Billy Burke and Anna Kendrick at GMTV

Billy Burke and Anna Kendrick both stopped by at UK’s morning show GMTV where they both talked about their respective movies,  New Moon and Up in the Air. Billy is in London for the holidays with his family and he stopped by GMTV to talk about New Moon. Anna on the other hand, is on hand to promote Up in the Air.

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Billy Burke on Robert Pattinson

He may play the disapproving dad in the movies but Billy Burke has nothing but kind words for Robert Pattinson.

RadarOnline.com: There is so much written about Robert Pattinson, what can you tell us about him?
Burke: Rob Pattinson is a nut! He’s a funny, goofy guy. They want him to be like this James Dean type but he doesn’t take that seriously. I respect what he’s doing.

He also talked about Kristen Stewart and whether he has been approached for Breaking Dawn.

RadarOnline.com: Since you play Kristen Stewart’s Dad in the movie – have you developed a father figure type of relationship with her?
Burke: Kristen is a wise person and an old soul. We get along more like peers than wiser, older guy and young girl. She’s doing fine taking care of herself.

RadarOnline.com: Will we see you in the fourth Twilight film?
Burke: “They haven’t approached everyone yet for the next movie but I do know that my character is in that book and if they’ll keep having me, I’ll keep coming back.”

Source: Radar Online

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A Billy Burke Interview

The Examiner was able to interview Billy Burke who plays Chief Swan in the Twilight movies. In this interview, he talked about being part of the saga, about the film, working with the young cast and the difference between Twilight and New Moon.

Have you seen the rough cut of New Moon?

Billy: I have, as a matter of fact. It’s a beautiful film; it looks a painting. I think it’s a step up from the first film, although the first film created the world. New Moon stays within that world. I think Chris Weitz has done a really, really fine job. He’s actually one of my favorite directors that I’ve worked with in the past, say 10 years. A good director hires the right cast, and mostly leaves them alone to let them do what they do. In his position, he didn’t really have a choice of the cast since the cast was already there, but he had such a fine respect for not only the movie itself, and the world, but the actors and their knowledge of their roles. He really handled it well, and he’s just a really classy guy.

What were some of your favorite memories from the set?

Billy: I kind of swim in and out. Most of the cast is up there 24/7. I get lucky, I get to be there 2 weeks to work and then go away. I’m not really around for any of the hijinx, if there is any at all. I don’t really have any stories of mayhem. I can tell you that when I am up there and we do have free time, the cast does spend time together and we go have dinners and have some drinks and stuff. We all get along pretty well. There’s not really anyone objectionable in the bunch.

While addressing the Kristen and Rob romance rumors in the past, you actually came clean about your affair with Rob.

Billy: I was just really surprised that no one picked up on that. Yeah. I feel sorry for the rest of the cast. Because they can’t walk by us without us pretending we’re not holding hands or staring deeply into each others hair. It’s rough; it’s a tough thing to hide. It seems that none of the tabloids have picked up on it yet, so I guess we’re doing a good job.

Are there any similarities between you and Charlie in New Moon?

Billy: Not one. I do tend to play a lot of cops, so I’m familiar with that sort of authoritative mentality. And I am a new father, I’ve got a 15-month old daughter, which is sort of a parallel. But I didn’t have that daughter until after we filmed Twilight, so about fatherhood, I was completely guessing. Charlie likes to hunt and fish and watch a lot of sports and I do none of those things. I am a total theater, rock and roll geek.

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

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Round Three of Fan Questions Answered

Billy Burk to star in Highland Park

Twilight actor Billy Burk will be a teacher in his next film as he and his fellow faculty members will try to save their local library in Highland Park.According to Variety,

The movie will tell a fictional story about a group of high school faculty members who help save their community library after a teacher (Glover) wins the lottery and uses his winnings for the building’s preservation. Although the feature won’t be based on a true story, the library in the film is a real one, and it actually does need saving. In fact, proceeds from ticket sales for “Highland Park” will be going to its real-life renovations.

Filming has already begun and Billy is said to be done with his scenes come October 24th.

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Twilight Screening Fan Q&A

RadarOnline has a 20 minute video of a Q&A the whole New Moon cast did at a small screening of Twilight. Once the fan girl screams died down the cast asked each other some questions while Rob asked one very excited and lukcy girl in the audience a question as well.

In his traditional plaid shirt a sexy smiling Rob took the mike first and  took the pandemonium around him in stride.  Putting a twist on the traditional interview format, Pattinson picked a fan out of the crowd and asked HER a question in his charming British accent.  “What is the weirdest thing you’ve ever been asked by a fan?” The crowd responded with screams!

Stewart, wearing a very Joan Jett outfits of jeans, a t-shirt, and red Converse sneaker asked her co-star Nikki Reed “were you worried about meeting the expectations of the characters?”

Despite chants of “take your shirt off,” buff Lautner kept his plaid one on and answered New Moon, when asked what his favorite movie to film was.

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Video’s from Twi-Con Atlanta

Thanks to some awesome fans in Atlanta we have some videos of Ashley and Kellan’s Q&A from last weekend. There is also their seperate Q&A’s as well.

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