PEOPLE.COM: FIRST LOOK AT ‘NEW MOON’S’ EVIL VOLTURI
People.com has a exclusive look at some more peeks at the Volturi in New Moon, along with a great interview from Chris Weitz. Check out more below:
Prepare to be scared.In New Moon, the second installment in Stephenie Meyer’s wildly popular Twilight saga, readers are first introduced to the ancient ruling class of vampires known as the Volturi. Determined to capture their creepy menace for his screen version opening Nov. 20, New Moon director Chris Weitz has given them custom-crafted blood-red eyes.
“They’re all hand-painted, specially manufactured contacts,” Weitz tells PEOPLE. “They’re opaque red, almost like preying mantis eyes. You can’t really see into them. There’s something terribly off-putting about it.”
British actor Michael Sheen (The Queen) plays Aro, leader of the Italian blood-sucking clan. Although Aro and his brothers Marcus (Christopher Heyerdahl) and Caius (Jamie Campbell Bower) have been “alive” for thousands of years, Weitz says he “deliberately” gave them a younger look in the film – for which he credits author Meyer.
“Stephenie was very keen to steer away from a kind of wizard-y look for the vampires,” says Weitz. “They do look quite young, but they convey a formality and self-possession, which comes from age.”
Check out People.com’s exclusive Volturi pictures here. (Including Charlie Bewley as Demetri!)
(Thanks to Miranda, Jen and Sahar!)
I’m so glad People had the chance to feature Charlie as Demetri. We didn’t get to see Demetri or Felix in the Volturi pictures that were released yesterday.
What do you think of these Volturi pictures? What do you think of the actual Volturi age comments that Stephenie made?
