It's the moment we've all been waiting for -- Twilight is finally coming out! We can't wait to see one of our fave series adapted for the big screen with! Check our chat with Rachelle Lefevre, who plays cat-like vampire Victoria, and check back tomorrow for another Twilight interview...
Did you feel pressure adapting the book, since there are such diehard fans?
Yeah, definitely. You don't want to disappoint the fans. This is something that's so beloved, and you definitely want to do your best to pay tribute. You can't be what's in everybody's imagination, but you definitely want to be as true to the books as possible. And that's why all of us were so glad to have Stephenie [Meyer, the author] every step of the way because she was there at the ready with her input. You could call her if you had a question and that was the way to make sure you were staying true to the book and that the fans were going to be happy.
Could you tell us a little about Victoria as a character?
Everybody has been referring to the three nomads as the evil vampires, and I suppose classically we are certainly the villains, but my take on it is more that Victoria just feels that she now has powers that elevate her above mere mortals and there's no reason anymore to adhere to silly moral human values, so she just does whatever she feels like. She's just pure instinct. So when James becomes obsessed with attacking Bella, then it's just something to do and why not? And who's this mortal that's being protected by these vampires, anyway? She doesn't deserve that, because we're gods. So there's some sort of punishment to be exacted here. But to Victoria it makes sense. It's not the evil thing; it's the rational thing.
How are you like and unlike Victoria?
I'm unlike Victoria because I'm Canadian, and we always have that reputation for being really polite. I always joke that somebody bumps into me in the street and I apologize to them. So in that sense, [I'm] very different from Victoria, who is, of course, never apologetic and does whatever she feels like without consequences or excuses or apologies. She's extremely independent and I kind of like to think of myself that way.
What do you think about the recent surge of vampire-inspired series?
It's strange how that happens in the zeitgeist. I've had a vampire thing since I was 14 because I read Bram Stoker's Dracula, but I think that it asks a lot of important questions, like the value of life and the fragility of human life compared with the super-human power, but the cost is everything that you know and everybody you love. It's a really interesting question, and I'm glad that people are sort of exploring that.
What was it like filming in the rain?
It was cold and awful. It was exactly the world that Stephenie had created and so the weather was perfect for the movie in terms of being true to the book, but for us, you spend 12 hours a day outside in the rain, then you kind of wish you're a vampire, actually, because then you wouldn't be cold and it wouldn't bother you! It was a bonding experience because we would make each other hot chocolate and huddle around heaters and things, so I think it kept us close as a cast, actually.
What was it like working with Robert Pattinson?
He's amazing. He's such a sweetheart. I've known him since we started filming last March, and bless him, he hasn't really changed. He's adapting to this newfound fame and excitement that's being thrust his way, but he's still the same old great Rob that you can sit down and have a meal with and chat to and that's a real credit to exactly how nice he is because some people would let it get to his head and he hasn't.
Do you have any favorite memories from being on set?
The best thing was when we were all adjusting to our contact lenses, particularly Cam and Edi and I because we were playing the nomadic vampires who actually eat human blood, so we had different eye color. Whereas the Cullens have amber-golden eyes, we have dark black, sort of blood-red eyes. So we had these contact lenses that were painted almost black to cover up our natural eye color, and it goes over your pupil a little bit so you end up with tunnel vision -- you have no peripheral vision. You're supposed to be playing like a god-like creature and somebody is literally holding your hand carrying you down one step at a time, or you trip, or somebody's going to talk to me but I can't see them, so somebody's always sneaking up on me. And then they would go and call "Action!" And we'd have to pretend that it was totally normal and then we'd look like we're all graceful and perfect and then we'd go back to bumping into things. So it was probably funny to watch.
Are there any big differences between the book and the movie?
The book is like 600 pages or something, and obviously we only have between an hour and a half and two hours. So it's a condensed version, obviously not everything makes it into the movie, but whatever's in the movie is in the book. I think it's a really true adaptation and anything that got tweaked or added or changed in order to condense the story, Stephenie knew about it. She was there to help. It's definitely still her world.
Will there be a Twilight sequel?
We hope so. We all really want to do the next ones. We're basically just waiting to hear. No decisions have been made about that unfortunately, that I know of, only that we're waiting to see if we get the green light for a sequel and then hopefully we'll all be back.
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