E! ONLINE: ALEX MERAZ – ‘I AM NOT A WEREWOLF!’
He may be playing a werewolf on-screen in New Moon, but don’t be fooled, Alex Meraz is not a werewolf in real life. In a new interview with E! Online, Meraz explains one of his craziest fan encounters so far – being confused for his character:
“Someone started yelling at me because they didn’t like my character,” Meraz told us last night at a Carrera Vintage Sunglasses party at the Chateau Marmont hotel.“I play a bad boy, so she got mad at me,” he added. “She said, ‘I hate you, Paul!’ That was the craziest thing for me—being confused for a character.”
Meraz’s response to the hater?…
“I yelled back at her, ‘I love you, too!’” he said.
Not only good-looking, but he’s charming, too, and already one of the gang on the set! Uh-oh, is Meraz about to give Rob Pattinson a run for his money in the sex symbol department?
“Rob’s just kind of soaking it up for everyone,” Meraz said. “I’m happy to have just a smidgen of what he’s got…I’m not worried about being a sex symbol.”
It sounds like Meraz will be around for awhile. He kind of revealed that he may already be signed on to reprise his role in the third Twilight flick. “The next movie we’re doing is Eclipse, so I’ll wait to read the book a couple weeks before we start doing it, so I can really focus on it,” Meraz said. “I don’t want to spread myself too thin.”
The fan encounter thing is pretty funny, but he should probably brace himself for some more interesting encounters. And I’ll beg to differ with Alex on the “sex symbol” topic – I think he is much more of one than he realizes. Lastly, I’m thrilled to hear that he “kind of revealed” that he’s signed on to do Eclipse. I’m happy with the current cast and I’d be very sad to have to endure another cast switch, or even endure the rumors of one.
What did you think of this interview? Do you think Alex is working his way up to a sex symbol? And about what Alex said regarding Eclipse – are you relieved to hear him hint that he will reprise his role?
