EXCLUSIVE FANSITE INTERVIEWS WITH THE ‘NEW MOON’ HUMANS

Not too long ago, we (along with our amazing Twilight fansite partners) were given the opportunity to speak with the “human” actors in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. Of course, the actors that comprise this group are none other than Michael Welch (Mike Newton), Anna Kendrick (Jessica Stanley), Justin Chon (Eric Yorkie), and Christian Serratos (Angela Webber). In the new interviews, the actors talk about the differences in New Moon and Twilight, their experiences with the fans, their knack for comedy, and much more. The questions in the interview are from the following websites: Twilighters Anonymous, Twilight Lexicon, Twilight Examiner, Twilight Series Theories, Twilight Facebook, Twilight Moms, His Golden Eyes, Twilighters.org, MSN Twilight Superfan, Twilight Source, and Bella and Edward. Check out a preview of the interviews below.

Does having different directors with different visions for each movie cause any confusion on how you should play your characters?

Mike: I think that the directors that we’ve had are very different in terms of style and process, but there seems to be a singular vision in terms of our characters. Everyone seems to be pretty unanimous about it. And that basically is that we are there to, you know, add levity to the film, to the franchise, and just to represent normalcy in Bella’s life. Represent, you know, just kind of a real high school experience to give the story some grounding so that people are able to believe the more supernatural fantasy element.

You had talked earlier about the monologueing. Can you give me some examples of maybe some adlibbing that you were able to do?

Anna: An example of adlibbing? Well, you know, I don’t want to give anything away. I mean, honestly, we were doing these takes where I just had to keep talking to fill space. So I am wondering what exactly it was that I ended up saying just as much as anybody. So I’m looking forward to seeing it and finding out because I have almost no idea what I ended up saying.

You guys are both so great at adding that comedic element into the movies. You both seem to be able to say a thousand words just with your facial expressions. And I was curious who are your comedic inspirations as actors?

Mike: Well for me, the whole reason I became an actor is because of Jim Carrey. I probably watched, you know, “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective” a thousand times as a kid. Man, other than that, a lot of comedic inspirations. Actors and comedians, you know, guys like, oh man … I think I’m just going to stick with Jim Carrey for now because he sort of jumpstarted the whole thing for me.

Anna: And I would have to say Parker Posey has been a favorite of mine for a long time. And all the players involved in Christopher Guest films. But then, at the same time, you know, more traditional ladies of comedy. You know, the Tina Fey’s and Kristen Wiigs of the world are really inspirational, I think, as far as women in comedy go.

View the complete interview with Michael and Anna here.

At the end of Twilight we see that Eric and Angela are a couple at the prom. Do they stay together in New Moon, and if so, how would you describe their relationship? Are they quirky, silly, or cute?

Justin: Yeah, they stay together.

Christian: They are together through it all. They are very silly, and very quirky. They’re an interesting couple.

Justin: Quirky, but at times I don’t even know. It is like, they aren’t even together, but they are. They are very much together, but, you know how those couples that will fight in front of everyone else but in private, they will be as sweet as can be.

Christian: They’re that cute bickering couple.

Since you have played your characters for two films, and you play them so well, is there a point where you ad lib a line or tweak something in the script? Or do you think that your character might say something other than what is written?

Justin: Well, it is really up to the director on how he feels that the scene ultimately should be shaped, but if there is something that we feel that might be more effective by tweaking it a little and we will do it and see what the director has to say. If he likes it, he will keep it in. If not, we’ll just continue to explore the options.

Christian: We’re really encouraged to speak up and let someone know if we feel it would be better to do this… everyone is encouraged to speak up because we are trying to make the best movie ever! We’re trying to nail it, and if we feel something coming out of our mouth, then we’re encouraged to speak up.

Do you have a favorite line from New Moon that sticks out to you?

Justin: Yeah I think I do. But, honestly I haven’t seen the movie yet, so I think I will probably pick one when I see it.

Christian: Yah, me too!

View the complete interview with Justin and Christian here.