RADAR ONLINE: EDI GATHEGI TALKS 'NEW MOON' AND LAURENT

Radar Online has a new interview with Edi Gathegi. Edi talks about his role in New Moon and how much scarier Laurent really is.

Radar: What was filming New Moon like?

Gathegi: There weren’t that many people on set this time. My big scene was with Bella. It wasn’t like the same crazy, everybody’s around dinner situation. It was still wonderful; it was nice to be able to sink my teeth into my character a little more. I think it’s going to be really great.

Radar: How scary is your scene?

Gathegi: Let’s just put it this way. I told Stephenie Meyer that my goal would be to scare every 14 year-old girl, and she looked at me and said “Edi, you’re so sweet and you have such a little baby face, no one is going to be scared of you at all.” Then she saw the movie and the dailies said, “OK Edi, you scared me!” And I said “That means a lot coming from you,” especially since she told me I wasn’t even going to be able to BE scary!

Radar: Kristen seems so sweet, was it hard to play someone who wants to kill her?

Gathegi: I can get into character. I don’t care how sweet you are, if the character needs me to be a certain way then that’s the way I’m going to be.

Radar: What do you think about Taylor? He is pretty much the buffest man around.

Gathegi: I saw it happen gradually but it’s still pretty phenomenal. The best way I can describe it is he was 16 when he started lifting and he gained 30 pounds, so basically God said, “This is your role. This is what I’m going to give your body. I’m going to allow your body to be able to do this because this is your destiny.”

Radar: Justin Chon told us about going to Wolf Camp, did you go to Vampire Camp?

Gathegi: I went to Vampire Camp for Twilight but not for New Moon. I went to Wolf Camp one day and trained with the guys. Vampire Camp is better.

You can read the full interview here.

Ooh, I look forward to scary Laurent. That is such a heartbreaking scene with Bella. I love that Edi says Vampire Camp is better than Wolf Camp!

What did you think of this interview with Edi? Are you surprised Laurent is so much scarier in New Moon?