FEARNET: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHARLIE BEWLEY
Fearnet has a great new interview with actor Charlie Bewley, who plays Demetri in New Moon. Charlie spoke to them from Philadelphia, where he was located for one of the several stops on the New Moon cast tour across the country, and discussed many topics like what new fans New Moon will bring to the franchise, how the PG-13 rating may have restricted filming, and more:
What new fans will New Moon bring into the Twilight fold?I think New Moon will bring in a whole male demographic, who I think will be more receptive towards the primal characters in these films – the Volturi, the guards, and the werewolves. They’ll be a good solid fan base there. Not to mention the fact that my character is very sexually ambiguous, and therefore I hope to claim the gay demographic. [Laughs.] I did a very flamboyant portrayal of Demetri.
That’s definitely the first that I’ve heard of sexual ambiguity in the Twilight Saga. Did you approach Demetri with that in mind?
It wasn’t a choice – that’s the way my character [is]. We were saying, I’m not sure if he’s European or gay. You know that saying? I’ve struggled with that kind of thing my whole life, or while I was traveling in North America, I should say. I don’t see the problem in indulging in that side; Demetri is Italian. He’s very European. He’s also acutely arrogant and he’s probably going to come across as borderline gay.
The Twilight films are PG-13, and because of that there are certain restrictions they’ll always have to limit themselves to. What would you want to see yourself do, or even the rest of your cast, if there were no ratings boundaries?
Good question! There is a scene in New Moon where our “food” is brought into the dining room — the “food” being, as the books state, a bunch of well-fed American tourists who have come to appreciate Volterra. I would say the more vicious aspect of our characters, whereby we go in and absolutely rip these guys to shreds in the most primal, vicious, aggressive fashion. I think you’re going to see a little bit of that when it comes to David Slade’s Eclipse. I don’t think it’s going to go that far, but vampires could go a lot further. We are a vicious breed.
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