Dose.ca Talks to Kellan Lutz About ‘Eclipse’ and ‘Breaking Dawn’
Dose.ca has a great interview with Kellan Lutz where he talks about his excitement for Eclipse, what it was like to shoot a movie with so much CGI, and of course a little on Emmett! Read more below:
You have a pretty intense fight scene early on in Eclipse where you face off against a werewolf. What’s it like acting against CGI?
That was tough because when I’m doing stunts, I need someone to push me to act against. But with the wolf, I just had to fake it. It’s just really funny when you have a cardboard cutout that you’re acting against. And that river was freezing! It was so cold and I was like “But vampires can’t breathe.” And David was like “Just use it as if you’re mad at the wolf.” So I’m like [mimes shivering and shaking]. All the actors playing the wolves have the easiest job ever because they get to hang out shirtless and then they don’t fight! [Laughs]
What was it like working with David Slade?
He’s really cool. I’m really a big fan. 30 Days of Night is such a great, epic vampire movie, and Hard Candy is such an intense mental movie, so he’s a great director for this kind of dark, edgy movie. He was never stressed and he always had this dry sense of humour that I loved. Some people didn’t get it, like Rob [Pattinson] would just not understand his jokes, which made me laugh even more.
This movie is much darker than the other ones, but Emmett is still the film’s most happy-go-lucky vampire.
My character is such an extremist; he is certain that nothing can hurt him. But he’s also a kid at heart and loves life to the fullest. And when he’s messing with Bella, I love that he can crack jokes in a jovial way instead of a mean way. He just likes to pick on her and then he shows his dimples. Like me growing up. I come from a big family. And I got away with stuff ’cause I’d just smile and be like, “I didn’t do it!”
Read the entire interview at Dose.ca here.
