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“I feel like I’ve gotten better with every movie.”

With her new movie Welcome to the Rileys hitting theaters on November 10th, actress Kristen Stewart has been chatting about her acting career, and how she thinks she has improved over time. Kristen, best known for her role as Bella in the popular movie saga Twilight feels like she has grown with each movie she’s done.

When thinking about her past performances Kristen revealed, “I could sit here and bring up little things that I wish I didn’t [do], little things that kill me, stuff that maybe other people don’t see but stuff that is very apparent to me.”

“It was so everything that it should be,” Kristen said of Welcome to the Rileys, her latest project. “If I did bring my little things to it, we did share a few personality aspects. I think that’s maybe why I was hired. It was a stretch, because obviously I live nothing like she lives, but it’s always really hard to say why you’ve progressed as an actor. I feel like I’ve gotten better with every movie.”

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New Interview With Nikki From Cinema Blend

It’s far too easy to just associate an actress with her biggest project at the moment and that’s exactly what happened and what is happening to Nikki Reed. Back in 2003 she was just the newcomer who wrote Thirteen and today she’s simply Rosalie from The Twilight Saga. Not that either is anything less than a fantastic accomplishment, but Reed has quite a lot going on in her career and those projects are certainly deserving of attention as well.

I was fortunate enough to chat with Reed about her upcoming non-Twilight release, Last Day of Summer. In that Vlad Yudin-directed film she plays Stephanie, a young woman taken hostage by a disgruntled fast food employee played by DJ Qualls. Qualls’ character may be acting like a deranged lunatic on the outside, but deep down he’s just a lonely guy who wants to be treated fairly. Clearly the two don’t mesh well and that’s got a major effect on how he handles his hostage situation.

It’s an interesting piece on a number of levels, but most notably for its stars. Not only is it unusual for Qualls to take a leading role and a more serious one nonetheless, but having fallen into the Twilight hole myself, it’s quite nice to see Reed portray a person sans fangs. She holds the experience near and dear to her heart for the challenge it posed and because it gave her the opportunity to work with a close friend. Reed also took the time to address some of her upcoming projects. Click here to find out what she had to say about the next installment of The Twilight Saga, but stay right here to find out about Last Day of Summer and her latest venture, directing music videos.

Were you approached for this role or did you audition?
Reed: I actually was approached. DJ Qualls and I have been best friends for I don’t even know how long, since I was a kid, 14, 15, many many years. In fact, we just bought houses half a mile away from one another so we could be closer, that’s how close we are. So he was offered the role initially, for Joe, and they couldn’t find Stephanie and he told the producers that he thought I was the one for it and they actually resisted.
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Anna Kendrick Interview For Whatchamacallit

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is the major motion picture based on the cult-favorite graphic novels by Bryan Lee O’Malley. Stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead (also known for Live Free or Die Hard), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns, Chuck, Zack and Miri Make a Porno) and Anna Kendrick(Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Up in the Air) sit down with the Whatchamacallit Reviews to joke about being superheros (or villians), playing music, and Comicon. If you haven’t seen Scott Pilgrim yet, consider going as soon as you can.

Whatchamacallit Reviews: What first attracted each of you to the project?

Brandon Routh: Well nobody was able to read the script until they were cast, essentially, so it was the possibility of working with Edgar Wright that attracted me to the project. Once we were cast, we were able to read the source material and that was just kind of icing on the cake because it was such a cool concept.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Yeah, I was attracted to it because Edgar Wright was directing and he gave me books to read and eventually, the script came along. The script was amazing, the rest of the cast was amazing, there was nothing that could deter me from the project.

Anna Kendrick: I was a big fan of Edgar’s work and I was just like “Yes please!”

WR: How much of the fighting scenes were done by you?

MW: We had to do a lot of it. Michael and I trained every day for two months like eight hours a day, all the exes would sort of rotate coming to town and train for a bit. We did boot camp training, kung fu training, fight choreography…the stunt team really wanted us to do as much as possible. They tailored the choreography to be stuff that we could achieve, but the stunt guys were always there to step in at a moments notice and take over and they definitely did some amazing stunts in the movie. The majority of it is us though.

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Enjoying Every Last Drop

Kristen Stewart has played Bella Swan, the young woman at the center of the hugely successful “Twilight” franchise, in three films now. But she isn’t tired of her vampire-loving alter-ego. “Everybody always asks, ‘It must be so exhausting, you must be so sick of her.’ It’s like, ‘No.’ It’s like writing a thesis as opposed to writing a paper.”

It’s a good thing she isn’t sick of Bella yet, as Stewart has two more films to complete in the series. The 20-year-old spoke with us about splitting the last book into two parts, taking on “On the Road,” and the madness of the MTV Movie Awards.

Are you excited about stretching the last book, “Breaking Dawn,” over two movies?

