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MTV asks the Twilight cast to detail the odd things in their trailers. Check out the answers by Kellan Lutz, Liz Reaser, Nikki Reed, and Ashley Greene.
All this Q&A is leading up to MTV’s Ulalume Festival that premieres on Friday night on MTV where they’ve got a special new clip from New Moon.
Vanity Fair is kicking off what they are calling Vamp Week with an interview with Peter Facinelli.
“What would you say is the one major thing that has changed about your life since starting the franchise?
I’m traveling a lot more than I used to and interacting with a lot more people. The fan base on this, I don’t know how else to explain it … it’s a cultural phenomenon. People will actually hop on a plane to see you. Sometimes I do these charity events, and people fly in to come and see me. I’m just really, really impressed with [the fan] dedication to these books and to the movies. I’ve always had a fan base with the work I’ve done, but never as rabid as this.
You seem pretty dedicated to them, too, judging by your Twitter page.
You know, I love connecting with the fans because I’m a fan of the books myself. They’re all so dedicated and wonderful to me that I love to be able to give back. So if stopping for a picture or signing a book of theirs puts a smile on their face, then that makes me happy, too. I kind of go out of my way to make sure—if there are fans hanging around the set—to try to stop and say hello to them before I get in the van. It takes five minutes to make people happy. I love interacting with them.”
MTV: What do you see as the biggest difference between the tales in the “Twilight” saga?
Kellan Lutz: What’s the biggest difference? That’s an interesting question. Because the books are already about different subjects. Stephenie [Meyer] wrote them with the Romeo and Juliet aspect, and then, each one has a different persona. It’s a really cool concept. But as far as the directors go, each director is different. Catherine [Hardwicke] was very energetic, and she made this beautiful movie. Chris [Weitz] had this really cool, really laid-back [vibe], but has a great sense of how to do CGI and how to make these wolves look real and bigger than life versus just some computerized image. Then David Slade, with his action background and his indie style, just mixed the two. The movies are going to be unique in their own aspects, and that’s what’s really interesting — it’s not the same director doing each one. We, as actors, got to see different styles of [directing]. So it doesn’t feel old, ever.
We’ve more or less seen most of this material before. Now, it’s in commercial format.
This press release just in from Nordstrom:
NORDSTROM AND SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT OFFER TWILIGHT FANS THE CHANCE TO MEET CAST MEMBERS FROM THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON in Theaters November 20, 2009
On October 31, Nordstrom and Summit Entertainment invite Twilight fans to take advantage of a special opportunity to meet select cast members of The Twilight Saga: New Moon at select Nordstrom stores. The cast appearances are being held to celebrate the highly-anticipated November 20 release of the second movie in Summit’s Twilight film saga. Nordstrom launched an exclusive clothing and jewelry collection inspired by the mood and spirit of the film in early October.
Customers can visit nordstrom.com/newmoon for more details about how to acquire VIP access on Saturday, October 31, at 8:00 a.m., to be one of 75 customers to meet the cast.
The Twilight Saga: New Moon cast members will visit the following Nordstrom stores:
November 5- Topanga (Canoga Park, CA)**
November 8- Park Meadows (Lone Tree, CO)*
November 9- Natick Collection (Natick, MA)*
November 10- The Galleria (Houston, TX)*
November 11- Mall of America (Bloomington, MN)*
November 11- Cherry Hill Mall (Cherry Hill, NJ)*
November 11- Stonestown Galleria (San Francisco, CA)*
November 12- Perimeter Mall (Atlanta, GA)
November 12- Southcenter (Tukwila, WA)*
November 13- Aventura Mall (Aventura, FL)
November 13- Scottsdale Fashion Square (Phoenix, AZ)*
November 14- Fashion Place (Murray, UT)*
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* These malls will also host a talent question and answer forum in the mall which will be open to the public.
** 125 customer VIP packets will be available for the Topanga event only. The mall will not host a talent question and answer forum.
The BP. department at select Nordstrom stores will also offer customers advanced movie screening passes as gifts with purchase (see nordstrom.com/newmoon for participating stores and details), and will host in-store styling parties on November 14 and 15. Customers can visit nordstrom.com/newmoon to learn what events are taking place at their nearest Nordstrom store and sign-up for email alerts.
For information on the Hot Topic locations on the tour, click here.
Most of the shooting for Eclipse is finished. Many of the actors returned to Los Angles, or wherever home is, over the weekend. David Slade tweeted a pictures from the wrap party that was held at a Vancouver area aquarium.
The actors will need their rest as the PR for New Moon is about to kick into high gear! According to E!, “Pattinson and New Moon director Chris Weitz will kick off the press tour in Japan Nov. 2-3. Then, they’ll join Stewart and Taylor Lautner when they hype the film in Paris on Nov. 10. Castmembers are also expected to visit countries and continents including Germany, South America and Australia in support of the film.”
Peter Facinelli was at the Arizona State Fair over the weekend where TwiFans caught up with him.
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Ashley Greene talked to MTV about what her Eclipse experience was like.
According to Ashley, she and Kellan came up with an inventive way of welcoming newbie Xavier Samuel into the franchise family:
“MTV: There’s so much “Twilight” merchandise out there. Do you own any?
Greene: I have a couple shirts. I have a couple things from “Twilight” that I want to keep as memorabilia, and so I have a couple shirts. I definitely have the necklace. While filming, Kellan bought the “Twilight” game, and we played. We made Xavier [Samuel] play it, the poor new kid. We were like, “The new kid will play!” and so we had Xavier come over and Peter Facinelli came over. Me and him and those two guys and Kellan played the “Twilight” game. And I won. I’m just saying. No big deal.”
Bronson Pelletier really made the day of a young fan in New Zealand who has been struggling to overcome cancer.
New Zealand’s TVNZ has the story and the video of the encounter.
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