: Would you vote to keep the Twilight twosome around on Idol?

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August 20, 2009

'New Moon' Trailer: What's Missing?

Where are the Volturi? Or Jacob's wingman Quil Ateara? We give you a rundown of what we want to see more of in 'New Moon.'

Shirtless Taylor Lautner? In-costume Dakota Fanning? Strung-out-looking Robert Pattinson? Check, check and check. But although the "New Moon" trailer entitled "Meet Jacob Black" gave us plenty of fun things to look at — again, and again, and again — it also continued to omit plenty.

Depending on your point of view, the two "New Moon" trailers have either held back all the best stuff or done a good job of giving us glimpses at just enough to get our butts in theater seats. But at the risk of paraphrasing Veruca Salt: We want it all, and we want it now! Here's our list of the Top Five Things We Still Need to See From "New Moon."

The Cliff Dive — Kristen Stewart told us long ago that Bella's pivotal cinematic near-suicide will be CGI, and we've got to admit: We're still a bit concerned. Fan-made videos like this one give us an idea of some things to expect from what could be the most powerful moment in "New Moon," but so far, nothing official. Come on, Chris Weitz — cough it up!

Fight Scenes — Although Catherine Hardwicke's "Twilight" won the hearts of millions of women, it won't be stealing men away from sports and "Star Trek" sequels anytime soon. Now, with male directors in place for the next two films — and increasingly darker, more action-oriented plotlines to come — it's time to start convincing the dudes that seeing "New Moon" will do more than put you in your lady's good graces. But what have we glimpsed so far? Shirtless Jacob, shirt-open Edward, shirtless wolf pack. "Fight Club" gave the same number of abs, but also brought along just as many punches to the face — so bring back the honey and chicken, already!

The Vanishing Volturi
— As any good Twilighter knows, the Volturi feature prominently not only in "New Moon," but also in the overall arc of the "Twilight" saga. So, why have they become the J.D. Salinger of the film series? We want full-on, official shots of Aro, Caius, Marcus and the rest. No more slowing down video clips to see if that's Michael Sheen in the background — it's time to bring out the big guns.

Quil Be Seeing You — Everybody's got their own favorite quasi-obscure "Twilight" character, and mine is Jacob's "wingman" Quil Ateara. We know he's played by Tyson Houseman in the film, but we haven't seen so much as a publicity shot yet. Sure, some might laugh — but I'll be wearing a "Team Quil" shirt when I see the film on opening night. Which reminds me of a second complaint: Why has no one invented "Team Quil" T-shirts yet?

It Ain't Easy Being Human
— They're the nicest people in the world and the backbone of the "Twilight" film series: Mike Welch, Christian Serratos, Justin Chon, Anna Kendrick, Billy Burke and others. But although these fan favorites are among the most visible at "Twilight" conventions and other events, we haven't seen so much as a glimpse of them in the "New Moon" trailers. It's bad enough that these guys don't get to pretend they have superhuman powers, the ability to live forever or even a clue as to all the craziness going on in Forks. "Twilight" is nothing without the humanity that Stephenie Meyer injected into it — here's hoping that Weitz remembers that element as he's working all those long hours and late nights in the "New Moon" editing bay.


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August 19, 2009

A Closer Look at New Moon Director Chris Weitz

Will Weitz's background as an actor's director make a difference to the upcoming Twilight sequel?

During our visit to the set of The Twilight Saga: New Moon, we watched from afar as director Chris Weitz ran a seemingly tidy ship. His quiet, polite mannerisms, even during take after take, and his relative expedience moving from one set up to another spoke to a sea change from the type of set Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke reportedly ran: the focused, well-mannered workman vs. the wonderfully eccentric artist. The fans will be pleased, we thought to ourselves. Weitz looks like he knows what he's doing.

Coming into the project, Weitz's filmmaking pedigree was already impressive. In the span of just a decade, he's notched numerous successes under his belt, including an Oscar nomination (shared with brother Paul) for About a Boy; a hand in the successful American Pie franchise; and most recently, the honor of bringing Philip Pullman's enormously weighty His Dark Materials novels to the big screen, in the form of 2007's The Golden Compass. But our earliest familiarity with Weitz himself was as an actor in the darkly comic indie, Chuck & Buck, where he starred opposite Mike White's obsessive man-child as Charlie (formerly known as Chuck), a yuppie record exec trying to put his past (and his childhood buddy, Buck) behind him.

(Because of this, we find Weitz particularly fascinating. Watch Chuck & Buck and you'll understand why.)

Even more intriguing is the fact that his mother, actress Susan Kohner, notched an Oscar nomination for playing Sarah Jane in Douglas Sirk's Imitation of Life. Or that his grandmother, actress Lupita Tovar, was a successful silent film star well known for Mexico's very first talkie, Santa, and starred in Universal's Spanish-language version of Dracula.

Producer Wyck Godfrey, speaking exclusively to Rotten Tomatoes, surmised that Weitz's own acting experience and affinity for actors made for a remarkably comfortable working environment on the set of New Moon: "I think having been in a movie himself and having acted before, he really trusts actors and I think they can really feel that inherently. And as a result, we've gotten much more authentic, very natural performances from all the actors."

While on set, we spoke further with cast members and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg to get their takes on the new director.

Melissa Rosenberg on working with Weitz, who she called a "lovely guy": "Chris is a writer himself, so I did one or two drafts with him, and was really able to trust him to take it from there, to make any changes that might need to be made for production or for whatever reason."