I’m excited. The fans are going to love it because we’re going to have the time to tell the whole story. What happens when you try to cram such a long story into an hour and a half, the first things that are skimmed off the top are the things I love the most, which are details and the little things that make the characters who they are.

Besides “Breaking Dawn,” you’re soon filming “On the Road.”

It’s finally getting made, which is really a miracle. I can’t believe I’m this age at this time when it finally gets made. Somebody the other day was like, “There’s really no plot.” I was like, “What the f— are you talking about?” There is such a line, and with every single character. I wrote a paper on that, and told [director] Walter Salles about it in a meeting that I had with him. I was like, “It’s not very smart, but you should read it, because you can tell that I really love it.” I mean, I was in the eighth grade.

“Twilight” had a good run at the MTV Awards, didn’t it?

I know. It feels weird. There are other movies that are really good every year, and because of our fan base, we’re going to win the [votes]. I hope there’s not too much resentment. [Rob and I] felt like f—ing king and queen of the prom. I never went to high school, so it was like, “Oh, this is what it’s like.”

You and Robert Pattinson won the Best Kiss category, but who were you rooting for: you and Rob or you and Dakota Fanning for “The Runaways”?

I would’ve been really proud if me and Dakota had won. Had she been there, I would’ve done the whole build-up that me and Rob did last year, and then just stop and say, “This just doesn’t feel right. Dakota, where are you?” That would’ve been so funny.

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Kristen Stewart: 'Breaking Dawn In 3-D Would Be Awesome'

Will "Breaking Dawn" be in 3-D? That's the question Twilighters have been tossing around, particularly since news broke that the final chapter of the vampire saga would be split into two films.

When MTV News asked Kristen Stewart back in February how she'd feel about seeing, say Bella Swan give birth "Avatar"-style, in 3-D, the star was a bit squeamish. But now, it seems Stewart may be warming up to the idea.

"I'm probably speaking out of line or whatever, but I think it would be awesome," she told MTV News about the prospect of "Breaking Dawn" director Bill Condon going three-dimensional. "Nobody knows what it's like to look through the eyes of a vampire. What if [Bella] opens her eyes to this extraordinary world? It could be cool."

Of course, there's still the issue of whether the gory birthing sequence that would bring Renesmee Cullen into the world should get the 3-D treatment — or any onscreen treatment at all.

"I mean, the baby part, it's easy to joke [about] how weird it would be, but it wouldn't be the whole thing," Stewart speculated of what might make it to film. "It would be parts."

For now, those details are still up in the air and the decisions will ultimately rest with Condon and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg. As for what we do know, Stewart is thrilled that the "Breaking Dawn" story will be told in two parts.

"I'm really excited," Stewart said when we spoke with her as she promoted the June 30 opening of "Eclipse."

"I didn't want to read the script that was just one [movie]. It would have lacked so much because you just couldn't cram the story into one. At least that was my opinion, so I'm really excited."

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Nikki Reed Says 'New Moon' Wolves 'Bring A Warmth' To Film

"Twilight" mastermind Stephenie Meyer describes Rosalie Hale as the most beautiful woman in the world — a tall, statuesque vampire with long, wavy, blond hair and eyes resembling violets. Onscreen, 21-year-old beauty Nikki Reed has lived up to that impossible description, endearing herself to fans even as she further antagonizes their beloved Bella Swan.

Rounding out a week of Cullen family interviews that has included Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser and Kellan Lutz, we caught up with the refreshingly frank actress to talk about the joys of a half-naked Taylor Lautner, rainbow analysis and why she'll never, ever own a Rob Pattinson doll.

MTV: What's the biggest difference, in your personal opinion, between the three "Twilight" books currently being filmed as the "Saga"?

Nikki Reed: The biggest difference? Well, I know the similarities — it's an ongoing love story. I guess the action increases and the excitement and visual stimulation. But I think "New Moon" really revolves around this intense love triangle, and with "Eclipse," it's more heightened.


MTV: What's your favorite scene in "New Moon"?

Reed: Anything that Taylor Lautner is in. Seriously, the kid is — he's not a kid, he's a young man — but he's incredible. And I'm not saying that because he takes his shirt off in every scene. [Laughs.] Seriously, you forget that he's half-naked in every scene, because he is so incredible. He makes this film amazing.

MTV: Tell us about your favorite new character to join the franchise, who wasn't in the original film.

Reed: All of the wolves. They bring a very obvious warmth. To see people actually interacting and wrestling and touching each other and rolling around in the mud and being a bunch of boys? That was a nice addition. Because the vampires are all very ... cold. It sounds super cliché, but there was a lot of interaction, a lot of human interaction [in "New Moon"]. It was nice.

MTV: You guys have known each other for so long. What do you discuss between takes?

Reed: Um, I suppose all kinds of things. We usually talk about rainbows. [Laughs.] That and how tired we are. That seems to be a very common topic: how exhausted we are.

MTV: As the "Saga" has continued filming, do you find yourself becoming more or less like Rosalie?

