Archives for 2009
Reelz Channel Interviews Taylor Lautner
Pebbles Interviews Kellan Lutz
No, not Fred and Wilma’s daughter, Pebbles from Boston radio station Jam’n 94.5 was one lucky girl, especially since she is a Twilight fan!
“I have to say that I expected Kellan to be a nice guy, and he really exceeded my expectations. It was obviously exciting to hear about all the Twilight stuff, but it was also great to get to know a little more about him outside of his role as Emmett. All of the girls at the station (including me) were so impressed with all the charity work that he does. Just hearing him talk about his work in Africa and the things that he’s seen, show a side of him that we often aren’t exposed to. You can tell that he’s definitely had experiences that have changed and shaped him as a person.
I also loved how he talked about his family and friends. He called them his “loved ones,” and you can tell that he has a great group of people that he adores, and I’m sure they adore him back! Hearing him talk about his little sister getting him into Twilight, and how if he didn’t have the role, he knows he would be the one driving her to the movie was so sweet!
The thing that impressed me the most was how grateful he is for the experience of Twilight, and for the fans. Being in his position where he is chased and has women fainting at the sight of him could easily make him an arrogant person, but he is not. You can tell that he really appreciates all the love he gets from the fans, and I can’t wait to see him in action tonight when I host the Q & A session at the Natick Collection tonight at 7:30pm! I’ll have pics and video later tonight or early tomorrow.”
There is a cool photo gallery of Kellan in the studio. You’re going to want to check that out.
MTV: Kristen Stewart Ups and Downs of Fame
Nightline Features The Twilight Saga and the Forks Impact
Nightline interviewed Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart as well as the Forks residents about the impact the Twilght Saga movies and novels have made.
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EW: TAYLOR LAUTNER, KRISTEN STEWART, AND ROBERT PATTINSON SIT DOWN WITH ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY TO DISCUSS RUMORS, FANS, MOVIEMAKING – AND HAIR.
This just in from EW:
In the Twilight sequel New Moon, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner are at each other’s throats over Kristen Stewart. Off screen, all three are loyal friends. In a candid interview with this week’s Entertainment Weekly, they share thoughts on rumors, fans, moviemaking – and hair.
EW: How are you all coping with living in a fishbowl?
Robert Pattinson: It really depends on the mood. When I met you last year [before Twilight came out], I was doing interviews very sporadically and I never got recognized. Now it’s like anywhere I go there’s immediate recognition. So there’s more of a responsibility…
Stewart: I don’t mind working every day. It’s just, suddenly, I have this other role. And that’s really disappointing. All I’d like to do is go outside with a book and figure out what to do with the day. And if I can’t do that, then I’m just going to sit in my hotel room on my balcony and chain smoke. [Pauses] I’m going to stop smoking. I’m not such a good smoker, anyway. It’s not in my bones. I’m gonna drop it.
Pattinson: The three of us have been working for two years [straight]. It does feel like your day has a shape just as soon as you wake up. I just forget what it’s like when you’re free.
EW: Taylor, you’re the only one who almost lost a shot at the sequels. Do you have a different relationship with fame because you had to fight for your job?
Lautner: No, I kept my eye on the prize 100 percent of the time. I was motivated. I wasn’t even thinking about anything else.
Stewart: Thank God you got the job. I wouldn’t have wanted to deal with you if you didn’t. After all those months of working out!
Lautner: I just wanted to focus on what I could control, and I worked really hard.
EW: You mean in the gym? Because I see your abs everywhere these days.
Lautner: Yeah, the gym was a major part, but I really studied the books and the character, too. And it all turned out good.
Pattinson on his hair in Eclipse: I swear to you I’ve never experienced anything like this. It’s every single day. In Twilight, they wanted me to have extensions down to my hips.
Stewart: He’s a liar. He doesn’t remember. He’s remembering how they made him feel, but they were just, like, down to here [pointing to her shoulders].
Pattinson: So I told them, “Look, that’s just not going to happen.” I said, “It looks like this already – I’ll come to set like this.” I sound so stupid, but in a lot of ways the hair is 75 percent of my performance, so in the second one I said, “Listen, I need to tone down the hair. Let’s make it a little more real, a little bit more…Method.” [Laughs] And then in the third one, I’m doing fight scenes and there’s a strand going down my forehead and they’re like, “We need to do it again because no one will recognize you! No one will know who it is!” I’m like, really, is my face that generic?
Stewart: They want proof that you’re doing your own stunts, man!
Pattinson: I have to look like the poster at all times. Just in case they want to use any clip for the trailer. Any clip at all! There were about five people in different departments who, because of my forelock, ended up in tears.
EW: Kristen, it must be nice to watch the guys’ appearances get obsessed over for a change.
Stewart: Seriously, it’s a trip to sit back and look at the sexual objectification of these dudes. I’ve never been asked to do any of this stuff.
EW: You guys are lucky. You clearly all dig each other.
Lautner: The amount of time we have to spend with each other – if I didn’t like these two, it would be exhausting.
EW: Rob, you made Remember Me this summer, between sequels. Was that the set in New York, where you were knocked into a cab by hordes of fans?