Taylor Lautner on Weitz: "What I love about Chris is, the set is very calm and we're just having a lot of fun making the movie. And then you sit back and you look at the results that are happening, and it looks amazing so far. I'm so excited to see it. And you just sit back and see what's going on, and you're like, 'How are we having such an easygoing, relaxed time making this movie, and it's turning out the way it is?' At the same time, the conversations with Catherine -- she just related to us so well. So does Chris. They're both talented directors, and I'm thankful that I had the opportunity to work with both of them."

Rachelle Lefevre on Weitz: "Chris is much quieter and calmer anyway, he just has a different style, but also he's come into a world that somebody went through all of that to bring to life. And so I feel like part of the reason he came in maybe a little more quiet was just sort of respect the fact that he didn't just show up and go, 'All right guys. It's Chris Weitz's Twilight now.' He didn't do that at all. He completely respected that somebody else had laid the foundation and he was like, all right, here's where I'm going to take it within the realm of what's already been established. And so it's a different job, you know? It's something that he's executing beautifully because we all really feel both directed and respected in terms of what we've already done. We love him."

When he was confirmed to direct New Moon, Weitz wrote an open letter to fans of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books and Catherine Hardwicke's film. "I want to write briefly to try to put you at ease," he wrote, "and to give you reason to hope for and expect the best."

August 18, 2009

New Moon's Latest Trailer: More RPattz & Lautner


As promised, the gatekeepers at Summit Entertainment have released an updated trailer for New Moon, featuring a behind-the-scenes interview with Taylor Lautner.

A French version of the trailer was released last week, and quickly taken down. But now RadarOnline.com's got the full, live action, shirtless clip!

What we know: Rpattz leaves Kristen Stewart's Bella, driving her straight into the arms of a 30lbs-beefier Jacob (Lautner).

What's new: Quadruple shirtlessness with The Wolf Pack, the first look at Dakota Fanning's evil Vulturi henchwoman Jane, a virtually naked roll-around with Pattinson and Stewart.

Plus: More stunts! Motorcycles! Angst!
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August 17, 2009

Exclusive Interview: From New Moon to Nurse Jackie with Peter Facinelli


Best known for his portrayal of Carlisle Cullen, the patriarch of the Cullen vampire clan in the hugely successful Twilight saga films, Peter Facinelli is also currently starring in the popular Showtime television series Nurse Jackie, opposite Edie Falco.

Juggling fatherhood (he and his wife, actress Jennie Garth, have three young daughters) with a film and television career, the New York native has proven his versatility, doing comedy, drama and action, on both the big and small screen. Getting ready to start filming the third installment of the Twilight saga, Eclipse, with director David Slade, Peter Facinelli spoke to IESB for this exclusive interview about what it's like to have the job security of a successful film franchise and a critically acclaimed TV show.

IESB: What initially attracted you to acting? Was there someone or something that inspired you to do it, or did you just know that you wanted to be a performer?

Peter: No, I was the opposite of a performer. I was really shy, when I was growing up. I saw a movie called Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in third grade, and I thought Paul Newman and Robert Redford looked like they were having a really good time, and I said, "That's what I want to do, when I grow up." I always was inspired by Paul Newman and Robert Redford to want to be an actor, but I never really did anything about it because I was shy. So, all through high school, I never did a play.

Not until college, did I start to do acting. I transferred into NYU from St. John's University and started studying theater. I was going to take law because it seemed to impress people in my family when I said, "I want to be a lawyer when I grow up." One time, I told them that I wanted to be an actor and they all looked at me like I had five heads. The next time they asked me what I wanted to be, I said, "A lawyer," and I got a lot of oohs and aahs in the family. When you watch movies and you watch Law & Order, it looks so interesting.

IESB: When did you realize that you were not meant for a law career?

Peter: I did one year at St. John's University, and I studied pre-law and I worked for a law firm, and I realized that lawyers spend most of their time trying not to go to court. They look for precedents so they don't have to go to court. They told me that court was the last place you want to be. I was like, "Well, that's what I want to do. I like the courtroom drama," and they were like, "Well, then you need to do something else."

So, I threw away the courtroom drama and just went straight for the drama, and I transferred to NYU. I told my parents, "To be a good lawyer, I have to be a good actor, so I'm going to take acting classes at NYU and study theater there," and they bought it. And then, I started working, right out of NYU. So, when my parents realized it was something that I could do, they were behind it.
IESB: What was the point where you realized that you could actually make a living and a career out of acting?

Peter: I don't think I ever thought I wouldn't make a living or a career out of it. I never had a back-up plan. For me, it was always a do or die kind of thing. When people ask me if there's any advice that I'd give them, I say, "Don't have a back-up plan ‘cause you'll use it." I didn't have a back-up plan. I started working, out of college, and I just went from job to job and never looked back. I always made my living, from that point on, as an actor. I never thought that I wouldn't.

IESB: You seem to constantly be working now, and yet you manage to successfully maintain a marriage and family in an industry where that seems impossible. Do you feel like you've succeeded at finding a balance between work and family, or is it a constant juggling act?

Peter: It's always a constant juggling act. While I'm doing this interview with you, I'm standing in the Empire State Building with my kids, who are hanging out, waiting for me, so I can take them up to the top. You're always juggling, back and forth. I just take it day-by-day, and then all those days add up, and you look back and that's your life.

IESB: How did you get involved with Nurse Jackie? Was it just a regular audition, or did they ask to see you? Had you been looking to do more television?

Peter: I had just finished Twilight, and I knew the writers from Nurse Jackie, so they called my agent and said, "Hey, there's a part in here that we like Peter for." But, I wasn't looking to do television. Also, because I have a family, I have a steadfast rule that, if a TV show doesn't shoot in L.A., I won't do it. But, the previous year, I had done Damages and I realized that, if it's a cable show and only has 13 episodes, I could do it because it's like going to do a movie. You're only going to work for two or three months and then you're back, and you can go back and forth.