Reed: I guess the older I get, the more understanding and forgiving I've become. I'm learning how to see people as people and forgive them for their mistakes — and I guess that is unfolding in Rosalie's life as well.

MTV: What do you think is the secret to the enormous success of the "Twilight" series?

Reed: It's a universal love story. The obvious answer is the books, if you're asking why the films are successful. But if you're asking what people are drawn to, I think it's ideas, situations [and] circumstances that are just out of reach, just out of the realm of possibility. I mean, it's not realistic, but it's this whole idea about living forever. People are fascinated by vampires, because it's the one thing we can't [attain]; it's unachievable. Also, the love these two characters have for each other is relatively unhealthy and unrealistic as well. People are fascinated with situations like that.

MTV: There is so much "Twilight" swag out there now. Do you own any?

Reed: "Twilight" memorabilia? No. [Laughs.] I don't have an Edward doll.

For more from the "New Moon" cast and to see an exclusive clip from the film, check out MTV's "Ulalume: Howling at New Moon" tonight at 9 p.m. ET — and check MTV.com at 10 p.m. to see the clip exclusively online!

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Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Open Up

Robert Pattinson may be the most desired man in the world, but the Twilight star insists it hasn’t helped his love life. “I just don’t take any of it seriously. It’s just a job and while it’s a job I love, girls scream out for Edward, not Robert. I still can’t get a date.”

Despite the attention from his rabid fans, R-Pattz, 23, is calm about the release of New Moon on Nov. 20. “I’m not the lead in the second film. Taylor [Lautner] is,” he tells Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald newspaper,

“I appear in Bella’s dreams. So I’m in it but the focus is not on me. I just have significant moments at the beginning … and the end.

“So I’m more of a supporting role in this one, which is why I felt so free. I didn’t have to deal with any of the bulls*** of the first one. I don’t have to hold the movie or worry about the fans. I think I did it better without all those pressures.”

And much as he loves playing the swoon-worthy vamp, British-born Robert plans to branch out as much as he can. First up? A portrayal of the young Salvador Dali having a bromance with poet Federico Garcia Lorca in the indie flick, Little Ashes.

“I had to do all these hardcore gay sex scenes,” he announces, “when I haven’t even had a sex scene with a girl in a film yet.”

He also plays the lead in his upcoming movie, Remember Me, opposite Emilie de Ravin, “I’m lining up so many different films so it’ll be harder to just label me the vampire guy,” he says.

Meanwhile, his leading lady Kristen Stewart — who is rumored to be his love off screen as well as on — sets the latest issue of Allure magazine straight, “I read that story every day. . . it’s in a story every day, so let’s not put it in another one.”

The actress, who chopped her hair to sport Joan Jett’s ’80s mullet while filming The Runaways this summer, has the same modesty when it comes her body.

“This shot got everyone talking like I have some sort of great ass,” she says of pictures of Bella and Edward kissing in New Moon. “But come on, I have a flat ass. I don’t know what people are talking about.”

She and Rob share a low maintenance approach to personal style.”I go outside, and I’m wearing a funky T-shirt and my hair is dirty, and people say, ‘What’s wrong with her? She needs to invest in a hairbrush.’

“I’m like, don’t you get it? I’m not that girl! It’s not like I was really clean cut last year.”

And while Taylor Lautner, 17, had to pump serious iron to play werewolf Jacob Black in New Moon, you won’t see Kristen breaking a sweat.

“I don’t exercise. I’m skinny fat,” she says. “I worry about being too skinny. You should see my brother, he’s, like, emaciated. We both just happen to be really skinny.”

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Robert To Sing In Eclipse

TWILIGHT fans won't just be able to see Robert Pattinson in the upcoming Twilight sequel - they may also get another taste of his singing.

Robert, 23, hopes to flex his song-writing muscles for Eclipse but fears his busy schedule will get in the way.

The actor told a Mexico magazine: "I’m trying to write some songs for the next movie."

"I don’t know if it will be possible because of my schedule, but I want to do it. Music is the other side of me, it’s one of the things that complete me and I wouldn’t want to leave it aside for anything in the world."

"I have the intention of evolving in that aspect. It’s something I want to develop just as much as acting. I want to have a balance between those two things."

But it seems he has plenty of free time on his hands at the moment, as he and co-star Kristen Stewart are confined to their hotel rooms to avoid being photographed and mobbed by eager fans.

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Taylor Lautner Loves The Notebook

Taylor Lautner isn’t hiding the fact that he loves The Notebook.

The 17-year-old Twilight hunk recently caught up with BoxOffice.com to dish on his fans, The Notebook and why Twilight is going to appeal to more guys. Check it:

On his guilty pleasure movie: “The Notebook. I don’t think I should be embarrassed to admit it though—it’s a great movie. I’m not embarrassed. I’m saying it proudly.”

