MTV: PETER FACINELLI SHARES A KEY ‘NEW MOON’ LINE - BUT NOT IN CHARACTER
MTV’s Larry Carroll has an interview with Peter Facinelli where he discusses his favorite line in New Moon, but insists he cannot do it in character.
MTV: So, Peter, as we get closer to the “New Moon” release, are you excited to see the final product?Peter Facinelli: Yeah, I dig the clips that I’ve seen. I’m excited to see what Chris Weitz has put together. I’m looking forward — as a fan of the books and a fan of the movies — to seeing it myself.
MTV: We’ve been asking your co-stars to give us their favorite “New Moon” line in character. Can you do yours?
Facinelli: Oh, wow. Now I have to reach back a whole year and try to remember my lines from a year ago, when I can barely remember my lines the day of. … OK, here we go: “Like everything else in life, I just had to decide what to do with what I was given.” That’s a line that Carlisle says.
MTV: OK, cool. But can you do it in character?
Facinelli: No. [Laughs.] Then, you gotta pay me. If I’m gonna act, you better pay me, Larry Carroll!
MTV: All right, we’ll take down your address and have every fan send you a quarter.
Facinelli: You know, I don’t even know if I can do Carlisle on the spot like that.
MTV: Really?
Facinelli: No. That takes time and preparation.
MTV: Well, we certainly don’t want to reduce you to a Vegas-like thing. Like you’re doing an Elvis imitation.
Facinelli: [Laughs.] No, no. Really, in order to play those roles, you have to get into the whole spirit of the character. I have to have on my white makeup and my contact lenses, otherwise it just doesn’t work. Otherwise, it looks like Peter Facinelli trying to play something; it’s weird. But I could say that’s one of my favorite lines from “New Moon”: “Like everything else in life, I just had to decide what to do with what I was given.” But that’s me saying it, not Carlisle. [In “New Moon”] Carlisle says it, and it’s very Carlisle-esque.
MTV: Well, then, tell us about the day you got to deliver the line on the “New Moon” set. Was it everything you had hoped it would be?
Facinelli: I hope so. God, I hope so. You know, it was a line that wasn’t in the script. It was in the book, and I asked Chris Weitz if we could put it in the movie, because I liked that line.
MTV: Really?
Facinelli: Yeah, and so we worked it into the stitching scene with Bella. It was in the book with Bella, when I was stitching her up. It’s just a line that I always liked.
Read the entire interview here.
I love Peter, he has the best wit and sense of humor!
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that’s *awesome* that he knows the stories so well that he insists on putting certain lines in the movies!
/sigh *heart Peter*
I love, love, love Peter. Loved his interview. I can see why he cannot do Carlisle “on the spot”. It makes perfect sense he has to “prepare and get in character”.
I like his favorite line.“Like everything else in life, I just had to decide what to do with what I was given.”
I love that Peter got CW to include that line from the book. It was one of the most significant, poignant lines that came from Carlisle! Yay Peter!
I love that Peter identifies so much with Carlisle that he says “I” when talking about the character in the book. “It was in the book with Bella, when I was stitching her up.” Obviously he was the perfect person to play this role for us.
I didn’t think I could appreciate Peter any more than I already do but wow this guy is awesome. Just the fact that he asked Chris to put this line in the movie shows how much he cares about his character and how the books are brought to the screen. Can’t wait to see the scene he’s talking about, one of the best Carlisle moments ever:)
Love love love Peter & the Carlisle he has helped bring to life. Its great that the cast get to add pieces they like to the movies without they being in the script. And its such a cool line too! Well done to Chris Weitz for going with it. I hope they do add in some actual lines from the books so us obsessed fans can be trying to pick them out when we go see the movie.
Ive always loved Peter. I honestly cant remember that line from the book. ill have to check up again when im reading it before the release date. OMG 69 more days, when will the wait end!
that is such a deep and meaningful line. i am really glad that he asked chris to put that in the movie. now i just hope that it doesnt get cut out!!!