I wasn't looking for a 23-episode commitment ‘cause then you're just gone for nine months out of the year. So, when they called my agent, my agent just told them, "Oh, he won't do it because it doesn't shoot in L.A.," and they passed on it for me, without asking me. And then, I actually got a copy of it. My agents told me, "Hey, we passed on this for you, but if you want to read it, read it." The cover of it said, "Untitled Edie Falco Project," and right there, I knew it was going to be special because Edie Falco was attached and, if she was coming back to TV, then it had to be good.

IESB: What did you think, once you'd had a chance to read the script?

Peter: I was already a fan of the writers because I had done a pilot with them the year before, called Insatiable, for Showtime, which didn't get picked up. It was very well-received, when they did the test scoring, but they could only pick up one show and they ended up picking up the David Duchovny show, Californication, over it. So, I had a relationship with the writers, I was a big fan of Edie Falco's, and I read it and it was unlike anything I had seen.

I'm not a huge medical television show kind of person. I've never seen Grey's Anatomy, E.R. or Scrubs. It just wasn't my genre of things that I watch. I just thought it was an interesting show, and I liked the concept that it was telling the hospital story from a nurse's point of view, and I liked the characters. I called up and said, "I'd love to meet with them," so they called the writers, Linda Wallem and Liz Brixius, and they said, "We're testing people for that role on Monday," and that was on Friday, so I thought, "Oh, well. That ship has sailed." So, I sent an email to one of the writers saying, "Hey, I just read your script. It's fantastic. If this show goes, give me a ring and maybe I'll come and do an arc. I'd love to work with you guys ‘cause I think it's a special show."

IESB: Then, how did you end up actually getting cast?

Peter: Well, none of the guys that they tested on that Monday were right for it, so they realized then, by getting my email, that I liked it and they came after me. I had lunch with them. I'm not a huge fan of auditioning, but in this case, I actually asked them if I could audition. They're friends of mine and I wanted to make sure that what I was doing was along those same lines of what they wanted. It's a very tricky tone. It's a tone that I had never seen before on a show, so I wanted to make sure that my tone of comedy and what I was going to bring to the table was something that was going to work for them. I didn't want to say, "Let's sign the deal," and then get on the set and have them be like, "This isn't what we wanted at all." And so, I went in and read with them. They put it on tape and were like, "That's what we want. That's perfect." And, they sent the tape to Edie and Edie put the stamp of approval on it and, within two or three days, I had the role.

IESB: Is it hard to find ways to identify with a character like Dr. Cooper, or to make him likeable?

Peter: If you play anybody who is seen from the outside from the outside as a bad guy or a jerk, nobody walks around trying to be a jerk or trying to be a bad guy. They always have motives. Maybe those motives don't line up and the end result is that their character is perceived as a jerk or a bad guy. So, I'm very careful not to try to play people as jerks or evil or bad. When I took on this role, I tried to look at the qualities in him that are likeable. Even though, on paper, the end result was sometimes unlikeable, I tried to find the reasons why he does things.

IESB: What, specifically, did you find likeable about Dr. Cooper?

Peter: For me, I find him very loveable. I like that character. I find him very sympathetic and I feel sorry for him, at times. Because he's so oblivious to his surroundings and because he's so unaware that people don't really like him, he thinks everybody likes him. He walks around thinking he's the most charming guy in the world, and everyone thinks he's full of it and dislikes him. He also has a lot of issues on the inside, which give him a lot of layers.

He's not as confident as he tries to be, and so, a lot of times, he overcompensates because he's not confident. I find that the most confident people don't have to try to be confident. You look at them and they appear confident because they are. And, he has to go the extra mile of trying to look confident because he's not. I look at those characteristics and, when he's around people and he tries to get people to like him and they don't, I feel sorry for him. He's very lonely. He doesn't have a lot of friends. I liken him to a puppy dog in a room full of people who don't like dogs. He's jumping all over people's legs and wants to be liked by everybody, wagging his tail, and everybody is kicking him.

When you look at him like that, I find him very sympathetic, very lovable and very likeable. He's fun to laugh at because he's so unaware of his surroundings. He has no idea that the pharmacist character, Eddie, doesn't want to be friends with him. My character, Coop, wants to be best friends with Eddie, and Eddie wants nothing to do with him, but he has no idea. That makes it funny to the outside public, but to me, as the character, it's pretty sad. It's a hard character to hate. Even Nurse Jackie wants to hate this guy, but she can't. There's part of her that just can't hate him.

IESB: How has it been to work with Edie Falco? What does she bring to the scenes, when you guys work together?

Peter: What Edie brings is that she's just genuine, as a person, and is so real and honest that it just carries over into her acting. Whenever Peter_facinelli_smallI'm acting with her, I don't have to do anything, but react off of what she's doing. When the scene starts, there is no break between action and right before action. She's just as genuine and real before as right after. It just sucks you in. I've worked with actors that are very special like that, like Kevin Spacey, Danny DeVito and Burt Reynolds, and they all have this quality that, when action hits, they just suck you into the scene because they're so honest and real, and it makes your job, as an actor, a lot easier. That's how I feel with Edie.

IESB: Was it nice to have this to do, in between doing Twilight and New Moon, to give you a break from playing that character?

