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Wolf pack members Alex, Julia and Tinsel at the Lavo Restaurant and Nightclub

Last Saturday, wolf pack members Alex Meraz, Julia Jones and Tinsel Korey made an appearance at the Lavo Restaurant & Nightclub at the Palazzo in Las Vegas.

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Julia Jones and Tinsel Korey at two events

Wolf pack girls Tinsel Korey and Julia Jones attended two events recently namely the Do Something Awards and the Baby Issa Launch & Issa London Resort 2011.

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Julia Jones on her first day on-set

In a snippet of her interview with MTV, Julia Jones recalls her first day on-set.

“My first day on set was a couple days before we started filming I went for some hair and make-up tests, I got out of the van and the first person I saw was Taylor and he just introduced himself and was so nice,” Julia said. “And 10 steps later was Kristen, and then, you know, you’re halfway there.”

“I had never been on a set of that size before and just getting used to that and things like the paparazzi there all the time,” she said. “There were a lot of X-factors that you have to calibrate really fast to.”

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Kristen Stewart at Lopez Tonight

Kristen Stewart dropped by Lopez Tonight last as part of her promotional duties for Eclipse. In the show, Kristen showed her “juggling talent” which according to her was supposed to be their (Rob’s) act in accepting the Best Kiss award at the MTV Movies Award 2010. She also acknowledge her dad, who was working in the show as a stage manager.

Her co-stars Billy Burke and Julia Jones also dropped to showcase their talent as part of Lopez’s on-going act of “Twilight Got Talent”. Billy spin three toothpicks in his mouth while Julia threw a football at a cardboard cut-out of Robert Pattinson.

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Salt Lake Magazine: An interview with Julia Jones and Charlie Bewley

Salt Lake Magazine was able to interview Julia Jones and Charlie Bewley during Twilight Night in Utah. The two actors graciously answered the questions asked to them such as depicting their characters from a popular book, the set, working with the different actors, director David Slade and many more. Here is an excerpt of their interview:

SLM: “Let’s start with Julia. How do you think your fans will respond to your depiction of Leah Clearwater?”

JJ:   “I don’t know”, she sighs and gives a nervous laugh. “I really, really don’t know. I realized when I watched the film for the first time, a couple weeks ago, that that’s gonna happen, that there’s gonna be some kinda reaction, that there’s gonna be feedback. There’s such a big deal made about being cast and about filming and then there’s all these phases you go through, and then, actually the most important thing, in some way the only thing that matters is how your character is received.”

She told me how nauseous she was after first seeing it. She put off thinking about how the audience would react. “Now I’ve recently been like oh my God it’s gonna come out, that day is coming. I really hope it jives with the fans and other’s ideas of the character. Everything I tried to do was from this book, and it was my interpretation”

SLM: “Is it hard to depict a character from a well-read book?”

JJ:  “Process wise, it’s just different. It’s really about doing an interpretation of source material versus creating and imagining. It is harder in a lot of ways, because there is kind of a right and a wrong. Or there’s a more right. The material is there, and you’re trying to get as close to, as true to, this character that’s so believable and so dimensional as you possibly can, and you’re not gonna get there 100 percent.”

CB: “The difficult thing is that the books are like 15,000 times bigger than the script. And you have character developments in the book that just do not exist in the script. So, you can have the character based on what is outlined in the books, and then you’re given the script to actually portray that character. You can do your best, but it’s like film is so restricting in a many ways. You have marks to hit. It’s very hard to play that character so organically with what you have in your head given when you’re given the script, which is like four lines and then some tricky camera angles.”

He adjusted in his seat and leaned in closer.

JJ: “One of the most daunting parts about it for me was I had never worked on a set the size of the Twilight sets.” Julia related to Charlie. “The crew is huge, the cast is huge and there are all these added elements like paparazzi and fans, and all of a sudden, whatever experience I had before as an actor on the set went out the window. You have to figure out how to do your job in-spite of all these different variables that are brand new. Coming in, my character was new and every actor I interacted with had been playing their character for at least one other film, and I was trying to keep up. Yeah, I was on my toes quite a bit.”

CB: “But you did a really good job!  Really you did.”

JJ: “Thanks Charlie,” she laughs.

CB: “I mean she’s smokin’ hot in the movie. A great character. She plays her (Leah) with real edge, really moody.”

JJ: “I went for it,” Julia says with unsure laughter. “The thing that lets you a little off the hook when you think about the daunting part of it is that you know that the people that are behind this—Summit, the studio, Stephenie Meyer, the directors. It’s such a well oiled machine. They’re so smart, they know what they’re doing and you trust them. So, really it’s just the belief that they believed in you or they picked you to do it. That calmed me much more than anything in my power… Just, you know, I have faith in it.”

