Jackson Rathbone interview.

Jackson Rathbone (Jasper) plays a vampire who has the ability to manipulate emotions in the big screen adaptation of Twilight, the bestselling book by Stephenie Meyer. At Twilight's Los Angeles premiere - surrounded by hundreds of fans who didn't stop screaming for three hours. Rathbone talked about Meyer's take on vampire mythology.

So we don't really see his special powers in this one.
Jackson Rathbone: Oh no.

Why?
Jackson Rathbone: We've a lot to do in this film and Jasper's powers are one of those that you don't really want to give up right on the onset. I think, hopefully, we get to do the second and third film and by the third film I think it'll be very obvious. However I think we do a little subtleties here and there. I don't know if you catch up on them but whenever Jasper meets Bella for the first time inside the Cullen house, there's a little bit of a moment. It's a slight, very subtle thing that Catherine [Hardwicke] worked on with all of us.

It's not something that you can outwardly show anyway.

Jackson Rathbone: You know, it has to do with other people. It's the ability to manipulate emotions. Maybe if turned around they'd yell all scream.

Are you tired of signing your autograph yet?
Jackson Rathbone: You know, no, but I think my hands have gone numb.

So why do you think people love Twilight so much?
Jackson Rathbone: I think everybody's always attracted to the vampire genre. I've always been, myself. And the mythology of being immortal and invulnerable basically, it's something extreme. I've always been attracted to extremes in life and in stories and art. I think that's why people are here because it's extreme yet at the same time, it's grounded in morality.

Did you miss not having fangs?
Jackson Rathbone: You know, I was worried because that was going to be a mess. I'd be talking like this the entire time. I have fangs in my mouth and I can't speak properly. No, no, no. We all talked about that and we're really happy because it makes it more realistic, a little bit more modern, you know?

Why does it make it more modern?
Jackson Rathbone: Because it's always been the old fairy tale that Nosferatu has these long fangs or Buffy the Vampire Slayer where their faces go and the forehead and the teeth grow out. So it's like we're in a new age, a new age that says, 'Hey, you've got some pretty nice canines. I've got some pretty good canines. We can sink our teeth into some flesh. We could do some damage, couldn't we?'

Are you ready for New Moon?
Jackson Rathbone: I don't know if anybody is. I don't know what's going on with it. I think that we're going to wait until tonight and then we're going to figure that all out.

But you're hoping?
Jackson Rathbone: Of course. Yeah.

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Kellan Lutz Interview.

Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) admitted to being overwhelmed by the response of fans at the Los Angeles premiere of Summit Entertainment's Twilight. Lutz has been out and about so he knows how passionate the supporters of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series are, yet the response in LA caught him a little by surprise.

Good to see you again. So are you tired of doing your autograph?
Kellan Lutz: Never. I don't want to see the movie. I just want to keep on going around and around.

You know they would love it if you did that?
Kellan Lutz: I know. I know.

Did you expect this? I mean you've see the fan reaction already, but this?
Kellan Lutz: No, not at all. This is…I still haven't had time to take it in. It's very humbling to be a part of it and to sign so many things. And especially to have fans make posters for us. That's really cool.

People yelling out your name…
Kellan Lutz: Yeah, yeah. And they get it right actually. No Keelans or Kielans.

So tell me, these fans have huge expectations. The movie's going to live up to it, right?
Kellan Lutz: I hope so. I haven't seen it yet so I really can't wait.

Why haven't you seen it yet?
Kellan Lutz: I don't know. No one likes me. No one invites me to these screenings. I've been out of time every time. I think a part of me really wanted to wait and just see it with all the fans, and experience it the best way I could and that's right now, tonight.

Tell me about bonding as the Cullen family.
Kellan Lutz: I mean, I had the honor to work with a bunch of my friends who I'd been friends with previously. And, you know, just work with our shooting schedule which was only like 8 hours a day versus the 14… We had a lot of time to mingle and to talk and to get dinners. We really grew super close.

But you had a really short shooting schedule too, only 44 days.
Kellan Lutz: But we still, most of us live in LA so we're here to hang out.

What was it like on that set with the weather and everything else?
Kellan Lutz: I love the weather. That was my favorite part of it. I'm from the Midwest so I love the hail, the rain. While everyone else is trying to get warm in the camping tent, I'm out there just running around, eating the hail. It was fun.

Are you ready for New Moon?
Kellan Lutz: So am, so am.

If they started getting ready in January, you'd be there?
Kellan Lutz: I'm just in my bed, waiting.

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Kristen Stewart and Ashley Greene Interviews.

Kristen Stewart (Bella) and Ashley Greene (Alice) hit the red carpet for the Los Angeles premiere of Summit Entertainment's Twilight looking gorgeous and ready to show the film off to Twilight supporters. Stewart and Greene were surrounded by the rest of the Twilight cast as well as a thousand or so fans who could not get enough of the actors who are bringing their favorite characters to life.

Kristen Stewart: Bella in Twilight.

How are you handling this mob of fans?
Kristen Stewart: I mean we were prepared. We were told. I understand why these guys are so passionate and hardcore. The book is sort of hardcore.

How is it for you to take on a franchise like this?
Kristen Stewart: Fine. I mean, I didn't even know it was going to be a franchise. I was totally compelled by the character in the book. It's oddly engaging and it's very fundamental. And it sort of has everything that a young girl would sort of connect with. And you have a really strong female lead, it's sort of complicated and really crazy and scary and convoluted and sexy at the same time."

Ashley Greene: Alice in Twilight.

Ashley Greene: Oh my god! It's quite amazing. It's a really great feeling to walk in there and have people chanting your name and be just as passionate about a film as I am.

What is so unique about the story that makes all these people come out?
Ashley Greene: One, for the guys it's a different kind of vampire story and it does have the sports and the fight scenes and all those elements. But when it boils down to it, it's a really kind of epic love story. It's the story about two people who just can't bear to be away from each other and I think everybody wants that, and everybody relates to that. And then you throw in the superhero powers and the glory of being a vampire and it just hits on every level.

That complicates things though.
Ashley Greene: It's a layered, complicated story.

Why do you think so many people love Alice?
Ashley Greene: She's so loveable. No, I mean she's just extremely happy to be alive, or be being – I don't know if alive is the right word – and to have a family who loves her. And she's kind of out for the better good, even though she is a vampire, of other people in her family. And she's just upbeat and happy, and then she has this kick ass power of being able to see the future. I don't think that hurts either.

What were your feelings while you read the books?
Ashley Greene: You know, I was in love with Edward, too. I'm not going to lie. I was like, 'Where is this guy? Where does he exist? Where can I find him?' So I was just in love with the story as everybody else, and then I got to film it. It's been amazing.

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