Peter: Yeah. I enjoy the fact that these characters are both doctors, and they're completely different people. The contrast between these two roles, when you put them side by side, visually and in personality, is so great that, as an actor, I'm proud to say, "Hey, look at these two people. Even though they have the same occupation, they're worlds apart." The fun of it for me, as an actor, is to be able to step into other people's shoes and play different characters. These two characters are so opposite that it's an opportunity to show people what I can do and the range that I have. It's a nice break because you have this one commercial franchise that's become this cultural phenomenon and, on the other hand, you have this great actor's piece that the critics love and it got great ratings. Nurse Jackie is a little bit more of a mature audience, so as an actor, it brings me a whole other audience for my work.

IESB: In regard to making the Twilight films, at what point did you get the sense that you were part of something that would become so huge?

Peter: Not until the premiere of the movie, did I realize how huge it had become. When we finished filming, it was an independent film that was based on a book that had a good size fan base. But, somewhere between the end of filming and the premiere, it just snowballed into this cultural phenomenon. I was on the beach, over the summer, that year and people were reading the books. I couldn't count, on one hand, how many people were reading the books on the beach. And, I thought, "Wow, a lot of people are into this book." People were coming up to me, before the movie was out, saying, "You play Carlisle Cullen." They were already on the Internet, checking out who the characters were.

I remember being on the beach in Hawaii and some fan of the books knew that I was playing that character, even before the movie came out. And then, when the movie came out, on the night of the premiere, it was just completely surreal. There were five lots of screaming fans, and I'd never seen anything like it before. It was really weird because they hadn't seen the movie yet, and they were screaming and cheering. I thought, "Well, this could become an angry mob, if they don't like the movie." But, thankfully, they did, and now it's only gotten even bigger.

I did a charity autograph session in West Virginia recently and people flew out from, like, Ohio to come to a signing, and that's pretty amazing. To get people on an airplane, to fly somewhere to go get an autograph from somebody, just shows the power of that fanbase, and how loyal and faithful and amazing they are.

IESB: Was there a certain comfort level, in returning to this character again for New Moon, having already played him before?

Peter: Definitely. It's like putting on an old pair of jeans, the second time around. You feel like you already know this character and you've created him, and you know the other actors and you know the relationships, but you're always looking to dig a little deeper and find more because you don't want to keep churning out the same thing. You try to keep finding different layers. With the first movie, I did a lot more research on how this character was. For the second movie, I worked more on his relationships within the family structure.

IESB: Does it help to have those other actors to go through this whole crazy process with?

Peter: Definitely. There's a definite comfort when you see the other actors. You feel like you're all in it together. It's a very family-oriented group. We go for dinners, and we like being with each other. I don't think there's one person who doesn't get along with the others, in the group, and it really has become a family. When you see the other person, even if it's for a non-Twilight event, there's a comfort level there. When you look across and see them, they make you smile. Some of my favorite scenes are when all of the Cullens are together. When I'm doing a scene and I look across and see that whole group of actors together, in one scene, it just makes me happy. It makes me feel like the whole gang is there and the whole family is together.

IESB: Does it make things more exciting to have different directors for each film, since they bring their own vision each time?

Peter: Yeah. I love Catherine Hardwicke. I loved working with her. She cast us, so we owe her a lot because she was the one who hand-picked us to play those roles. Then, we had another director, Chris Weitz, come in, who put his spin on it and gave us his vision, and came up with things that we hadn't thought about, in the first one. And, David Slade is going to do the same for Eclipse. It does keep it new and fresh. I'm used to it because I've done television and, in television, like with Nurse Jackie or Damages, we had different directors for every episode. The tone is always the same, with those shows, but the director brings a new flavor, and it keeps it fresh and exciting.

IESB: Have you been doing any research into David Slade and his work, to see what kind of director he'll be to work with?

Peter: I've seen Hard Candy, and I think he did a great job on that. And, I'm going to rent 30 Days of Night. Once he was hired, I sent him an email saying that I'm excited to work with him, and he sent me back one saying, "Ditto."

IESB: Are you looking forward to getting back into this character again so quickly?

Peter: Yeah. It's been a nice enough break. I had the summer off, to spend with my family, and now I hit the ground running. In August, I go straight into Eclipse, and then, after Eclipse, I go straight to Season 2 of Nurse Jackie, so the Fall is pretty busy. And, in between that, I'll be flying back and forth, playing the role of dad.

IESB: Isn't it nice, as an actor, to have the security of a successful film franchise and a critically acclaimed TV show?

Peter: I couldn't feel more blessed right now, especially in this economic period where I have so many friends and family members that it's really having an impact on. I have two jobs to go to. It's a nice time to be working. My family is always there for me. I try not to go more than two weeks without seeing them, when I am on location, so either they fly to me or I fly to them. There are ways that we make it work. I have Skype and we eat dinner together on Skype. It's important to me to keep it all connected.

IESB: You've done really varied projects, throughout your career, and played very different characters, that appeal to all different demographics and genres. Has that been intentional, on your part?

Peter: It's all been intentional. When I first started, I had the last name Facinelli and I thought, "Okay, I'm not going to do any Italian roles." When I first started, all the auditions I got were for The Sopranos, and I decided I wasn't going to do any Italian roles. I have this fear of being typecast as one thing or another, and I didn't want to be typecast because I wanted to continue playing different roles. And so, whenever I finished a role, I would always do something completely different.

I remember I did Can't Hardly Wait and I got offered a teen movie right after that, and I passed on it and did a movie, called Supernova, where I shaved my head, grew a beard, put on 20 pounds and was the main bad guy in this $60 million Walter Hill movie. I was like, "If they're going to want me to be a teen, I'm going to go completely opposite." If you look at the characters I've played, and you put the character from The Big Kahuna with Kevin Spacey next to Van Ray from Fastlane, and you put that next to the character I did in Riding in Cars with Boys, and you put that next to Damages, and you put that next to Twilight, and then you put that next to Dr. Cooper in Nurse Jackie, what I'm proud of, as an actor, is that they're all different visually, the way they appear on screen, and in their personalities.