On his fans: “All I can say is it’s mind-blowing. I, myself—and nobody else—ever expected it, so it’s incredible to have the support and the passion of the fans behind us. We’re so thankful because we wouldn’t be here today on movie number three in Vancouver if it wasn’t for them. They’re amazing.”

On how Jacob develops during the series: “The only difference is in New Moon, I play pre-transformation Jacob, and post. He doesn’t transform into a werewolf until halfway through the film. For pre-transformation, the books describe Jacob as clumsy. He trips over his own feet—he’s a kid. And as soon as he transforms, he all of a sudden because extremely agile. There’s several scenes that show his new agility, so that was the biggest thing I had to bring out.”

On why guys will be drawn to New Moon: “There’s a lot more action than Twilight. It’s more exciting—it has werewolves and vampires, which creates fights because they don’t get along. Not only does the action step up, but the whole story line does as well. Now there’s a third person involved.”

On his favorite part of the series: “I love Jacob and Bella’s relationship. It’s very different from Edward and Bella’s. Jacob and Bella start off as really good friends. They become best friends—they can tell each other anything, they do whatever together, ride motorcycles. I love that. And then their relationship starts growing into more and more, and you wonder if they’re going to go past friends. I love being able to do that. And work with an amazing actress, Kristen Stewart, and all of the help around us, our director Chris Weitz, the whole crew. It’s a lot of fun.”

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Ashley Greene Says 'Eclipse' Will Be 'More Guy-Friendly'

"Twilight" star Ashley Greene told us last week that she's been getting battered and bruised on the set of "Eclipse." Whose fault is that? Well, other than author Stephenie Meyer, who wrote some scary fight scenes into her novel, all the abuse Greene and her co-stars have been taking is thanks to director David Slade.

Although her work with the "30 Days of Night" and "Hard Candy" filmmaker had just begun, Greene said she's excited about the vision he has for "Eclipse."

"He's been really good," she told MTV News last week. "I've sat down and spoken to him and broken down the script a little bit. I definitely like his take on it. I think it's going to be good."

Just as co-star Taylor Lautner told MTV News on Sunday, Greene said Slade's taking the third "Twilight" film in a darker direction. "I think it'll be different," Greene said. "He's ... a little more focused on it being real and maybe it being gorier and a little dark and kind of dramatic."

Like the novel, which builds up to a climactic battle of vampires and werewolves, Greene said "Eclipse" has a lot more action than the first film and might appeal to more than just screaming teen girls. "The first one was very focused on this love story and really sweet and it was beautiful, but it didn't have a lot of stuff that guys would go, 'Yeah, I want to go see that,' " she said. "There's going to be a lot more focus on [action], and the fight scene will have more emphasis on it. I definitely think it will be a little more guy-friendly."

But that also means this movie is a little harder on its cast. "Going into [a movie], I've never had to work so hard with stunt training and personal training and stuff like that," Greene said.

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Kellan Lutz Has "No Idea" About Status of Robsten

As someone with bulging biceps and a ripped body, Kellan Lutz often draws attention from Twilight Saga followers.

But the actor is also popular for another reason: he stars alongside tween sensations Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Therefore, fans often ask Lutz for his opinion on the rumored couple. But there's one problem.

"I don't know what's going on. I have no idea," the actor told E! News.

Without disparaging his co-workers, Lutz was refreshingly honest about Rob and Kristen. He said he's not really friends with the pair.

"They're just so complex, and I like to laugh and smile. I don't hang out with Rob or Kristen."

Despite not being tight with his fellow hunk, Lutz has to admit: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are far from ugly.

"They are attractive humans, yes they are," he said. "I'm nice with Rob, also. I look great with him, too. I think I look better with Rob... [he's] awesome. I love him to death."

As for the shooting of Eclipse, Lutz says it's going very well. It could be going better, though, if those annoying celebrity gossip photographers would get a life.

"It's going great. We all love Vancouver. It's just that there's just so many paparazzi everywhere. We've been moving around to new places like every two weeks. Especially for Rob, we feel bad for him. Like, we go out to cast dinners, and whenever Rob's shooting, that's when we can have free time because usually that's when everyone is trying to shoot Rob or Kristen."

They haven't been successful so far. To the dismay of many Robsten fans, the couple has been well-guarded against on-set pics during their most recent shoot.

But, don't worry: we'll post as many as we can as soon as we can!

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Jamie Campbell Bower Had 'Fun' Tearing People Apart

With only two more months left before "New Moon" finally hits theaters, many fans have begun looking past the series' stars (RPattz, KStew, Taycob) and wondering who the next big breakout will be. And while it might be smart to place your money on such newcomers as Kiowa Gordon, Dakota Fanning or Cameron Bright, we feel like the man to beat might just be Jamie Campbell Bower.

Handsome, witty and starring in the high-profile role of Volturi vampire Caius, Bower has one secret weapon at his disposal that his co-stars don't: two other high-profile projects (the next "Harry Potter" movie, TV's "The Prisoner") scheduled to wage war on our pop-culture awareness soon.

