FearNet and Jan Yamato are back again with great Eclipse coverage!
“Among the new characters introduced in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse is Leah Clearwater, the Wolf Pack’s one and only female shape shifter. Understandably, Leah’s more than a little bitter about her new lycan status; you’d hate life, too, if your werewolf boyfriend dumped you because he “imprinted” on your BFF and you were forced to join his pack (and hear his thoughts) for all of eternity.
That hostility leads to an amusing scene in Eclipse between Leah and Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), the human heroine of the Twilight Saga who thus far has never been taken to task for stringing along poor werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner). Leah, as played by 29-year-old actress Julia Jones (Hell Ride, Jonah Hex), is as deliciously resentful as we’d imagined her, tormented by her experience on the losing end of her own love triangle with Sam and Emily and desperate to prove herself as a new member of the pack.
In person, Julia Jones couldn’t be farther from Leah Clearwater, although she understands the reasons for Leah’s hostility towards the world. I caught up with her last weekend to discuss her Eclipse character, her rapport with her co-stars, and her role in this week’s comic book-based supernatural Western, Jonah Hex (unfortunately, I just learned that her scenes from the latter film have been cut). She had high praise for Twilight co-star Taylor Lautner, with whom she’ll get to play more in the upcoming Breaking Dawn films — and almost as much passion for the hours of real life wolf footage she watched to prepare for her Eclipse role. Although she agreed that being a werewolf would have its definite drawbacks — namely, finding yourself naked in the woods after reverting back to human form — she looks forward to helping Leah reach her full bad ass potential in future Twilight sequels.”
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