The BBC has posted their interview with Ashley Greene and Xavier Samuel during the press junket for Eclipse in the UK. Both actors talked about how different Eclipse is, with the action and drama being raised by director David Slade.
BBC talks to the Eclipse stars
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“Sometimes you get so comfortable with something and you don’t see little nuances here and there. It was fun to work with David and add a new layer onto this layer that I’d already created.”
Co-stars Nikki Reed and Kellan Lutz also talked about making the film and the training they have to undergo.
Co-star Lutz agrees: “He didn’t want to change what we did, but he wanted to get our insight on the script and where we saw it going and then he added his own ideas. It was a great collaboration. It opens doors to new levels.”
Kellan Lutz, who plays vampire Emmett Cullen, says: “It’s going to grab a lot more guys. As a guy who loves actions movies versus the chick flicks, I loved what they did with the trailer.”
Nikki Reed (vampire Rosalie) recalls the six weeks of mixed martial arts training she went through for the fight scenes. “We really trained hard. It’s amazing how that ends up as 30 seconds of screen time.
Meanwhile director David Slade talked about taking on the project, talking with the cast and casting a goth legend as the role of the cold one.
“Hardy Candy was something we talked a lot about. That seemed to be the one driving force,” says Slade, of his early discussions about taking on Eclipse. “It didn’t hurt that I’d done videos for Muse, who happen to be the author’s favourite band.”
“It is the darkest of the books,” says Slade. “The characters are getting older, the blacks and whites are getting shades of greys. We shot it in 50 days. I was so immersed in trying to get this film made I never really thought about that stuff.”
“I thought, who is the first vampire ever? It’s Peter Murphy!” said David Slade, the director of Eclipse. “I just called him up and he said: ‘Sure that’ll be great.’ I just can’t think of a better first ever vampire than Peter Murphy – he’s the original undead, undead, undead,” said Slade, quoting a lyric from the song.
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