That's all intentional, for me. I didn't want to be the actor where, when you walk into their movie, you know what to expect. As much as it was done on purpose, it's actually easier when you do one thing really well because studio executives look and say, "Oh that guy? Get him. He does romantic comedies." For me, I've always had to prove myself and say, "Hey, look, I can do the comedy. I can do the action. I can do the drama." I've gone back and forth so many times that, as much as I didn't want to be stereotyped, it hurts because I'm not put in a box and people don't know what to do with me. I have to continually go in and prove that I can play something. But, it's been a great career and I'm proud of the work. When you line up all those different characters I've played, I find that's what drives me, as an actor.

IESB: You seem to also have fans that connect to each of the projects you've done. Does that surprise you?

Peter: It's really funny to me. Because I've looked so different in things, a lot of times, people come up to me and say, "You look so familiar." And then they, realize I'm an actor and they'll ask me what I was in, and I have to look at them and guess what they would know me from. Sometimes, they completely throw me because I'll think they must watch Damages and they'll be like, "No, I've seen Can't Hardly Wait." It's fun to meet my audience and learn what think I've done that's connected with them. One time, I walked down the block and I met somebody who said, "Hey, I loved you in Can't Hardly Wait." And, a block later, someone said, "Hey, I loved you in The Lather Effect," and I was like, "You saw that?" It's funny to meet people and have them know me from different things.

IESB: Are there any types of roles or specific genres that you'd like to do, in your career, that you haven't gotten the chance to do yet?

Peter: One of my favorite things, and I know it didn't last, was Fastlane, only because I got to do action, drama and comedy, all in one. That was a fun show to do. I haven't done a romantic comedy yet. That might be fun to do.

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August 15, 2009

This week's cover: 'New Moon' and our Fall Movie Preview


With a new director, a new level of fame for stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and a new set of washboard abs for Taylor Lautner, the second film in the Twilight series, due Nov. 20, promises even more swooning-opportunities for its fans. This week’s double issue of Entertainment Weekly places Stewart and Lautner on the cover, while revealing secrets from the New Moon set inside.

New Moon, a far different beast than Twilight, is steeped in heartbreak, focusing on the recovery Bella (Stewart) undergoes after Edward (Pattinson) breaks her heart and her new feelings for her friend Jacob (Lautner). Pattinson couldn’t be happier with his downsized role: “It was a stress-free job for three months,” says the actor. “All the pressure was on Taylor.”

There were some minicontroversies surrounding the set – director Chris Weitz replaced Twilight helmer Catherine Hardwicke, Lautner had to publicly campaign to keep the role of Jacob, and actress Rachelle Lefevre was replaced by Bryce Dallas Howard for the soon-to-be-shot third film in the series. Lautner ultimately secured the spot thanks in part to Stewart. “It’s completely understandable why they wanted to make sure he was right,” says the actress. “He was so young, 16, so I got it. But I knew he had [to do] it. Just because of how I felt around him.” And how did the Bella-Jacob best-friend chemistry play out on set? “We have that relationship,” she says. “It’s lamely cute.”

Taylor trained hard to bulk up for the role of the budding werewolf. “My body fat got so low that we actually needed to increase it a little bit,” he says. “My trainer would be like, ‘Go have a huge milk shake just so I can get a thousand calories into your body.’”

Stewart thinks the new film will be beefier, too: “[Making Twilight] was much more of a fight,” she says. “We needed to make something commercial but stay true to the book. We didn’t have enough money. It was all very impulsive, and that’s what I love about that movie…But I think New Moon is gonna be even better.”

August 14, 2009

'New Moon': Secrets From the Set

With a new director, a new level of fame for Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and a new set of washboard abs for Taylor Lautner, the second film in the ''Twilight'' series promises even more swooning for its legion of fans -- get the inside scoop!

Kristen Stewart lies on a beige carpet, surrounded by a mess of pink roses and broken crystal. Her sweater is ripped, revealing a bloody gash on her right arm. It's April in Vancouver, and the New Moon cast is filming Bella Swan's climactic 18th-birthday celebration — the one cut short after an innocent paper cut turns the Cullen family, in one split second, from civilized ''vegetarian'' vampires into six beastly creatures hungry for sweet human blood. Director Chris Weitz wants another take of Edward (Robert Pattinson) fighting off his vampire brother Jasper (Jackson Rathbone), as Stewart lies injured in the background. This is the third freezing night in a row that the cast has worked until dawn, but that doesn't stop the set from feeling warm and jovial. Pattinson mugs for the movie camera between takes and teases his costar for just lying on the floor in the midst of all the vamp-on-vamp violence. ''Do you want Kristen to give us a little life back there?'' he jokes to the director. Kristen smiles. ''I'm just writhing down here,'' she says. ''A lot of writhing. I writhe really well.''

So do Twilight fans. Right now, for instance, millions of them around the world are writhing in delicious agony as they wait for New Moon to hit theaters on Nov. 20. Last year Twilight, the first adaptation of author Stephenie Meyer's series, grossed close to $400 million worldwide and set Stewart and Pattinson on the road to superstardom — and superscrutiny. Now the team is back with New Moon, though the sequel is a different beast — and one that's not as easy to tame. Meyer's second book is steeped in heartbreak and sadness, focusing on Bella's road to recovery after Edward smashes her heart into a million pieces and then vanishes. In addition to the melodrama, the movie has to make do with very little of the dreamy Edward Cullen. Instead, it mainly concerns the burgeoning relationship between Bella and her friend Jacob (Taylor Lautner), who transforms into a gnarling werewolf. Pattinson couldn't be happier with his downsized role. ''It was a stress-free job for three months,'' says the actor, 23, in his charming British lilt. ''All the pressure was on Taylor.''