When we caught up with Bower, the up-and-coming Brit was eager to deliver some surprising news about his accent, walking in the "Potter"/"Twilight" footsteps of Robert Pattinson, and why he enjoys tearing people apart.

(And don't miss the exclusive "New Moon" trailer premiering at the 2009 Video Music Awards on Sunday, presented by Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner.)

MTV: So, Jamie, you told us that you experimented with different accents while working on "New Moon." Is it safe to say that Caius and the other Volturi will have Italian accents, since they live in Volterra?

Jamie Campbell Bower: Actually, I have an English accent. Because they're so old — they're 2,000 years old, these guys — they would've tried [everything]. They're speaking English now, but they wouldn't have spoken English throughout all of their life. And so there's sort of a round vowel sound. The R's are very pronounced. It's kind of strange. It's almost medieval, the way we speak.

MTV: We're going to see you in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" as Gellert Grindlewald, joining Rob as the only actor to have a foot in both of these phenomenally huge franchises. Have you guys bonded over this?

Campbell Bower: Well, Rob is quite a significant character in the "Potter" movies, I believe, from what I can remember. My character is a bit smaller.

MTV: Have you and Rob discussed things he learned as he tried to go from one franchise to the other? Did he have pointers for you?

Campbell Bower: No. There isn't much difference between them, apart from the story. They're both massive franchises, and they both work like a machine, you know? Everyone's on time, and everyone's doing the best job that they can.

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Twilight actress Kristen Stewart on New Moon

At only 19, Kristen Stewart has already starred alongside Jodie Foster, Sean Penn and Robert De Niro and is the lead in the scarily successful Twilight series


I think she has a much bigger rack than I have.” Kristen Stewart is pondering her Twilight action figure — the little plastic doll that represents Bella, her character in the film franchise — while checking the proportions of the bust. “I also think she looks much older than me,” she adds, before setting the figure aside. I pick it up and, on closer inspection, the doll does look a little older than its real-life progenitor (as to the “rack”, closer inspection would be inappropriate). “It’s strange,” continues the 19-year-old actress, “but people often think I’m a little bit older than I really am. A French journalist asked me earlier on how my teenage years had affected my later life. I’m still in my teens.” She smiles. “Really, even if I was older, how could my teenage years not have shaped my life? I don’t know how to answer that.”

The French journalist should have done his research, although, to the uneducated observer, Stewart might well seem beyond her years. Her conversation, for example, most certainly belies her age. Not many teenagers are quite as articulate or as self-aware — although not many teenagers are carrying the world’s biggest burgeoning film franchise, the teen vampire series Twilight. With JK Rowling’s much-loved characters pottering into their final big-screen chapter, Twilight will soon stand as the top teen-movie franchise, and with their leading lady, the film-makers have snared a supremely talented and highly intelligent young star.

Stewart’s most recent movie, the understated indie comedy Adventureland, is a case in point. In this semi-autobiographical tale, the writer-director Greg Mottola (The Daytrippers, Superbad) draws upon his experience of working in a theme park during his teens in the 1980s. Stewart plays the troubled Em Lewin, the main character’s love interest. The film took only $16m at the US box office, but is better than those figures suggest, working as an ensemble piece (the Saturday Night Live favourites Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig provide hilarious support, while The Squid and the Whale’s Jesse Eisenberg shines in the leading-man role) — although Stewart’s character is, quite deliberately, granted plenty of screen time.

“Kristen was one of the few people I cast without even auditioning, even though she’s younger than the character she plays in the film,” Mottola tells me. “But I think she’s the best actress in her age range. She can make thinking look dramatic.” Mottola’s favourite scene sees Stewart deliver a story about her father having an affair while her mother was dying of cancer. “She tells it in this very matter-of-fact manner and instinctively knew that someone who hasn’t processed those feelings yet wouldn’t know how to talk about them,” he says. Other people he auditioned for the role transformed the speech into what he describes as “some of the most melodramatic monologues I’ve ever heard”.

Stewart looks bashful when I relay the compliment. “I am not a terribly introverted, damaged girl at a theme park in the 1980s,” she smiles, “but I can imagine what it would be like to not like yourself very much, and to be kicking it alone. Also to feel like you're sort of smarter than everybody, but nobody gets it. I get all that, and then the masochistic aspects girls are good at. Also, I guess I have always felt older than I am. I felt I should have been an adult at the age of five. And I thought I was an adult when I was 12. I wasn’t like a warrior, but I have never been that kid who doesn’t care a fig about anything. It’s just the way I’ve been brought up.”

