A big thank you to Lexicon member SSVD and her daughter who attended the signing event on Tuesday. Check out there write up of events below and stay on the look out for the video of all the action!
My daughter and I arrived in Santa Monica at 6pm and were greeted by Ann-Laurel from Barnes and Noble, given our red VIP bracelets and then introduced to Elizabeth, Stephenie Meyer’s publicist, who showed us to our seats right up front.
Catherine Hardwicke and actor Edi Gathegi were already on stage rehearsing certain portions of the up coming show. Then with the help of the Santa Monica High School video department, they set up the boat scene where James, Victoria and Laurent attack and kill Charlie’s friend, Waylon who is played by Ned Bellamy.
It was quite a surprise to see Ned on stage dressed in his green “Kiss me I’m Irish” T-shirt, (how appropriate for St Patrick’s Day!) and scuffed up leather jacket. (By the way, Ned has a wonderful singing voice!).
Three lucky Santa Monica High students were chosen to play the parts of James, Victoria and Laurent.
Once the introductions between actors were made, Catherine then went about setting up the shots, re-setting the shots, giving advice and then overseeing the scene. After this was all set, and rehearsed a couple of times, it was time to let the crowd in. When the audience was settled in, amid much screaming and shrieking, John from Barnes and Noble introduced Edi Gathegi who then served as MC throughout the rest of the evening.
Catherine was very warm and friendly and has a great sense of humor. It was clear to see she loves her job and had a wonderful adventure in filming Twilight and working with the marvelous cast. The questions she answered were all chosen earlier so I didn’t get a chance to ask any that were submitted, sorry. If you haven’t had a chance to pick up her book about the making of the movie, I can tell you it’s full of fun notes, off the wall trivia, sketches and pictures galore.
After Catherine and Edi thanked the audience for coming out, everyone lined up and lucky me… I was the first to have my book signed. Squeee! (I can tell you that will never happen again!)
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