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August 12, 2009

New Moon Trailer Spoof

'New Moon' trailer will play in front of 'Bandslam' -- will you see it?

For years now, Hollywood has played a deft bait-and-switch game of announcing that the new trailer for an upcoming Must See Movie would play in front of another film from the same studio that, quite frankly, could maybe do with a box-office boost. So Summit Entertainment’s announcement today that it will put the brand spankin’ new preview for The Twilight Saga: New Moon in front of Summit flick Bandslam when it opens this weekend should shock nobody, especially considering just how crowded this coming weekend will be at the box-office: You’ve got District 9 pulling in the sci-fi fans (and the just plain awesome movie fans), The Time Traveler’s Wife pulling in the romantic weepy movie fans and fans of the romantic weepy novel it’s based on, and Ponyo pulling in the family film fans and the Hayao Miyazaki animation fans, not to mention moviegoers who’ve yet to devour Julie & Julia or subject themselves to G.I. Joe. Sure, Bandslam’s got HSM queen bee Vanessa Hudgens in its corner, but against this onslaught of cinema competition, the flick could do with a ticket sales booster shot courtesy Taylor Lautner’s abs.

But will it work? You tell me, PopWatchers: Are you enough of a die-hard Twihard that you’ll buy a ticket to Bandslam just to see the new New Moon trailer? Or are you content to just watch it online? I assume if you read this far, those two questions should cover you, but just in case: Or were you already planning on checking out Bandslam, and are now concerned that your theater will be overrun by screaming members of Team Jacob?

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August 11, 2009

New Moon 14 Seconds Trailer Preview

NEW MOON MOVIE COMPANION: THE COVER!!


The cover for New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion which is to be published by Little, Brown on October 6th. The book is packed with exclusive full-color photos of the cast, sets and locations and is the ultimate companion to your soon-to-be favorite movie!

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'New Moon' Italy Shoot Had 'Amazing Energy,' Ashley Greene Recalls

'The whole movie is going to be gorgeous,' actress promises at the Teen Choice Awards.
After months of watching everyone else take home the accolades, "Twilight" saga star Ashley Greene had an extra bounce in her step Sunday night, when she attended the Teen Choice Awards. For the first time, she had been nominated for something by herself — Choice Fresh Face Female — an award she would take home before the evening was over.

When we caught up with the 22-year-old beauty on the red carpet, she was eager to talk about getting some recognition — and the work in "New Moon" that seems certain to raise her profile even higher.

"[The only thing I've been nominated for until now] is just ensemble," Greene said. "Oh my gosh, it's so cool. I got the phone call, and I was like, 'Are you serious?' It's exciting."

Twilighters have been similarly excited ever since Ashley and crew invaded San Diego's Comic-Con a few weeks back to preview November's "New Moon." During their panel in Hall H, the "Twilight" saga stars unveiled two new scenes — one of which had Greene's Alice dropping Kristen Stewart's Bella on a cobblestoned Italy street for a climactic confrontation with Robert Pattinson's Edward.

"We were in Italy for those four or five days, and it was nutty," Greene remembered of the shoot, which director Chris Weitz has said had a Twilighter in virtually every spot that wasn't on camera, watching them film. "The amount of people that were in this tiny little town, it took 45 minutes to go, like, 5 feet."

The scene, which features a black-clad Bella running through a procession of red-robed people to stop Edward from stepping into the sunlight, effectively uses slow-motion and music to build drama for a pivotal moment in the epic saga. And much like the fans, Greene said she couldn't believe how beautifully the sequence came together.

"Javier and Chris are just amazing, amazing men. Javier [Aguirresarobe] is the [director of photography], and Chris is the director," she explained. "And the whole movie is going to be gorgeous.

"But it was a great experience, amazing energy," she remembered of the shoot, as well as the multiple takes it took to pull it off. "And Kristen that day — the poor girl just ran and ran and ran and ran."

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Taylor Lautner Introduces His 'New Moon' Wolf Pack

'Twilight' star gives us details on his Quileute buddies — and reveals a scene that wasn't in the book.

In last year's "Twilight," cute little Jacob Black got pushed around a bit. Bella gave him the dreaded "just a friend" treatment, Edward stared him down at the end of the movie, and he barely got a "thank you" after working so hard on that damn truck.

But in November's "New Moon," a bigger, buffer Black will be back — and this time, he's bringing along some friends.

"He's pissed off a lot in this movie," laughed Taylor Lautner, looking spiffy at Sunday's Teen Choice Awards in a multi-buttoned vest that he told us "took an hour" to put on. "He is pissed off for many different reasons."

As Twilighters know, "New Moon" gives us a rapidly developing Jacob, now with the power to transform into a werewolf. It also introduces us to Jacob's Quileute friends, a group of sometimes-shirtless hunks who've already set the fandom on fire with glimpses of them in pictures and on Burger King crowns.

"We've got Sam Uley, who leads the pack. We all follow him. He's the alpha," Lautner said, introducing us to his wingmen. "And then we've got Jared and Paul — Jared is a funny guy, a real jokester — and Bronson [Pelletier], who plays him, in real life is the same way, so he does that well. Paul is the hothead. He goes out with my girl, and I tear him to shreds. And then there's Kiowa [Gordon] who plays Embry — he's my best friend."

