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Daniel Cudmore was born on 20 January 1989 in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. He is the middle of 3 boys and stands over 6′5″ (thats just over 1.98m). He starred as Colossus in the X-Men series and Felix in the Twilight Saga, as part of The Volturi Guard.
Just a photo of yummy Daniel Cudmore who plays Felix of the Volturi guard… do I need another reason? 
Fearnet.com held an interview with Daniel Cudmore who plays Volturi guard member, Felix.
Although werewolves are the natural enemies of vampires in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Edward Cullen has another enemy lurking in the tunnels beneath Volterra: Felix, a wall of muscle with a mean streak and a penchant for punishing errant vampires with his fists. To play the Volturi enforcer, director Chris Weitz enlisted 6’8” Canadian actor Daniel Cudmore, a part-time stunt actor best known as the shirtless mutant Colossus in X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand.
FEARnet: What’s it been like to jump into this huge Twilight phenomenon?
Daniel Cudmore: It’s been great! It’s such a big film. On the first film, they did such a good job of identifying what Stephenie Meyer had written, and you come into New Moon knowing that you already have this great audience from the books and a great audience from the first film. New Moon compared to the book has so much more action – you’re bringing in the werewolves, you’re bringing in the Volturi, so now you have a new audience of males that can watch this and really enjoy it. You step into this great film and it’s just fun to play a cool character and just enjoy yourself with it.
FN: You’ve mentioned before that you originally auditioned for a different part than Felix. What part was it?
DC: It was one of the guys outside the bar who try to pick up Bella, one of the bikers.
FN: Your big scene looked like a fun one to film – you basically throw Robert Pattinson around the Volturi chamber in a sequence featuring really cool stunt choreography.
DC: Mike Desabrais was the fight choreographer and he worked with [stunt choreographer] J.J. Makaro. I’ve worked with J.J. in the past and I was fortunate enough to just call him and say, “Can I work on as much of this fight scene as possible?” And he was really cool about saying, “Yeah, we’ll get you to do as much as we can.” I worked with Robert [Pattinson] on it, also. He really enjoyed himself. Those guys put together such a cool fight scene. Once you start building on it and working on it and start piecing it together… I haven’t seen the final product but I know the whole fight, obviously, since I’ve done it. I’m just really excited to see what it’s going to look like on the big screen.
FN: How much of the Edward-Felix fight scene actually featured Robert Pattinson doing his own stunts?
DC: He did a lot of it. He was game for it. I remember when he first came in saying, “I can’t do this stuff, I’m kind of clumsy, I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it,” and he started really trying it and was getting it right away. He’s starting to smile, having a good time. When it came to filming I think he was really excited about a lot of it. So it was quite a bit of him and a lot of his stunt double, Simon Burnett. I think Rob did maybe 40 or 50 percent [of his own stunts].
FN: Your character, Felix, is a wall of a man, an enforcer. But even he seems afraid of Jane. Would you say that’s true? Is Felix really scared, deep down, of little Dakota Fanning?
DC: You could look at it as him being afraid, but I think she has such a strong power; I think the character of Felix has probably been through pain and things like that, but I think more or less he views Aro as his master, and Jane can be considered Aro’s daughter, in a way. So he doesn’t want to do anything to harm her, because then he’ll be reprimanded by Aro.
FN: Well, it seems like one of the challenges of playing Felix would be that there’s not a whole lot written about him in Stephenie Meyer’s books. How did you get around that in approaching Felix?
DC: You have to kind of build something up, so that you can relate to it. You bring your own story of what you feel this character is. I picture him as having all this anger from being jealous that he doesn’t have a power, and Aro thinks of all the other vampires as higher than him even though he does his job perfectly all the time. And he’s worked with Demetri, and they’ve worked with the team for so long and have done such a great job.
FN: How much time did you spend shooting Eclipse?
DC: Not a ton. I think a week, in total.
FN: What impression did you get of director David Slade from working with him on Eclipse?
DC: I liked him. I thought he was really cool. He’s got a really dark sense of humor and he’s one of those people that you can see has the whole thing worked out in his head. He’s really driven. And he’s fun to be around. I really like people who are so concentrated they know what they want to get out of each shot. You see 30 Days of Night – I really enjoyed that film, so I’m excited to see what his interpretation is going to be.
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In a new interview with Daniel Cudmore, he discusses his role of Felix in the upcoming Twilight film, ‘New Moon‘ he says of his role: “With playing Felix I have the chance to be on the bad side.” Cudmore discusses what it was like to work with Taylor Lautner, and Chris Weitz. (This interview was done in German and translated – so the English isn’t always great )
Q: What is your favourite scene in New Moon?
A: Italy, definitely Italy. Everything’s just been great there.
Q: For all of the your extra strengths whether in X-Men or New Moon – which extra strength would you like to possess?
A: It would be flying or being invisible so I could pick on people.
