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MTV je objavil intervju z Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen).
‘Twilight’ Actress Elizabeth Reaser Says She’s ‘Nothing Like’ Esme Cullen
‘I don’t relate to this type of character,’ she says of the ‘Twilight Saga’ matriarch.
By Larry Carroll
She may be the sweet, smiling matriarch of the most beloved vampire family in the world, but that doesn’t mean Elizabeth Reaser can’t still be a badass.
With just a few weeks remaining before “New Moon” hits theaters, we caught up with the 34-year-old actress sometimes known as Mrs. Esme Cullen during her final days on the “Eclipse” set. During an exclusive chat with MTV News, Reaser was eager to talk about ripping apart mountain lions, asking for Robert Pattinson’s autograph, and why she thinks one of her co-stars should have played Esme instead.
MTV: What is the biggest difference, in your opinion, between the three “Twilight” books that are currently being filmed as the “Saga”?
Elizabeth Reaser: Oh, well, all three films are completely different. The first one is a vampire romance, a crazy love affair. There’s so much sexual tension and romantic tension, and nothing ever goes down; you’re going insane the whole time, and they’re falling in love, and it’s amazing. In the second one, obviously Bella is left behind, and her and Taylor [Lautner]‘s character, Jacob, sort of fall in love — or do they? And she’s devastated, and she’s doing all of this risky stuff, and it’s really a heartbreaking movie. There’s all this danger going on in Italy, and Edward is thinking about killing himself — it’s very, very, very different from the first one. And the third one is a full-on action movie. “Eclipse” is just crazy action and danger and vampires — and newborn vampires that are the most dangerous, powerful vampires of all.
MTV: What is your favorite scene in “New Moon”?
Reaser: I love Taylor in “New Moon”; he’s amazing. There are great scenes with Taylor and Kristen [Stewart]. I just think they’re really lovely together. I love those characters together. They’re sort of falling in love, and it’s an interesting love affair, because she’s still in love with Edward, and she’s devastated and heartbroken, and he’s [gone. I also love] the birthday-party scene, because it’s all the Cullens, and it’s Bella’s birthday, and Alice threw together this big party for her. And then she gets a paper cut, and it’s really dangerous for her to get a paper cut at our house.
MTV: Who is your favorite new character that has joined the cast for the sequels?
Reaser: My favorite new character? That’s very tricky. Actually, I like this girl who joined the ["Eclipse"] cast, Jodelle [Ferland]; she’s playing Bree. … In “New Moon,” this guy Michael Sheen has joined our cast, and he is fantastic. He plays one of the Volturi, and those are great scenes in Italy with all the Volturi — they’re just these total badass vampires. He’s just a great actor.
MTV: As the “Saga” continues filming, do you feel like you’re growing into your character more or less?
Reaser: No, I feel like I’m nothing like my character. It’s interesting to me that I get cast as mothers and really maternal, sweet, nice people. … Maybe I have a vulnerability or something; maybe that’s what it is. But other than that, I don’t relate to this type of character. She’s so good and lovely, and it definitely makes me [a better person]. When I’m working, and I’m always trying to see people in their best light, it makes me a more generous person to play Esme, because I don’t feel that. It’s funny, but I think Bryce — who is playing Victoria, Bryce Dallas Howard — is the nicest, most amazing woman, and I feel like she should play Esme. I feel like she is Esme. She’s so lovely and beautiful and kind and good. I nominate her to play Esme Cullen.
MTV: Do you own any “Twilight” memorabilia?
Reaser: My mom bought some Esme bracelets. I’m sure I could borrow one from her if I wanted to. But I don’t have any memorabilia. I have my director’s chair [backing]. But I should get something, take something back from set — maybe I could get Rob to sign it.
MTV: Vampires are one of the biggest costumes this Halloween, and there will be a lot of people dressed up as the “Twilight” characters this weekend.
Reaser: Really? Oh, that’s really cool. I didn’t know that.
MTV: What would it mean to you if you saw someone dressed as Esme?
Reaser: Wow, I would love to see someone dressed up as Esme. I think that would be so cool. It would definitely be a career highlight for me; I would love to see someone do that.
MTV: Finally, what in your opinion is the secret behind the success of the “Twilight Saga”?
Reaser: Well, I think the success of the “Saga” is the books. The books are just beautiful, amazing, great storytelling, and Stephenie is a great writer. And then, I think we got incredibly lucky with Kristen and Rob — they’re just great actors, and you just can’t not fall in love with them and want them to be together. You get invested in the two of them. That has a lot to do with it, and people are just really into vampires, so I think that has something to do with it. The Cullens, they’re an interesting group of vampires. They’re all really good, but kind of bad. I mean, they are still vampires. I imagine Esme going out in the middle of the night and ripping apart a mountain lion. That’s kind of fascinating.
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MTV je objavil intervju z režiserjem Chrisom Weitzom.
‘New Moon’ Director Chris Weitz Calls Dakota Fanning’s Jane ‘Bad News’
‘She had some fun playing, really, the most evil of all the bad guys,’ Weitz says of the actress.