And speaking of Jacob's friends, Lautner also told us that one of his favorite scenes in the "New Moon" movie is something that didn't occur in Stephenie Meyer's novel. It's a moment revolving around the newly glimpsed character of Quil Ateara and his smoothness with the ladies — or lack thereof.

"I loved shooting the scenes with Embry and Quil," he revealed. "Tyson [Houseman] plays Quil, and he's just kind of a funny character.

"Me and Bella — I'm sorry, Bella and I — are working on the bikes, and Embry and Quil come in," Lautner explained of the scene. "Quil's checking out Bella [and trying to be smooth] and is like, 'Hey, I'm Quil. Quil Ateara.' It's a really funny scene, and the two were really great in it."

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August 8, 2009

'New Moon' Wolf Kiowa Gordon Talks About The Pack

'He saves humans from vampires, basically,' Gordon says of his character in the film.

Thursday night, we caught up with Gordon at the red-carpet premier of the new Vanessa Hudgens flick "Bandslam." In his first-ever interview with MTV, the rookie actor was eager to talk about hanging with Taylor Lautner's wolf pack, the "surreal" experience of meeting Twilighters, and offer a preview of his call of the wild.

MTV: Give us your breakdown of the character, as we'll see him in the movie.

Kiowa Gordon: I am Embry Call; he's a Native-American. He lives on his res, and he goes into a transformation which freaks him out completely. He turns into a wolf. So he gets some extra baggage going there — and then he saves humans from vampires, basically.

MTV: Break down the wolf pack for us.

Gordon: Alright, the head is Sam Uley — he's played by Chaske Spencer, who is a great guy. He's the leader of the pack, he runs us and helps us go through our phase. Next is Jared — he transforms next, and he's the fun boy, the jokester. He's played by Bronson Pelletier, and he's a funny guy too — he's awesome, we became really close. And Alex Meraz plays Paul — he's the hotheaded, ferocious guy that always wants to be in the middle of the action, and he's the go-to guy if Sam needs something taken care of.

MTV: And how about yourself?

Gordon: Jacob's really weirded out that I joined this cult of shirtless Natives. [We] thought that Paul, Jared, and Sam were just these [egotistical] guys that thought so highly of themselves and called themselves the protectors of the tribe, and I'm just the shy, lanky kid. Then Jacob sees me [join them] and he's like, "Wow, I've lost a friend," but that's really not the case; we can't tell Jacob or other Quileutes about our transformations until they have transformed themselves. Then, next in line is Jacob of course, and he's so natural to it; his wolf is stronger than like any other one.

MTV: You and some other "New Moon" stars were exposed to the public for the first time at Comic-Con. How was that?

Gordon: Yeah, I went to the Comic-Con for the "Twilight" screenings, and the question- and-answer [sessions], and it was crazy. They all started screaming as soon as we walked off the bus; the whole time we were answering questions they just kept screaming and screaming. It was so surreal for me. I've also gone to my own things — like I've gone to this unity conference out in New Mexico where Native American youths gather and share their tribal affiliations and all that awesome stuff. And [Twilighters were there and] they went crazy.

MTV: Taylor has said that he gets to speak the Native-American language of the tribe a bit in "New Moon." Do you?

Gordon: No, I would just — we make noises.

MTV: Noises? Can you give us an example?

Gordon: Hopefully I won't get in trouble for this. But yeah, [there's a scene where] we get out of the car, and we have to do this call — this signal that we're home. Me and Jared, we go [he unleashes a loud, yipping noise]. It's kinda funny. But it's awesome.

MTV: Wow. And that basically means "Hi Honey, I'm home"?

Gordon: [Laughs.] Yeah!

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August 4, 2009

Kellan Lutz Reveals Secrets To His Cut ‘New Moon’ Body!


While fans have been fawning over Taylor Lautner’s “New Moon” body, he’s not the only “Twilight” star who has washboard abs.

Taylor’s vampire co-star, Kellan Lutz, is giving the werewolf a run for his money and shared his secrets on staying fit with Seventeen Magazine.

“I get bored when I’m in the gym,” Kellan told the mag. “I usually can’t just lift weights without music. I get bored easily – I always have to be doing something active.”

So what sport, in particular, does Kellan like to sink his teeth into?

“I hate to run so for all the runners out there, I hate you. But I love to swim. I’m a fish, I have a pool in my backyard so every morning I will go swimming, even when it’s colder I’ll try to,” he explained. “I’ll have my dog swim with me but usually she doesn’t go under the water so we usually play a game… I play with my dog for a workout. It’s great. A lot of times I’m a loner, so I have to play games with myself.”

In addition, Kellan wears a pedometer to track how far he walks each day and how many calories he burns.

“I wear this thing as much as I can just for fun. It’s a motivator,” he added.

He also offered up some tips for more sedentary activities, like watching TV.

“If you watch TV a lot, it’s always good to not be a coach potato and do push-ups or crunches or lift some weights when the commercials are happening,” Kellan said.

Overall, Kellan said his philosophy to working out is all about having fun.

“Make games. Enjoy. Don’t be lazy… Try to find something that you’re into – running hiking, biking, swimming… Just make it fun,” he noted.

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Director: No Full Moons In ‘New Moon’


Despite the hopes of millions of rabid Twi-hards and a cheeky statement from a “Twilight” star – “New Moon” won’t be showing any full moons!

Last week, “New Moon” actor Jamie Campbell Bower, who plays a member of the evil Volturi vampire clan, jokingly told MTV News, “We just all sit there, completely naked, for one scene…it’s me, Michael Sheen and Christopher [Heyerdahl]; we just sit there, naked.”

