Interview: Loving Alex Meraz

Interview Magazine has posted a list of 8 Actors they would like to love this Valentines Day. Wold pack member Alex Meraz is among the 8 actors included in the list. Here is what they have to say about Alex:

NAME: Alex Meraz

BIRTHDAY: January 10, 1985

WHY WE LOVE HIM: He’s multi-faceted. In addition to playing volatile werewolf Paul in The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Meraz is also an avid painter and contemporary dancer.

UPCOMING PROJECTS: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Savage Innocent, a new project from Kids director Larry Clark.

ROMANTIC TIES: Sorry Twilighters. He’s taken by wife Kim, with whom he has a son named Somak.

WHAT’S HIS SIGN? As a Capricorn, Meraz is likely reserved, respectful of traditions, and steadily devoted to family members, so it’s no wonder he’s already married.

Check out the complete list by clicking on the link above.

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Alex made fans happy at Grand Rapids, Michigan

New Moon actor Alex Meraz was in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he met fans in a signing event. Alex gamely posed for pictures and signed autographs for the waiting fans, which numbered about 1,000.

“I definitely drank some of the water,” the actor said before he signed autographs and snapped photos with approximately 1,000 “Twilight” fans before Saturday’s Griffins game. “I want to pop a couple more abs (like Lautner).”

He also discloses a bit about his character Paul in Eclipse.

The 24-year-old father of one promises that “Eclipse,” the third movie in the “Twilight Saga” franchise, will find Paul “hairier and scarier. The werewolves team up with the Cullens, and it’s a whole bigger thing.”

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New Moon actors by Tyler Shields

Ashley Greene, Edi Gathegi, Alex Meraz and Kellan Lutz all participated in a photoshoot by Tyler Shields.Here are some of their photos:

There is also a videography of each shoot which you can see by clicking on the link above.

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Alex and Kiowa gets Aced

Aced Magazine was able to interview Alex Meraz and Kiowa Gordon where the two men answered questions regarding their roles in New Moon, auditioning and being part of the Twilight Saga. Here is an excerpt:

How did you get into acting and land the roles in New Moon?

Alex:  I have always had an interest in film, and all its different components.  There are so many different layers to a good film, and I always wanted to do it and try it out.  I got a great role in Twilight.  I mean, that is a great launching pad for a new career.

Kiowa: What can I say, this is a great way to start an acting career.  The movie is going to be great all the way.

The two of you play werewolves in the film, but most of the time you are shirtless. How did you buff up for the roles of Paul and Embry?

Kiowa:  As for buffing up for the role, the studio hired us a trainer. He had worked on thefilm 300, so he knew how to jack up people.

Alex: I do karate and wrestling so I was already in shape, but I had to gain weight back and get beefed up again. I have a hate relationship with food and lifting weights, but it was all worth it.

Some directors can be tough on a cast. What was it like working with Chris Weitz?

Alex: The director was great!  In a big budget film like this there are a lot of things going on all at once, and he was able to spread things out so evenly that you did not feel any pressure.  He is a very soft-spoken man.  He was a man of few words, and in acting you really don’t want someone to explain too much to you in words because it takes away from what you are doing.  He kept it simple.  We had a really great working relationship.

Kiowa: He is the first director I have ever worked with, and it was great to get to work with someone so great.

To read the rest of their interview, click on the link above.

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Alex Meraz: The bad-boy of the wolf pack

Entertainment Weekly has a new interview with Alex Meraz, who plays the werewolf Paul in the Twilight movies. Here is an excerpt of his interview:

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: It’s probably been crazy for you lately, running around to premieres everywhere.
ALEX MERAZ: Yeah, it has been actually. Meeting a lot of fans and shaking a lot of different hands. So there’s been a lot of hand sanitizer.

Were you a fan of the books before you got the role?
No. I didn’t really know what it was. I’d go to Borders in Arizona and see it everywhere, because the writer [Stephenie Meyer] is from there. I remember seeing these pasty hands and a red apple. And I didn’t even know what it was until after it came out and it was [successful]. And then thought, I’d like to try out for the next role.

What about the movie made you want to be a part of the franchise?
The fact that it’s the first time you see Natives portrayed in a contemporary setting. It’s not a period piece. I had been doing other independent films and things like that where I’m in a breechcloth running around on horseback hooting and hollering. There was something just really cool to know that it’s a global sensation, and now Natives are going to have the spotlight.

You are Native American, so this is probably refreshing.
It definitely was. I personally was shocked when I heard that the books had a huge Native component in them. It was the whole part of the wolf pack, and I didn’t know how big the wolf pack was until I read about it. I was just shocked that people were interested, you know what I mean? So I thought, “Wow, that’s amazing. I totally want to be part of something like that.”

What did you have to do for your audition? Did you perform a certain scene?
Well, first I went out for Sam Uley, the wolf pack leader. We did this whole scene from the book that they took out, because they weren’t releasing anything from the script. So it was a scene where we’re at Emily’s house and we discover Victoria — who’s a vampire — had been killing on the reservation. So we figure out who’s been killing all these people and hikers and bikers on the reservation, and we figure out it’s a vampire. So it was that scene, and I had to kind of like play a quarterback and tell people what they needed to do. The hard thing about that, in the book, Sam is described as 6’4” and with a deep voice. You know, like a leader. And I’m 5’11?. I don’t have a deep voice. So I was trying to act like something bigger. Then luckily enough, Joseph said, “Let’s try this.” And he gave me one single line. He gave me a [lede-in], “Come in Bella, we won’t bite.” And I had to look at the camera and say, “Speak for yourself.” But the way I did it, it was so naughty. I blew a kiss, gave a little wink. Like, really naughty. And it was based off of that one line that I got the role of Paul.

To read the rest of his interview, click on the link above.

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Alex’s photo library

Alex Meraz shared to People some photos of him getting prepared for the New Moon premiere. Posted above and below are a few of them. To view them all, click on the link above.

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Access Hollywood: At the New Moon premiere (updated)

Access Hollywood has posted some of their video interviews with the cast, featuring Robert , Alex Meraz and Taylor. We will post more news from Access Hollywood as they came in.

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Alex Meraz visits the Twilight fans

With the premiere happening just a day away, Twilight fans have begun lining up in Westwood Village in Los Angeles for chance to see the stars during the premiere. The line started forming last Thursday where fans from all over the US and as far as Australia were lining up.

So to show the love and appreciation for the fans, Alex Meraz of the wolf pack visited the fans and thanked them for their fervent support.

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Mario Lopez joins the wolf pack?

Alex Meraz tweeted about the wolf pack’s upcoming interview with Extra where anchorman Mario Lopez divulged that he wants to join the wolf pack! To know more about Mario’s interview with the wolf pack, watch Extra Tonight!

Also Summit Entertainment tweeted all the cast’s TV and radio appearances on Monday.

Monday TV roundup:

Taylor on Jay Leno

Kristen on Conan

Dakota on Ellen

Kellan on Ryan Seacrest radio!

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Alex and Kiowa interviewed at Terra

Whilst in Miami, Alex Meraz and Kiowa Gordon were interviewed by the Spanish show Terra. They talked about hanging otu with Kristen, Rob and Taylor and many more.

Thanks to twifans.

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