By Terri Schwartz
Next month’s “New Moon” release features a number of changes from its sequel’s debut this time last year. There’s new director Chris Weitz; a new cast of characters, including bad vampires and a wolf pack; and Taylor’s Lautner’s 30 pounds of muscle.
But one of the most exciting changes from last year’s “Twilight” is purely visual in nature: shooting the third act of the film on location in Italy.
“Wow, am I glad we were able to shoot there,” Weitz said with a laugh in a recent phone interview with MTV News. “We went to about 12 different hilltop towns in Tuscany, which was both delightful and exhausting, because it had to be done relatively quickly. Montepulciano had the most symmetrical main square that I could find, so that was the winner for that reason.”
Fans can expect about 20 minutes of the film to be spent in Italy or in interior shots set in Italy. While trailers released for “New Moon” show hints of flashbacks featuring the Volturi, Weitz said most of the time is dedicated to the present day.
The use of color in the film is a big change from “Twilight,” especially with the striking use of red shown in the trailers during a festival in Italy.
“We took out a lot of the cold, blue tones of the first movie to begin with. But the golden quality and the red, which we had sort of purposely saved in terms of our production design and our costume design, came out in Italy,” Weitz said. “We actually planned it so there were very few occurrences of the color red. It’s very rare in the beginning of the film. And then, suddenly, you’re sort of punched in the eye with this burst of red when Kristen [Stewart]‘s character arrives in the main square.”
Weitz said the changes in color don’t end with the contrast between Forks, Washington, and Volterra, Italy. He gave a play-by-play of some of the Italy scenes to show how they used aspects of light and dark to their advantage.
“Bella runs and gets Edward, but no sooner have they done that then the big, bad guys show up,” Weitz explained. “And then they’re in the dark again, taken through these subterranean tunnels, and then you go to the — for want of a better expression — bad-guy headquarters, but instead of it being a dark, kind of Dracula’s-castle place, it’s actually surprisingly light and crisp. We just sort of wanted to play interesting games with color and light.”
The “bad guys” are another big change from “Twilight.” In addition to continued baddies Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) and Laurent (Edi Gathegi), veteran actors Michael Sheen and Dakota Fanning joined the fray as two members of the Volturi: Aro and Jane. Both actors got a chance to play something new. For Sheen, it was a chance to play a vampire, versus the werewolf he had played in the “Underworld” series.
“He is one of those extraordinary British actors who is adaptable to any circumstance and who has not a millimeter of ego,” Weitz said. “Michael kind of approached this role — not as a gag but thought, ‘Well, what would a 2,000-year-old vampire be like?’ ”
For Fanning, it was the chance to be the bad girl for once.
“She’s never really gotten to play a bad person before, probably because she is a very good person. She is really a lovely young person. But I think she had some fun playing, really, the most evil of all the bad guys,” Weitz said. “[Jane]‘s bad news. Very bad.”
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MTV je objavil kratek intervju s Kellanom Lutzom.
Kellan Lutz Compares ‘Twilight’ Films
‘Each director is different,’ ‘Eclipse’ star says.
By Larry Carroll
With shooting on “Eclipse” winding down and the “Breaking Dawn” movie still unconfirmed, these may be the final days that Twilighters see any Cullens on a film set for a while. With that in mind, we wanted to make sure we caught up with one of our all-time favorite “Twilight” stars — Mr. Kellan Lutz — at least one more time.
In between his “Eclipse” duties, the Snuggie-loving actor sometimes known as Emmett Cullen sat down exclusively with MTV to discuss his thoughts on the “Twilight” movies, including comparisons of the various films’ directors and his favorite scenes from “New Moon,” due out on November 20.
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.
MTV: What is your favorite “New Moon” scene?
Lutz: My favorite scene is probably anything that Charlie is in, played by Billy Burke. He just has this great comedic timing, and every scene [with him], I get a laugh out of. And there’s just tons of action. That’s the thing too, seeing the wolves actually fight each other and roughhouse. It’s really interesting to see what Chris did.
MTV: Which of the new characters is your favorite?
Lutz: The Volturi boys. I didn’t meet them in “New Moon,” so now [I see them on the "Eclipse" set]. I didn’t have the time to meet them when we were shooting “New Moon” because the shooting schedules were different. So, with seeing them, and finally meeting them on “Eclipse,” they’re really cool. It’s interesting to finally meet them. It’s so weird being an actor in something and not being a part of the whole cast feeling.
MTV: As the saga continues to film, do you feel like you’re becoming more or less like your character?
Lutz: I’ve been my character. I feel like I’ve been Emmett since day one. I really loved the character when I first had the audition for Edward. I was like, “No guys, come on [let me be in the movie].” And then I asked them about Emmett, and something was already done with that, and then it came back [available again]. I just really like Emmett. He’s a great, fun character to play. I’m always so happy to be on the set. He’s not depressing, he’s not complex. He’s just the lovable bear type.
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