But on Monday, “New Moon” director Chris Weitz set the record straight about his cast keeping their clothes on.

“I would like to put everyone’s mind at rest and let them know that the Volturi are not naked!” Chris said in a statement. “Jamie has what you might call a dry sense of humor and almost managed to convince me — which is why he’s such a good actor. Anyway, be assured that, even though we do want the look of the Volturi to be a bit of a surprise, they are always — as in the book! — fully clothed.”

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August 3, 2009

Update:New Moon Movie Worldwide Release Dates


Argentina –—-–——- November 19, 2009
Austria –———––——- January 8, 2010
Australia –—––——- November 19, 2009
Belgium –——–——- November 18, 2009
Bolivia –———––——– January 1, 2010
Brazil –—-–—–——- November 20, 2009
Bulgaria –—––——– November 20, 2009
Canada –——–—— November 20, 2009
Chile –———–——- November 26, 2009
China –—-–—-–—— TBD
Colombia ––—-––——- January 1, 2010
CIS ––—-–—-–—-–– December 3, 2009
Costa Rica ––—-–—-–- November 2009
Croatia ––—-–—-–– December 10, 2009
Czech Republic ––— November 26, 2009
Denmark ––—-–—— November 20, 2009
Dominican Republic –— November 2009
Ecuador ––—-–—-–—- January 1, 2010
Egypt ––—-–—-–—- December 23, 2009
Estonia ––—-–——- November 27, 2009
Finland ––—-–—— November 20, 2009
France ––—-–——– November 18, 2009
Germany – –—-–———January 7, 2010
Greece ––—-–———- January 19, 2009
Guatemala ––—-–——- November 2009
Honduras ––—-–——– November 2009
Hong Kong ––—-–—- December 17, 2009
Hungary ––—-–——- November 19, 2009
Iceland ––—-–—-–—November 20, 2009
India ––—-–—-–—-–—- TBD
Indonesia – –—-–——November 21, 2009
Israel ––—-–—-–—— December 10, 2009
Italy ––—-–—-–——- November 20, 2009
Japan ––—-–—-–—– November 28, 2009
Latvia ––—-–—-–—-–—- TBD
Lebanon ––—-–—-–— November 26, 2009
Lithuania ––—-–——- November 27, 2009
Malaysia ––—-–—-–– November 26, 2009
Mexico ––—-–—-–—- November 20, 2009
The Netherlands ––—– November 19, 2009
New Zealand ––—-–—- November 19, 2009
Norway ––—-–—-–—- November 20, 2009
Pakistan – –—-–—-–—-TBD
Panama ––—-–—-–——– November 2009
Peru – –—-–—-–—-–—November 26, 2009
Philippines ––—-–—- –November 20, 2009
Poland ––—-–—-–—— November 20, 2009
Portugal ––—-–—-–—– November 26, 2009
Romania ––—-–—-–—- November 20, 2009
Serbia ––—-–—-–—-–—-–- TBD
Singapore ––—-–—-–—– December 3, 2009
Slovak Republic – –—-–—–January 14, 2009
Slovenia – –—-–—-–—-–—-TBD
South Africa ––—-–——- November 27, 2009
South Korea ––—-–—–—- December 3, 2009
Sweden ––—-–—-–——- November 20, 2009
Switzerland, French ––—- November 18, 2009
Switzerland, German ––—— January 7, 20010
Switzerland, Italian ––—– November 20, 2009
Taiwan ––—-–—-–——— December 4, 2009
Thailand ––—-–———– November 19, 2009
Turkey ––—-–—-–——– November 20, 2009
UAE ––—-–—-–———– November 26, 2009
United States ––—-–—— November 20, 2009
Ukraine ––—-–—-–——— December 3, 2009
United Kingdom ––—-–— November 20, 2009
Uruguay ––—-–—-–———– January 1, 2010
Venezuela ––—-–—-–—– November 27, 2009
Vietnam ––—-–—-–—-–—- TBD
West Indies ––—-–—-–—— TBD

**TBD means “To Be Determined”

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August 2, 2009

Robert Pattinson Describes Bella's Hallucinations In 'New Moon'


Team Edward fans have often bemoaned the fact that there's much less of their favorite vampire in Stephenie Meyer's "New Moon" than in the first "Twilight" novel. But for the movie, the writer and director have apparently conspired to give Robert Pattinson plenty of screen time for the sequel.

"It's just Edward's voice in the book," Pattinson told his fans at Comic-Con. "And I guess it would look probably pretty cheesy if it was just my voice, so they've done these hallucinations, kind of semi-visible apparitions."

Kristen Stewart added that in these hallucinations Bella Swan has are "very subjective, like how she remembers him, not necessarily how he actually is."

Pattinson revealed that, though he didn't read the "Twilight" saga before his audition to play brooding, dreamy vampire Edward Cullen, he was immediately drawn to the powerful story about star-crossed lovers.

"Right after the audition, I found myself kind of bizarrely invested in the story, and I hadn't even read the books at that point," he explained. "And I've kind of got more and more attached to it. I've been talking about the script for 'Eclipse' to people over the last couple of weeks, and I find myself getting very argumentative, which I'm not usually. They definitely have some kind of power."

That power, he explains, isn't because the story is about vampires and werewolves, but because it's about two people falling in love and having a hard time trying to make it work. "When I look at it, I never looked at it as a vampire story right from the beginning," he said. "And when I try and play it, I try to eliminate the vampire element as much as I can. I kind of see it as a tool to make their relationship a bit more fraught."

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