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

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Chaske,Alex and Julia: Representing the Wolf pack

If there is one thing that the Twilight Saga has done for the Native American community is that it portrays them in a new and positive light in a contemporary setting. That is according to Chaske Spencer, who plays the wolf pack leader Sam Uley in the Twilight Saga.

“There’s a lot of stereotypes that have been squashed,” Spencer said. “We’re part of this pop culture phenomenon, and we’re put in a different light. And the kids see that, and they’re digging on it. They love that vibe.”

Not only that, the films has given a generation of Native American actors a chance to appear in a block buster film without the feathers and teepee’s but still preserves the culture.

Do you feel the franchise has created more opportunities for Native American actors outside of the franchise?

Chaske Spencer: “Yes, it has. It has. What I like about it is it has brought us to pop culture in a way that’s never been done before in film. We’ve been around for a while. I’ve been working for like 10 years, and these two have also been around and working, and what I like about it is it’s finally brought us to a place where we’re not always playing with the leather and feather. That’s how we paid our dues. And I like also, and it’s kind of up to the media as well to accept us as other than being just the mystical figures and put on the leather and feather, and speaking like in a ‘rez’ accent all the time – because I’ve done that so many times. And the kids, the kids are more accepting of us than anything else. That’s what’s really cool.”

Julia Jones: “That’s also what excites me is that we’re being put in front of primarily children and people who are in the process of defining their ideas of what Native Americans are. I think that’s probably the most valuable aspect of the way that Native Americans are portrayed in this film. Because I still feel a lot of adults and in the media trying to figure it out. Like, I’m not an actress yet, I’m a ‘Native America actress’. And it’s not quite normalized to most people who grew up watching movies, like most Native movies.”

Alex Meraz: “And speaking more on that is it’s in a contemporary setting. Like Chaske was saying, leather and feather period piece, we don’t have bows and arrows. We don’t even have clothes though.”

Aside from that, Chaske, together with Alex Meraz and Julia Jones, also talked about coming back for the third Twilight film under David Slade and the camaraderie on-set.

For the guys, how was working with David Slade this time compared to working with Chris Weitz last time?

Chaske Spencer: “They’re both really good directors. With David, he’s very precise in what he wants. He knows exactly, and so did Chris. But what I liked about David is it’s fast; it’s quick. I like working with different directors, it keeps you on your toes. He’s a sweet, charming man. I’ve seen his movies, the vampire [film] 30 Days or 40 Days of Night I think it was. 30. I saw that about a year before that. Yeah, with him it was just real fast. It was really fast, for me anyway, my experience with him.”

Alex Meraz: “I enjoyed working with him for the fact that I experiment doing short films, and being a filmmaker and seeing his process he’s very much a filmmaker and not so much just a director. There’s moments where he threatens to just actually get the camera himself and film it. He’s so involved. He always has a camera wrapped around his neck and he’s documenting the whole process. So that was really exciting to see, and inspiring.”

“And Chris Weitz, he’s just incredible. I mean, he’s such a gentleman and for me, entering this phenomenon that is Twilight, it was really great to have someone at the helm like that to just kind of guide us into it smoothly. And now that we’ve transitioned into another film, we kind of know the gist. We know where to go with it, and David was just a great person to take on the franchise.”

Have you heard from any of the tribes and in particular the one on which this was based? Alex Meraz: “The fascinating thing about portraying a tribe that actually does exist is that the stuff Stephenie had taken from the tribe, she kind of mixed it in the realm of fantasy. But now a lot of people are going to Washington State, they’re going to La Push where the Quileute tribe actually do reside, and they’re learning more. They’re forced to ask questions, learn more about the culture. And I think that that’s great that they’re getting a spotlight to introduce and to tell the story, the real creation story. That’s important. I think that fans are so into it that they want to learn where this germinated from, the root of where the wolf pack comes from.”

Chaske Spencer: “And all over Native country we’re getting feedback. It’s like they’re saying, ‘It’s about time.’ We’ve got mad support from our people on the reservations. It’s just opened up a whole different door to us. And also, it’s a little pressure, too, because it’s almost like we have to be role models now. It’s something that kind of scares me as well, because that’s a big load to take on.”

Julia Jones: “It is so gratifying to hear from people who look up to you and see you in these places that they never thought they could ever dream to be. It’s emotional [tearing up while talking]. You really feel like you’re opening up people’s minds who otherwise thought that they couldn’t dream big. And that’s such a huge opportunity. It’s such a gift.”

Chaske Spencer: “Statistically, we’re not supposed to be here. We grew up on reservations and I don’t know if any of you have visited them, but it’s a third-world country there. You know, there’s a lot of poverty, lot of alcoholism, lot of drug addiction. So we’re very fortunate to be here, and we know that. We’re very lucky and grateful to be here.”

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

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