Pattinson: That was completely made up. I was walking across the street, and there was one cab going about one mile an hour and it nudged my leg. The story ended up being how I got hit by a cab because of a mob of screaming fans, [but] it was 4 o’clock in the morning and there was one person there – a paparazzi….And then there was another time – apparently they said on the news that I had a drug overdose. The security guy saw it on TV, and I wasn’t in my room, and he was like, “Uh-oh!” It’s just so weird. I wake up and my room is too messy to order room service, and so I end up eating a pack of M&M’s for breakfast – and it takes me about five hours to find it. That’s my first five hours of the day. [Laughing] And then you see the news and think, “Who cares if he had a drug overdose? It would probably make him more interesting!”
EW: Kristen and Rob, why do you think people are so obsessed with the state of your offscreen relationship?
Pattinson: Good question. That’s a little thing I have to think about every day.
Stewart: Maybe it’s just my personality, but I’m never going to answer it. I probably would’ve answered it if people hadn’t made such a big deal about it. But I’m not going to give the fiending an answer. I know that people are really funny about “Well, you chose to be an actor, why don’t you just f—ing give your whole life away? Can I have your firstborn child?”
EW: You don’t think just saying, for example, “Listen, we dated for a few months, it was weird, we’re better off as friends” would end the speculation?
Pattinson: No way.
Stewart: People are deeply judgmental and I’m not strong enough. I would love to be like, “I don’t care what anybody thinks.” But I’m a very private person. And think about every hypothetical answer: “Okay, we are. We aren’t. I’m a lesbian.” I’ve thought about this a lot. There’s no answer that’s not going to tip you one way or the other. I’m just trying to keep something. If people started asking me if I was dating Taylor, I’d be like, “F— off.” I would answer the exact same way.”
En Español! Live Chat With the Wolves on Terra
This just in from Terra:
Ask the New Moon Werewolves!
Join Terra’s LIVE Video Chat with Twilight Cast Members, Thursday, Nov. 12
Don’t miss an exclusive LIVE video chat with Alex Meraz and Kiowa Gordon, two of the werewolves from Twilight: New Moon. The werewolves will be answering your questions on the vampire saga live from Terra’s Miami studios on Thursday, November 12 at 11:15 am.
Find out anything you’ve ever wanted to know on the saga by submitting your questions to host Maria Salas, who will be chatting live with Alex and Kiowa.
Click here to submit your questions now!
Watch LIVE this Thursday, November 12th at 11:15am ET
on terra.com/newmoon
Bookmark terra.com/newmoon and keep coming back for continuous updates of the best photos, videos, gossip, interviews – and just about everything New Moon.
En Español:
Los lobos estarán en nuestro estudio HOY a las 11:15am hora del este, atravez de terra.com/newmoon
No te pierdas nuestra entrevista exclusiva totalmente en VIVO con Alex Meraz y Kiowa Gordon, dos de los lobos en la nueva película de Twilight ‘New Moon’. Los actores contestaran todas las preguntas que tengas acerca de la exitosa seria de vampiros.
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Melissa Rosenberg: The Kosher Vampires…Sort Of
Melissa Rosenberg gave an interview to the Jewish Journal talking about her religious background and Twilight. It’s really interesting to note that everyone consistently refers to Stephenie Meyer as a “Mormon writer”, yet as Melissa points out vampires don’t really fit in when it comes to traditional Judaism either, and no one typically calls her a Jewish writer. All and all it’s a really all encompassing interview that covers everything from her early roots to her current career.
“On the gender divide in Hollywood, Rosenberg is adamantly outspoken.
“I don’t like being powerless,” she says. “I do not accept powerlessness.”
When she began working in television, show runners employed few women — typically one per show — to capture the requisite “female voice.” The lack of opportunities created severe competition among women writers. And for feature films, women were hired for “chick flicks” and not much else. On the rare occasion when a woman was hired, she first had to combat stereotypes to prove her talent.
“Apparently women are not funny,” Rosenberg says facetiously of the prevailing belief in the industry. “And we don’t know how to write action, and we don’t know how to write men. Whereas men can write everybody.”
Twilight Mentioned on Criminal Minds
Twilight got a shout out on last night’s Criminal Minds. It’s also funny considering that Jackson Rathbone had a guest starring role on Criminal Minds last season. TY Catherine for finding the video.
MTV: Anatomy of a Paper Cut, Team Chris, and Selling Out
FearNet Profiles Charlie Bewley
Jen Yamato has another great interview. This time it’s with Charlie Bewley:
“Bewley, who maintains an air of mystery about his personal life (is he single or not?!), regaled us with the tale of his pre-Twilight life, how he came to nab a role in New Moon, and how he plans on parlaying his Twi-hard fan base – or, as they call themselves, Charlie’s Angels – into a long-term career in front of and behind the camera. And in case you’ve been curious, he answers an age-old question about his character: Is Demetri gay or European?
You announced on Twitter that you had injured yourself on the famous Rocky steps. Did Demetri’s special talent for running not save you from the stairs?
Charlie Bewley: I like to run every morning, and I had to do the Rocky stairs, being in Philly. I’m the only guy there, it’s a bit rainy, and I get to the top – I’m wearing my black Spider-Man outfit – and I jump up and down. A little voice in the back of my head is like, “You’ve got to do the whole thing. You’ve got to do it.” So I was jumping around like Rocky on the top of the stairs, took one step down and twisted right over my ankle. I’m such a bad vampire.”
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