Stewart’s full-time education in her home state of California tailed off when she hit 14. Both of her parents are familiar with the film business (her father, John Stewart, worked as a stage manager and television producer; her mother, Jules Mann-Stewart, as a script supervisor) and trusted her to continue her education via correspondence while she concentrated on her fledgling acting career. The move has paid off, and, as Stewart has already noted, these early years have informed the rest of her life. At only 16, she had already worked with arguably the best actress and actor in Hollywood today, appearing first with Jodie Foster in 2002’s Panic Room (as Foster’s sullen daughter) and then, in 2007, as Tracy, a waif-like trailer-park teen who falls for Emile Hirsch in Sean Penn’s directorial hit Into the Wild. Foster and Penn have proved invaluable mentors.

“Those two have had a massive influence on me, of course,” she offers, “and in Sean I have seen something that I have never seen in someone else — this huge sense of conviction. It kind of kicks you out of the room.” It sounds intimidating. “Yes, definitely, and it is also gently persuasive. Sean takes things so seriously. If he is doing a part, he never stops until it’s done, whereas Jodie takes it a little less seriously. She is able to do the same thing without killing herself so much. But that’s what he needs. So from both of them, I get the same thing: they only do what they feel strongly about, and there is never anything to be ashamed of.”

In between her films with Foster and Penn, Stewart earned strong notices for 2004’s Speak, in which, at only 13, she starred as a young teen who is raped and stops speaking. She also worked with Mike Figgis and Sharon Stone (Cold Creek Manor, 2003), Jon Favreau (Zathura, 2005), Griffin Dunne (Fierce People, 2005), the Pang brothers (The Messengers, 2007) and Robert De Niro (What Just Happened, 2008). “I’m glad I could do those films, and I was glad to leave school,” she recalls. “I couldn’t relate to kids my own age. They are mean and don’t give you any chance.” Does she feel as though she missed out on anything? “No, I think the social aspects I haven’t missed out on. I am around people constantly. I meet hundreds of people at work. Once you have done with school, you realise it is just a smaller version of life. When I was there, I was never the type of girl to be walking around talking about acting, so I didn’t get a whole lot of hassle for that, until someone found out, until someone saw some old movie and realised. I was trying to play it down, but I definitely got, ‘Oh, she’s such a bitch.’ They’d never spoken to me, but instantly they were, like, ‘You are so rude.’ I am not rude.”

She’s right. In fact, Stewart is thoroughly engaging. Admittedly, some journalists find her a struggle, but I’d suggest that, like the Frenchman, they have underestimated their subject. In person, she is bright and quite charming, an eager smoker who regularly curls her knees up under her chin while talking. She is uncomfortable with the interview process — “I’m not very good at self-analysis” — and any poorly thought-through or ill-informed questions are given short shrift.

In securing the role of Bella in the Twilight series, she stands as one of the most sought-after teen stars in the world. The first film in the franchise, released last November, snaffled more than $380m at the box office (recouping 10 times its original budget); the second instalment, New Moon, will most likely fare even better. In the second chapter, the hunky vampire of the series, Edward Cullen (played by a big-eyebrowed Robert Pattinson) leaves Bella Swann (the two are hopelessly in love), allowing another male, Jacob (Taylor Lautner), to enter the scene and form a sticky love triangle. Cue plenty of soul-searching and teen-tinged heartache. “There’s also a bit more action in this movie,” she offers. “The werewolves are introduced, and you have the character of Jacob. The way it all pans out, it’s quite tragic, really.”

Given the first film’s popularity, has the Twilight saga transformed her life? “Well, I never worked to some grand plan,” she says, “but I’d be lying if I said Twilight hadn’t afforded me other opportunities. Most of the films I like to make are tiny and barely see the light of day, but after Twilight, people are more likely to go, ‘Oh, let’s go see Bella in that stripper movie.’” The stripper movie is Welcome to the Rileys, a low-key emotional drama she shot with James Gandolfini after making the first Twilight film. She has also recently finished The Runaways, which charts the early years of the eponymous 1970s all-girl rock band, fronted by Joan Jett (Stewart’s role) and Cherie Currie (played by her New Moon co-star Dakota Fanning). “Joan is the ultimate role model,” she beams. That Stewart bonded with the spiky rocker herself on set should come as no surprise. “While Cherie struggled a bit with the fame, Joan knew how to handle the pressure and knew what it could do for her career.”

Like Jett, Stewart must now live her life in the glare of the media spotlight, and there are persistent rumours of on-set shenanigans between Stewart and Pattinson, although the actress has always brushed away the tittle-tattle. When the first film hit cinemas, she was already dating her Speak co-star Michael Angarano. “He’s cool with the whole thing,” she had told me at a previous interview, earlier this year. “I think he likes the first movie. I don’t really know, but he is not a jealous guy. He is fine. He can handle that.” And what were her thoughts on true love at first sight, a keynote of the movie? “I guess, for Bella, her feelings for Edward Cullen almost change the chemical structure of her body, like heroin. And now that has happened, she’d rather die than be without him. Maybe that happens for people — I don’t know. As for me, I haven’t left my boyfriend for Robert Pattinson.”

