Yes, we interviewed to stars from Twilight: New Moon. We considered the pros and cons of this and while we were, we realized that lot of people were currently considering the pros and cons of being associated with this movie. The director, the stars, even half of the people on the soundtrack were debating what the hell they were doing with this film. And yet, all of them are reaping enormous benefits from being involved. Twilight: New Moon has surpassed Star Wars and the Dark Knight in most ticket pre-sales of all time. C’mon. It’s not selling out if you  had little ‘authentic’ credit in the first place, hm?  Plus, I mean… the soundtrack was good. Right? Sort of?

Here’s the interview, as conducted by Peter Kuhn. And anyone who is shaking their head in shame at us should especially read it. If you may not like the film, you have to understand that it’s not the actors. These are normal ‘bros’ doing their job and doing an admittedly good one at that.

Elitist Magazine: What was it like getting into the character roles? Any sort of specific preparation you did for the film? Read any of the books? Any background influences on becoming a vampire?

Daniel Cudmore: For me I sit down. I have built it from an emotional place that I can kinda connect. I wanted to find something that, you know you try to find an emotional thing you can kind of connect to your real life what you have so you can really get into this character. For me I just, as you look at Felix and his character the fact that he doesn’t have a special power. So I just kind of put that and said what happened if I was in this elite coven of vampires and I was the only one who didn’t really have a special power. Would I feel a bit jealous? You know, do certain vampires have better powers and now or are they they higher up on the later. Demetri feels he has been doing what they do for so long so well that I think he has a bit of jealousy in the fact that he doesn’t. But so he transfers that into anger and does what he does really well. So that is kind of where I took it from.

EM: So, Twilight mania. You no doubt saw the reaction to the first movie. How have things been so far since you joined on? Any preparation for the screaming teenage girls?

DC: Last night man. I had gone to concert recently and you know when you leave and your ears are kind of like just a little bit overwhelmed. People say something and you can kind of read their lips. That’s kind of what it was like. Tiny little girls blowing your ear drums out. It’s flattering because to have that many people, you know, who you only really know from a character in the book. So they are just associating you with someone they love in the book and you are still getting that kind of a turn out.

Charlie Bewley: There is no set way. There is obvious media training, which Dan and me did where you learn how to deal with the media. It’s not quite the same thing though when dealing with that velocity, that volume of people, who are just screaming rabidly at you. I think it’s your own psychology, your own how you work, how you translate things, how you process them. I don’t think anyone can really teach you how to absorb it or furthermore use it.

EM: Do your own stunts?

DC: Yea, I have been fortunate. I don’t really consider myself a stunt man because stuntman and women are really talented at what they do and that’s all they really do. There are things I can’t do. I have limitations, so I kind of consider myself like more of an actor who really enjoys doing his own stunt. Obviously there are going to be things where they are gonna say you can do it or I am going to look at it and go I can’t do that and I’m going to let a professional come in and do a great job. Yea, I have just been fortunate enough to be able to be in the right place at the right time and say hey I’d like to try it. I’ve had great stunt coordinators around me say, yea let’s go for it.

EM: A lot of stunts in New Moon?

DC: Yea, it was funny because I worked with the stunt coordinator on a show. So when I found out there was going to be a bit of a fight scene I called him up and said I want to do as much as I can. Just because I wanted to be as involved as I can, I’m kind of selfish in that way. I want to do as much of the character as I can and not feel like I sort of just come in said a few lines and leave. So I called him up and said is there any chance and he said yea, let’s work on it. So I worked with him and Rob Pattinson came in and we worked together for a week before and then we got a really cool fight scene. I’ve seen bits and pieces, I haven’t seen it pieced together, and it’s going to bring a whole new audience to this film. It’s kick ass.

EM: So you did most of the filming in Vancouver but then moved to Montepulciano, Italy. How was it there?

CB: It was a wonderful PR stunt, first and foremost on the part of Summit. We needed about six minutes of footage. We went there for almost two weeks, I think and the decision was probably made that we could find somewhere on location in Vancouver or we could go to Italy and really embrace what it is about the Volturi. Chris and Wick flew out there. They did so much research into finding the right place. When the found it, it was between Volterra and Montepulciano. It just didn’t work in Volterra, so they made the decision to go into Montepulciano, which is this little rustic – it’s beautiful, so ethereal

DC: Tough place to work…

CB: You kind of knew when you were going there that there was going to be this hive of activity up there. But when you are going up the cutbacks and it’s like hilltops, rustic, very very thousand years old. Everything is as was. Cobble streets, little shops. You get there and it’s just. There were 5,000 fans there at the film set. You go in and it’s like the most intense experience. There were only six cast men. Let’s face it, they are there to see Chris, our director and Robert. They want to see Rob Pattinson and Kristen. They want to see these guys. Once they realized, I walked around the first day with a security badge and no one knew who I was…

DC: I was getting security going what do you think you are doing?. Where do you think you’re going? It’s kind of fun.

CB: No one knows who I am, just enjoy the place. Someone was watching, only one person was watching because I don’t give a very good representation of myself. They tug on the shoulder and they say are you in Twilight and I say yea. They turn and look at me, I just kind of knew it was going to happen, that Notting Hill open the door without your pants on moment. Pandomomium, there was a wall  of photographers instantly within about ten seconds and it’s like [imitating camera noise]. I’m just like oh my god, this is ridiculous. This is what it was like all the eight days we were there. We only shot for one day and we got these shots and they were great. We just got to enjoy the lavish hospitality that they guys put on for us, which was just – I don’t think life could get any better than that week.

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