In an interview with Australia’s Sunday Herald Sun, Twilight Saga actor Robert Pattinson discussed his feelings about the attraction women have for vampires. “I don’t know why,” he admits, “but if you’re a human girl with a vampire, you’re either going to die or they have to force themselves not to kill you, which gives you the ultimate power over them, which is, I guess, the relationship women all want to have with men – where they have absolute power over someone with absolute power.” In the same interview, he express concern over girls who are seeking the kind of relationship that Edward Cullen and Bella Swan have. “If you want to believe in the mysticism of a relationship, or something transcendent, then she has to be with Edward. But a lot of people look for that in a relationship and get disillusioned with it very quickly.”
Writer R.H. Greene has gone from the success of his first-person “memoir” Incarnadine: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula (as told by the count himself) to getting the chance to direct his original screenplay Slide, about a rumored 1969 kidnapping of the late Jimi Hendrix. The film will be produced by Transformers’ Don Murphy and The Cat’s Meow’s Carol Lewis. “This is the classic case of ‘it never rains, but it pours,’ Greene told Entertainment Business Newsweekly. “Both these projects were years in the making, and where Slide is based on something Jim Hendrix himself told close friends was a true incident, Incarnadine: The True Memoirs of Count Dracula is entirely a work of fiction. What they share, though, is a ground in heavy research, and that each hopefully takes an unexpected approach to a story we think we know…. If I did my job, you’ve never met a Dracula like the one in the novel, and the film will also show Jimi Hendrix in a way that’s both truthful and unique.” For more info on Incarnadine, go to the official website HERE.
In an interview with WENN, actress Bryce Dallas Howard was asked about replacing Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. "The jury is still out, because Racelle created an incredible character and is exquisite," she said. "I feel like the uproar that occurred was really appropriate, because part of the joy of seeing a franchise, it’s almost like a television series. You’ve seen the actors grow with the franchise. And [Lefevre’s] unavailability [to do Eclipse] was really, really, really unfortunate. [You have to] do your best and be über-respectful. She won that role for a reason. I hope to honor everything that she created."
The writers behind Kenneth Branagh's version of Thor (Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz), will be moving from Asgard to the undead with their adaptation of the Dark Horse comic, Damn Nation. The comic, written by Andrew Cosby with art by Jason Alexander, will see its film version produced by Dark Horse's Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg. Describes The Hollywood Reporter, "Set in a U.S. evacuated after an attack from 'inhuman nocturnal predators,' the comic tells the tale of the survivors after the government has been forced to relocate to London while scientists search for a solution." Writers Miller and Stentz are also writer-producers on the Fox TV series Fringe.
E! Online has an interview with Vampire Diaries' Kevin Williamson, who says that he's trying to get country singer Taylor Swift to appear on the series as a member of the undead. "I'm desperate to have her play a vampire," he says. "Wouldn't she make an amazing Kirsten Dunst circa Interview With the Vampire type? Oh my God, I cannot tell you how hard I'm trying to get her -- I would kill to have her on the show."
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TVGuide.com has an interview with actor Matthew Davis, who plays an arriving teacher named Alaric Saltzman, who also happens to be a vampire slayer. "I hopped on that plane not knowing what I was getting myself into," the actor noted. "Alaric definitely has a past and he's there to add a heightened sense of tension to the story line. He has a dark side, and I think he's not always going to do the right thing. How that compels him remains to be seen.
Apparently the Edward Cullen of New Moon is the perfect Volvo driver. The character will, of course, be driving the Savile Grey XC6OR in the film. Linda Gangeri, manager of national advertising for Volvo Cars of North America, notes, "The brand DNA matched to his character couldn't be ore right. His character is a nurturer and he has to be understated, because he's living in a human world and is in love with a human. At the same time, he wants something that is good-looking and fast."
According to an interview with Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello, Vampire Diaries' Vicki (Kayla Ewell) was supposed to be staked by Elena's brother, Jeremy, rather than Stefan. "In the original script," she detailed, "Jeremy kills Vicki. And that's what we shot. Jeremy is forced to choose between saving the love of his life or his sister, and he chooses his sister. We shot the whole thing and I [moved back to] L.A. Then about a week and a half later, I got an email from Kevin and [co-executive producer] Julie Plec asking me to come back to Atlanta to reshoot my death scene -- only this time Stefan kills me."
