Here is a video interview with The Volturi and how they feel playing these red-eyed vampires.
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The official new moon website has been updated and finally we have been given access into the Volturi Estate
They had the Cullen house and the La Push Reservation up for some time but now you can see the bio’s for Bella, Edward, Alice, Caius, Marcus, Aro, Jane, Alec. The page gives a virtual tour of the room where Aro, Marcus and Caius sit. Here are some stills but go check it out it is quite something
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Thanks to newmoonmovie.org for the pics
New Moon: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion has been released. This beautiful paperback edition celebrates the onscreen creation of Stephenie Meyer’s fascinating world, brought to life by Academy Award-nominated director Chris Weitz. With never-before-seen images, exclusive interviews and personal stories, renowned author Mark Cotta Vaz takes you behind the scenes with cast and crew, uncovering intimate details of the filmmaking process. Inside this deluxe visual companion, get an intimate look at the creation of the film. With lavish, never-before-seen full-colour photographs, exclusive interviews with the cast and crew, and answers to questions about costume and set design. You’ll get a glimpse into the director’s aesthetic inspiration, learn the secrets behind some of the film’s most intense stunts, and learn just how a person can become a werewolf. Here are some scans from New Moon Movie Companion. Can you guess the scenes?
You can purchase The Movie Companion from:
US - Amazon.com for $10.25
UK - Amazon.co.uk for £6.59
SA – Exclusive Books for R238.00 or Kalahari.net for R199.95
Michael Sheen as Aro
A few hours ago I spoke with Michael Sheen regarding his new movie “The Damned United”. While I’ll have much more on his new film soon, I was able to ask Michael about some of his other projects like “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”, “Tron Legacy”, “Alice in Wonderland” and the “Underworld” franchise. So if you’d like to hear what Michael had to say about those projects, hit the jump.
The first thing Michael told me was he’s heard the rumors about a 4th “Underworld”, but no one has contacted him yet.
We then spoke about the next “Twilight” movie, “New Moon” and he revealed the main reason he took the role of Aro is because of his daughter. He also talked about working on Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland” and explained his love of the book and how the movie is going to be different.
Finally, when I did the TV portion of the junket, I asked Michael about his work on “Tron Legacy”. He told me about his love of the first film and how the sequel was practical sets and not green screen. Here’s what he said. The rest of the quotes are below.
You were in a very successful franchise, “Underworld,” and so I was wondering if they’ve talked to you about doing a 4th film?Michael Sheen: Nobody has spoken to me about it. I heard a rumor…I heard someone saying there might be a 4th film but nobody has actually contacted me about it.
So going into “Twilight: New Moon”, were you nervous about taking this role because you had already come from a franchise like that, or were you more excited for the role? What was your thought process and what was it like making the film with all the hubbub around it?
Michael Sheen: I was mainly excited about it because I knew I would make my daughter very happy. Up front, that was the main reason. And then I read the books and I really enjoyed the books. I didn’t think I was going to, but I really did enjoy them. Then I was concerned that the fans of “Twilight” would be like, “But he’s played a werewolf; we can’t have him as a vampire,” and all that. But it hasn’t been like that. And because it was a very different character and I could sort of lose myself in it, hopefully people won’t have a problem with me having been in this other werewolf/vampire franchise. So when I went to do it, I just loved the character. I relished the opportunity to be there and be part of it. Now I’m just very pleased to have a whole new generation of people I can scare.
You mentioned your daughter. You’re quoted in the NY Post as saying she was a little annoyed when you took the part.
Michael Sheen: Right, well, I think she felt a whole combination of emotions. I think she was a bit overwhelmed by the fact that I was going to be in it. I think she was really excited, but, at the same time, I remember what this was like when I was ten, eleven. If there was something I was really into, the last thing I wanted was for my mom and dad to be into it as well. That’s just annoying. So she was very excited and she cried when I first told her about it. I think it was just her fantasy/imaginative world suddenly colliding with her reality. She didn’t know how she felt about it. She punched me I remember and kicked me. I think that was her sort of frustration with me. In fact it was her mother who said, “Is it because that’s your thing and now daddy’s getting in on it?” And she said, “Yes.” So it was her (as usual) very perceptive mother who got that. But then, very quickly, she made peace with that and then she was just very excited about going to the premiere.
How do you find your inner white rabbit?
Michael Sheen: Everyone has an inner white fluffy animal. It’s such an iconic character that I didn’t feel like I should break the mold too much. I sort of just went with it. It’s a great character and a great story. “Alice in Wonderland” and “Peter Pan”were the first stories growing up that had a huge impact on me and have stayed with me ever since. So to be part of Tim Burton’s version is just a dream come true.
Since those lines are so classic, did you approach it like you would a “Hamlet”?
Michael Sheen: As a sort of cultural iconography, you know you are sort of treading that path. But Tim’s version of the story is not the original version. It’s everything you’d want in an “Alice in Wonderland” but it’s slightly off kilter as Tim Burton is one to do. It’s not like I was doing the same thing as has been done before.
Michael Sheen, interviewed at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in London’s Covent Garden, where he scooped actor of the year, says security was so tight on the New Moon, that people couldn’t even take photos on set.
The actor, who plays Aro in the film, told Newsbeat there was somebody who was given the task of preventing leaks.
He said: “I remember someone whose job was containment and I thought: ‘What does that actually mean? Does that mean stopping people from getting on the set?’
“And it wasn’t, it was to stop people on the set taking pictures and sending them out.”
Sheen, star of Frost/Nixon and The Queen, revealed that Twilight fans were actually pretty well behaved during filming.
‘Bit mental’
“There’s a lot of security but there was nobody hanging around the set or anything like that,” he said.
“I think all the Twilight fans are very well behaved on the whole, they let them do the work and then when they’re out and about they go a bit mental.”
For Sheen though, the big bonus has to be the brownie points he’s scored with his daughter.
He said: “The best thing about it is I’m now a poster on my own daughter’s wall, which is about the best thing that could ever possibly happen.
“When they first asked me if I wanted to do it, I hadn’t read the books or anything, so I had to ask my daughter what the character was like without tipping her off… because I didn’t want to get her all excited if I didn’t end up doing it.
“She said she thought Aro, my character, was bald but he’s got long black hair so I hope I haven’t ruined it for her by not being bald. She cried when I told her.
“No matter what happens I have to be at the premiere in LA. That’s the whole reason she wanted me to do it, so she could go to the premiere.”
This has truly been a busy day with news and photos. Official promo photos of The Volturi were released via several media outlets today. So now we can finally see what The Volturi is going to look like and the pics are amazing.
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