Bar the gossip, has fame fostered any other troubles? Twilight fans, for example, are notoriously zealous (indeed, the “Twihards” are positively fanatic). “Really, people don’t recognise me often. I think I just look different in person or something. I'm also not very approachable, and maybe they’re just thinking, ‘Ooohhh, she’s scary.’ It is weird seeing all the marketing, though, and the billboards. I like burgers, but do I want to see my face all over the burger cartons? Not really.” And what if the marketeers bring out further additions to her line of Bella action figures? “The doll?” She smiles. “Well, I guess I can live with that. In fact, I’m getting used to the bigger rack.”

Adventureland is released on Friday; The Twilight Saga: New Moon is out on November 20

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Red Carpet Confidential: Emile Hirsch Says Kristen Stewart is No Pushover

Emile Hirsch stays cool with Into The Wild co-star Kristen Stewart. He jump-started her career by recommending her to Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke.

“I was gushing about her,” he says. “I think she’s so talented and so perfect.”

He continues, “She’s a great conversationalist, very inquisitive. She’s got a little bit of an edge, too, though, so she’s not a pushover. She’s strong and cool. She’s beautiful, she’s smart, and she’s emotional, too.”

The 24-year-old actor, who appears in the musical comedy Taking Woodstock, in theaters now, didn’t have to stretch beyond his comfort zone to play a hippie in the Ang Lee-directed flick.

“I grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Los Angeles,” he tells me. “I spent a couple years living in Topanga Canyon, which is pretty hippied out for L.A. It’s a hippie community. It’s people from the ‘70s. People dress like hippies, there’s nature everywhere, people dance, people sing, people smoke a s***load of pot.”

What’s his favorite thing about hippie culture?

“The sense of adventure that hippies have is pretty cool,” he says. “It’s the sense that you don’t need a lot to have a good time. You don’t need a lot of money in order to have a good weekend. You can hang out with your friends and listen to some music. I like the resourcefulness of that, and I think we could definitely use having that a lot more. We live in an age today of instant gratification, where if you don’t have this, this and this, you can’t have a good time or you’re not allowed to have a good time. With the hippies, it was much easier to have a good time. I related to the good vibes and the idea of simple living and being happy.”

What would he miss most if he went back to the ‘70s?

“Probably my phone with my e-mail and my texting,” he confesses. “The phone has become like a fishing hook. We’re the fish. We’re caught on the hook. We can’t shake ourselves off it with the texting and the emailing and the photos. It’s addictive. It can’t be good for you. It’s gonna end up blowing everyone’s I.Q. points eventually.”

What was his nude scene like?

“The technology almost came back to bite me because I would repeatedly see people with their iPhones out. There would be a crowd of 200 people, and I’d be like ‘oh my God, are they taking photos of me naked? This is wacked.’”

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7 Questions with Taylor Lautner

Twilight was all Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Now it’s Team Jacob’s turn. Taylor Lautner played Bella’s platonic friend and totally bulked up for the sequel. As readers know, he turns out to be a werewolf hottie in the next entry, New Moon, due out in November.

Zimbio: How did you get so ripped since the first Twilight?
Taylor Lautner: As soon as I finished up filming Twilight, I knew what I had to do. I knew I couldn’t wait to do it. I had to start right then, because to put on thirty pounds of muscle takes a long time. I had to sell myself. I wanted to portray this character correctly, so I was like, “I gotta start now.” That decision was not hard to make and it was not hard to get into the gym. The hardest part was actually eating. Eating a lot and eating a lot of good foods and cutting out all of the bad foods, and always putting something in your mouth. Every two hours, I always have to have something. So, that was the most difficult part for me, for sure.

Zimbio: Which of the Twilight books is your favorite, as a reader or as the actor who gets to say the words?
Taylor Lautner: My favorite book was actually Eclipse. I’m pretty excited [about] that. It’s got action. The action levels continue to build in this series.

Zimbio: Way to sell New Moon.
Taylor Lautner: Well, I think the love triangle in Eclipse is the ultimate high point of the series, so I’m excited to get going. Twilight sets up the romance between Bella and Edward, and then Bella and Jacob’s friendship grows in New Moon. But, in Eclipse, it’s actually the three of them physically together, and we have to team up and make this decision to try and be friends to protect Bella.

Zimbio: How do you ease the tension when you’re making such a dark movie?
Taylor Lautner: This is so random but I like to hold a football with me, and as soon as I finish filming, I’ll play catch with anybody who will play catch with me.

Zimbio: And actors can actually catch a football?
Taylor Lautner: Kristen and I play catch all time. She has a really good arm. She’s extremely accurate. I don’t know how I got on this subject but she’s extremely accurate, especially with grapes. So, maybe I’m a little bit talented at opening my mouth so that she can take aim and I can catch her flying grapes, but she aims straight and always hits the perfect spot. It is so weird.

