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David Slade Thanks Eclipse Fans on Facebook
July 6, 2010
David Slade wrote the following letter to Eclipse fans on the official Twilight Saga movie facebook which just reached the 8 million fan mark over the weekend making it one of the largest Facebook online communities.
“When you put your heart and soul into something as intense as the duration of a film production, you become completely lost in it. You focus on doing your very best to get it right each day and you work on this for so long that you assume an ownership of it.
When shooting The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, I always felt an awareness of how many people this film would reach and as a result, knew that this film did not just belong to myself, the producers and the studio, but more so, to all of you, the fans of The Twilight Saga.
At the end of the day, after all the hard work is done, all that’s left is the film itself, and your overwhelmingly positive and supportive responses have made me feel like we must have done something right. As a filmmaker, this is a rare and strange feeling of connection with an audience of which I will never forget and I thank you all for it.
DAVID SLADE
JULY 2010
Nikki Reed on Regis and Kelly
July 6, 2010
Sadly the Regis and Kelly Show is terrible at updating their video archive, shocking since the Jimmy Kimmel and Good Morning America show also owned by ABC have great video sections. So it’s YouTube. The sound is a little dodgy, but you get the idea.
Reelz Channel: Billy Burke on Eclipse and Removed Debut
July 6, 2010
Eclipse Movie | Summer Movies 2010
Have you listened to Billy’s album? What do you think?
Details Magazine Profiles Jack Huston
July 6, 2010
Jack Huston talks to Details magazine about playing what is one of the very few completely unsympathetic characters in the Twilight Saga.
“With a breakout role in Martin Scorsese’s new project, the 27-year-old Brit proves he’s got more than Hollywood good looks and a famous last name (as in Grandpa John and Aunt Anjelica)—he also has a legitimate knack for the family business.
Details: In The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, you play the former fiancé of Edward’s sister, Rosalie. How did you land the part?
Jack Huston: I auditioned for another part—a newborn vampire—and kind of shocked the producers. I acted like a junkie. I hadn’t slept the night before and had drunk lots of coffee. Everyone was like, “Um, a little too edgy.” But they liked me enough to offer me this part instead.”
USA Today: Xavier Samuel Rising Star
July 6, 2010
USA Today is touting Xavier Samuel as an actor to watch. The article also featured the close off-screen relationship Xavier developed with fellow newbie Bryce Dallas Howard.
“Fellow Eclipse newcomer Bryce Dallas Howard, 29, (who takes over the role of Victoria from Rachelle LeFevre) seduces young Riley in the film.
In real life, Samuel calls the two especially good friends. “She’s so professional and she works harder than anyone I’ve ever met in my life,” he says of Howard, who even offered the temporarily homeless actor her couch in L.A. once filming wrapped.
Samuel spent two weeks hanging out with Howard’s young family, “really wonderful people,” he says of her husband, Seth Gabel, and their young son, Theo. Although he’s now renting in West Hollywood, he recently attended Theo’s third birthday party and noshed on barbecue with Bryce’s rather famous father, director Ron Howard.
Did he schmooze his way into a film? “I don’t know if I’d be so lucky,” he quips. “I haven’t really broached the subject with Ron yet.”
Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson Surprise Fans in Theater
July 6, 2010
From appearances that ranged from Hawaii to Toronto and Minneapolis to Jacksonville this was the last cast appearance this weekend. It was also the only one Robert Pattinson could make because of his tight Water For Elephants shooting schedule.
UK Telegraph: Interviews Bryce Dallas Howard
July 6, 2010
The UK’s Telegraph has a really cute interview with Bryce Dallas Howard. Her dad may be a famous directors, but she didn’t grow up spoiled.
“Waiting for Bryce Dallas Howard at an Italian café in West Hollywood, I think back to a chance meeting, 14 years ago.
The actress happened to be sitting across the aisle from me and my then two-year-old daughter on what seemed like an interminable, turbulent flight from Los Angeles to New York.
The red-headed 15-year-old was travelling with her three younger siblings and politely offered to entertain my toddler.
I soon discovered that this engaging teenager was the daughter of the Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, who is known for decades of formidable hits – A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon – but who is probably best remembered as the freckled Richie Cunningham from Happy Days.
The filmmaker and his wife, Cheryl, were at the front of the plane in first class, while the children – like my daughter and I – were in economy.
‘They would never throw the kids in first class. We knew we were lucky just to be on a plane,’ says Howard laughing, when we discuss the episode later.”
James Kleinmann: David Slade
July 6, 2010
James Kleinmann talks with fellow Brit, David Slade, about Eclipse
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