Tuesday November 10, 2009
Don't speak badly of Bella Swan in front of
Kristen Stewart. Stewart plays the heroine of Stephenie Meyer's bestselling book series in the film franchise based on the
Twilight books, and she's become quite possessive and attached to the character over the course of shooting three movies.
"I'm very protective of her," said Stewart at the LA press conference for
New Moon. "I feel a shared ownership. It's weird. If you were talk about the character in a way that was not at all thought out or flippant, I would be right there to say that you didn't know what you were talking about. I'm so defensive of her. So, yeah, I feel like I like her a lot."
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Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson star as U.S. Army officers assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service in the dramatic film,
The Messenger. Foster calls playing a soldier who has to deliver heartbreaking news to families of deceased soldiers a very "dense" experience. A great amount of time was spent doing research, and Foster and Harrelson found there was a wealth of resources out there to draw from.
"We went to Walter Reed [Army Medical Center]. We met on a train going to Walter Reed and spent time in the amputee ward. That was a very harrowing experience," said Foster. "It was the first time, at least for myself, that I had seen the results of war in a very visceral way. The place is a remarkable facility.
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Monday November 9, 2009
Twilight fans know that the second book of the series,
New Moon, is light on Edward Cullen and heavy on Jacob Black. But
Robert Pattinson has such a massive fan following, and Edward is such a popular character, that director Chris Weitz and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg found a way to work the character in more than he is in
Stephenie Meyer's bestselling book. In the book, Bella hears Edward's voice whenever she's doing something dangerous. But in the film, we get to see Pattinson as Edward telling Bella (
Kristen Stewart) to be careful.
At the LA press conference for
New Moon, Pattinson talked about the decision to include more of Edward in the film and how he's really embraced the role of a passionate, sensitive vampire who doesn't feed on humans:
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17 year old
Taylor Lautner plays Jacob Black, a member of the Quileute Tribe, in the
Twilight movie series based on the bestselling books by
Stephenie Meyer. Because Jacob undergoes an incredible physical transformation between book one,
Twilight, and book two,
New Moon, Lautner had to also undergo a massive weight change, bulking up and packing on muscles to fill out the role. And while Lautner had no problem hitting the gym, he didn't want to grow out his hair to the length required of him in
Twilight and
New Moon. So, just as he did for
Twilight, Lautner wore a long black wig. But, thankfully, it was only for half of
New Moon.
"It not only was uncomfortable...one, I'd look at myself in the mirror and I wouldn't even be able to recognize myself. It was so weird just to see that hair on me. Two, it was very itchy, hot, whatever, annoying. Also it slowed down the filming process. Whenever it got caught in my eye or whatever, we'd have to cut and start over. It got caught in my mouth and I'm spitting hair out in the middle of the scene. I'm coming this close to kissing Bella and, 'Sorry, I've got to spit my hair out.' It was annoying," said Lautner at the LA press day for the Summit Entertainment film.
"So the day we were able to...we actually had a picture wrap on the wig. The crew claps for you at the end or whatever. My last day of filming with the wig, we ripped it off, held it up in the air, like, 'That's a picture wrap on Taylor's wig!' The whole crew gave it a standing ovation. It was amazing. It was great to chop that thing off."
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