Zimbio: What was your first moment of “Oh my God” in this whole Twilight phenomenon?
Taylor Lautner: When we were filming, it had no attention. The first big thing for us was Comic-Con and to just walk out on that stage and hear the screams of the 6,000 fans, it was really different and I don’t think any of us were expecting it. So, that was the huge eye opener for us the first time around.

Zimbio: The second year, you had people camping out the night before just to get into convention hall to see you for an hour.
Taylor Lautner: Over the past year, I’ve learned that anything’s possible from our fans. So we expect anything, and it was just awesome to get out there and be with them again, show them the two clips.

Zimbio: When the Twilight saga is done, how will you feel about getting your life back?
Taylor Lautner: Well, I’m so thankful to be a part of this and I’m having a lot of fun doing it and I’ve made a lot of great friendships with everybody that I’ve worked with and we’ve got a while left. I haven’t really started thinking about that yet because that’s my main focus right now.

Zimbio: What is the one Twilight question that you never want to answer again?
Taylor Lautner: To growl. Fans actually ask me to growl for them, and I really don’t enjoy doing that. So, please don’t ask me to growl. Just wait for the movie.

'New Moon' Stars Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner Discuss Killer Breakups

A 'Twilight' breakup 'literally kills you,' Stewart says of sequel's complex love triangle.

By Larry Carroll

Calling November's "New Moon" the one "Twilight" novel that "intimidated" her, Kristen Stewart knows that millions of fans will see the film in November to watch her make googly eyes at Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner. But the most pleasant surprise of the sequel, she insists, will be watching the intense acting that the franchise stars had to employ to navigate Stephenie Meyer's complex love triangle.

In this exclusive interview, Kristen and Taylor talk to MTV about the Bella/Jacob relationship, some new scenes that were added to the script and the intense days on set that nearly "killed" KStew.

MTV: Kristen, in your opinion, how is the relationship between Bella and Jacob in "New Moon" different than the one between Edward and Bella in "Twilight"?

Kristen Stewart: It's such a different relationship; it's like entirely original.

MTV: It seems much more playful.

Stewart: Yeah, exactly. They're light; they actually have fun with each other. Edward and Bella are always so strange, you know?

Taylor Lautner: It's always so tense.

Stewart: And only he can bring her out of that rut. Like, she literally is going to die; she's going to stop eating and be done. And the only thing that brings her out of it is this lightness [Jacob] brings.

MTV: What is one of the main things you're eager for us to see when "New Moon" hits theaters in November?

Lautner: I think the biggest thing you learn is that I disappear for a while, and she starts going through a separate depression. You go into a depression — would you call it that? — when I leave.

Stewart: Oh my God, yeah.

Lautner: Then she comes back to discover that I'm a werewolf, so that's the big boom. Yeah, I get to transform into a werewolf a couple times, which is awesome.

MTV: What was the stunt work like in those scenes?

Lautner: Well, Jacob's thing is he actually can transform in midair. So I got to do these really cool stunts where I got to actually run and then they'd hook me up on wires and I'd jump up in the air and then I'd come to a jolting stop and have to hang there for a bit. That's what you saw in the trailer, actually. That was a lot of fun. I get to do a lot of cool stunts in this one.

Stewart: That cute, little, fuzzy wolf.

MTV: He is very huggable. Tell us about one scene that you read either in Stephenie Meyer's book or in Melissa Rosenberg's screenplay that you were like, "Man, that's going to be tough to pull off," and tell us how you were able to figure it out.

Stewart: "New Moon" is riddled with all of that. I think it's the one book in the series that I was intimidated by — in a good way. That's the best feeling to start a movie with. But probably, my favorite line in the book is when I have to say to [Jacob], "It's him; it's always been him!" Like, I have to say that. Yeah, it killed me, it killed me.

MTV: It was a tough day to shoot?

Stewart: Yeah, and just like everything in our movie, it's such a heightened version of reality. It's like, people don't just break up [in the "Twilight" films] — they break up and it literally kills you. It's not like you just say, "Oh, I'm really depressed and crying." Everything is supposed to be a fantasy version of that. So I always had a really hard time figuring out, "Am I doing enough? Do I look like I'm going to die?"

MTV: Yeah, it would be tough to be the most dramatic person in the world, but without being cheesy. And Taylor?

Lautner: ["New Moon"] is very complicated. There's a lot of heartbreak, there's a lot of things going on. Edward leaves at the beginning, she goes into this depression, I come to try and bring her out of it. Then I go through my own issues, and then she leaves me. It's all over the place, and there's a lot going on, and there's many of those scenes that you described.

MTV: Which was your favorite to shoot?

Lautner: My favorite one was — well, we call it the breakup scene — but it's the scene right after she sees me shirtless and I've cut off my hair, all different for the first time. I have to tell her that we can't be friends anymore.

Stewart: He attempts to break up with me — but it doesn't work out.

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