Q: How was the chemistry on the set of New Moon?
A: We all came together there. It was great! There hadn’t been any feeling of stepping on another’s toes.
Q: What was the feeling like on set?
A: It wasn’t any crazy because Chris Weitz just always calmed the air on set.
Q: Do you like the character you play in the Twilight Saga?
A: Of course I do. With playing Felix I have the chance to be on the bad side. And it’s fun playing a dark character.
Q:When you “transformed” into Felix for the first time what were your first thoughts?
A: I was staring at myself in the mirror for a few moments and then I was like ‘Wow those contacts are bright! So cool!’
Q: If you could choose to play a character apart from Felix which one would it be?
A: It would be one of the werewolves. Would be interesting.
Q: Would you ever do another franchise like Harry Potter or The Hobbit?
A: Sure, yeah I would even do The Hobbit (laughs cause we all know that he’s way too big for this role).
Q: Which clan would you choose – the Volturi or the Cullens?
A: Definitely the Volturi cause literally I would be running around eating people.
Q: How was it to play with Halle Berry?
A: She’s really a sweetheart and very funny. I mean it’s great to tell your friends at the bar after a day of shooting ‘yeah I had to hug Halle Berry this morning…uugh…it was tough’. (laughs)
Q: What’s your favourite Twilight book?
A: New Moon of course. It’s so much action in it and hey I’m in it.
Q: What do you think is the reason for people being so interested in vampire stories?
A: I think it’s the way of living forever and their super human strength. And they can lift cars.
Q: Who is the most favourite person you’ve ever worked with?
A: It’s Charlie Bewley. We just clicked. We got along very well especially on the set.
Q: What is your favourite New Moon movie scene?
A: Definitely me fighting Taylor as a werewolf. He’s a great kid! I guess all of the werewolf scenes.
Q: What is your favourite Disney character?
A: Mary Poppins! As a kid I always liked her umbrella.
Q: Is there something you don’t like?
A: To be in claustrophobic places.
Q: Bad or good guy?
A: The bad guy cause it’s kinda fun.
Q: Do you have a favourite TV show?
A: Yes, I would say it’s “True Blood”.
Q: What is your favourite movie?
A: I don’t really have one. I like movies which are funny or scary.
Q: If you could play another character instead of Felix who would it be?
A: I wouldn’t want to play another character. Cause playing Felix was lots of fun.
Q: What is your favourite role you played?
A: They are all so different. But I’d say Felix cause he’s a bad guy. In general it’s always the role that comes next.
Q: Which famous actor would you like to act with?
A: Johnny Depp….Brad Pitt. And if I would meet these guys I would feel like a little kid.
Q: Would you think that the character of Felix would like Buffy if she came along?
A: Yeah I think he would like her. But I also think he would feel a conflict in eating or not eating her. There might be a good wrestling match between the two of them. She’s a good character.
Q: Edward or Jacob?
A. Jacob.
Q: In the fighting scene with Edward – was it you or a stuntdouble?
A: Fortunately it was me. But I had a talk with the stunt coordinator before. I was so happy I could do it myself. I’m really excited what’s it look like on screen.
Q: Did you read the Twilight saga books?
A: I read 3 in a row.
Q: What kind of role do you prefer?
A: Every normal character is complex and I am lucky enough to play all those different roles.
Q: How did you prepare for New Moon?
A: It was the 1st time I kinda had clothes on (laughs). Physically I trained for myself and mentally I prepared myself by reading the books.
Q: When you were shooting in Italy could you see some culture of this country?
A: Not much cause of the shooting. But I drank a lot of wine!(laughs)
Q: With all the fans that are surrounding you all the time has it ever been annoying?
A: I was taken aback especially when I shooted in Italy. the passion of the fans to the books have been great.
Q: Do you like vampire movies in general?
A: Yeah, especially “Interview with a vampire”.
Q: If you could be a vampire in real life would you do that?
A: I don’t think I would cause I like sleeping way too much.
Q: When you got the role of Felix what have been your first thoughts?
A: First I talked with no one about it until it was through. Second ‘I hope I don’t screw this thing up!’
Q:What do you like more – filming at home oder abroad?
A: You know there’s always two sides of a story. I like filming at home cause I can be home a lot. But when I am shooting abroad I always got the chance to visit and experience other countries. And by the way I really like Germany. I don’t really get to see much of it unfortunately but the beer is awesome.
Q: How was the work with Dakota?
A: She is amazing. Everytime you are around her you feel like this girl’s got an old soul. She’s really down-to-earth and very cool.
Q: Do you have pets?
A: At the moment I don’t have one but I really like to have a dog someday.
Q: What’s your favorite song?
A: I don’t really have a farvorite but I hear Kings of Leon very often at the moment. I was at their show in Vancouver.
This interview which was taken at RingCon, has been published at TwilightersAnonymous.
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