FEARNET: JAMIE CAMPBELL BOWER ON ‘NEW MOON’

Jen Yamato at Fearnet also has an exclusive with Jamie Campbell Bower today. Jamie talks about his character Caius, twitter and joining the Saga in the second movie. Read more below:

You play Caius, one of the three powerful vampires who rule the Volturi. But we only get to see you briefly, at the end of New Moon. Is it challenging to infuse your character with all of the back story and motivations that he has when you have limited screen time?

Jamie Campbell-Bower: Well, it wasn’t difficult because there’s so much back story, particularly to the Volturi. We all knew what we were there for, we knew what we were doing. You know, the thing about the Volturi is that they’re introduced in the second film and then come the fourth book, that’s where the meatiness lies. So it’s an introduction, effectively. But I wasn’t disappointed; I knew exactly what I was going to be doing when I got the script. I’m just psyched to be involved in it.

You’ve become one of the Twilight stars with enormous Twitter followings. How do you decide what to share with your fans?

Twitter’s a great thing, but I never put anything that’s incredibly personal on there. Just tidbits of information. If I’m working on a job, I will always ask production what I can say and what I can’t say; you don’t want to get into trouble about it. But also, it’s good press if you’re working on a job. So I try to be personal, but not to a point where I feel people know everything about me.

Were there any Twitter impositions while you were working on New Moon?

For New Moon, obviously they didn’t want to give the look of the Volturi away, or their locations. I would never post a location of where I was, just personally and safety wise, but obviously with the hysteria that surrounds Rob [Pattinson] and Kristen [Stewart] and Taylor [Lautner], you have to be respectful of that. I think that’s just human nature. So all I would say is, “I had a great day filming today, off to bed” and crack on tomorrow.

Joining the franchise with the second film, have you taken any cues on handling the media spotlight from watching Rob and Kristen deal with it?

I don’t think so. It’s not something that I really focus on in my life. It’s not something that I wake up thinking about. I do feel for people that have photographers follow them around everywhere, because it’s very invasive. You want to be able to live your life. Who cares if someone walks down the road having a cigarette, and people are taking pictures of you… I just don’t think that’s very fair.

(Thanks miniJazz!)

Read the entire interview here.