Jamie Campbell Bower: Someone to look out for

Jamie Campbell Bower’s life is about to kick up a storm. The talented 20-year old got his start opposite Johnny Depp in the Tim Burton directed movie, Sweeney Todd. He has starred opposite British legend Ian McKellan and is now about to embark in two of the biggest film franchise there is: Harry Potter and the Twilight Saga.

‘I’m not really focusing on this “inevitable” stardom that people seem to be talking about,’ he says, beer in hand. ‘I am not in this industry to be famous. I’m doing it because I like to perform and act and to be different people. I’m just happy to be working in general.’

Jamie has realized at a young age that he wanted to be an actor, a side of him that was nurtured by his parents.

‘My parents obviously realised I had this wish to be a performer, so they nurtured that side of me. I joined the local youth theatre and got very heavily involved and did every production until the age of 16.’

But after a stint at Sweeney Todd, the roles didnt come in as he had expected.

It was absolute f***ing hell. I really didn’t like the auditions. My soul was crushed. I didn’t get the jobs I wanted to get and it was bad. I was really depressed and upset.’

But that all changed when he got a role for the remake of “The Prisoner” where he got to act wiht Sir Ian McKellan, whom he considers as one of his mentors.

‘What have I learned from Sir Ian? Everything. He did take me under his wing a little bit. He’s absolutely lovely and genuine and he doesn’t f*** about and we are very good friends now. He taught me how to be myself and how to be a gentleman. We went stir-crazy in Namibia for all those months. He was a shining light and kept us sane.’

But for now, Jamie will concentrate on his role in New Moon, where he plays the vampire Cauis.

‘Well, you say that, but in the Twilight film I don’t really look very good-looking. I look like the vampire version of Kurt Cobain or an older Dakota Fanning,’

‘It’s a grower, not a show-er,’ he says of the size of his role. ‘With New Moon the Volturi are introduced; in the fourth book we come back and basically the fourth book is about the fight between the Volturi and the Cullens [Robert Pattinson's character's family].’

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