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Michael Welch is now on Twitter

Another Twilight cast member has bitten the Twitter bug and the latest one is Micheal Welch.

To follow Michael, click on the link above.

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Micheal Welch defends Rob and Kristen against bad media

Micheal Welch defends his co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart against the onslaught of negative media they have been getting. Kristen was hit back with the words she used in her Elle interview whilst Rob has been hounded by paparazzi. According to Welch, sometimes both actors are just misunderstood.

“Look, I certainly see what she was getting at in terms of feeling violated,” Michael explains, having hung around the gal during press tours and paparazzi galore. “Obviously it was an over-the-top comment…It’s tough to navigate in this world like what is necessarily appropriate or not.

“I can just tell you in that particular case, I see what she was getting at. It’s obviously not a comment that can be defended. But she apologized for it and I mean, she’s kind of put into a different position than the rest of us.”

“I can just tell you, knowing Kristen, that she is, I think, very misunderstood in a lot of ways,” Mike dishes about his pal. “And an incredibly sweet and talented and hard-working and really fun and funny person when you really get to know her and sort of get past all that other stuff. She’s really cool.”

As for Rob…

“There’s definitely some paparazzi on set. It’s a little distracting, to say the least,” he says of the constant photogs who hang around the Vancouv set just hopping to snap a pic of the Twilight stars canoodling off-camera.You know, man, people aren’t rooting through my garbage.”‘

“I remember being in the hair and make-up trailer—they always have just a lot of magazines and stuff…and every single one of them had like Rob on the cover and had all these crazy—like a lot of just things that just aren’t true.”

“I mean, I know these people, they’re my friends, we’ve all been through this journey together. None of us were famous going into this and I can tell you that, at least half of what I’ve seen out there, particularly about Rob is completely not true.”

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Videos: Seventeen Magazine goes Twilight

Seventeen Magazine has posted two new video in their YouTube Page featuring Ashley Greene’s Cover Reveal Party and the behind-the-scenes shoot with the Twilight boys featuring Alex Meraz, Charlie Bewley, Kiowa Gordon and Michael Welch.

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Mike Welch talks about Music

Here is a video of Mike Welch aka Mike Newton, where he talks about his love for music. According to the actor, he is a pretty decent drummer and if there is a drum set around, he would play the drums.

These Twilight cast are talented musicians!

Thanks to Twilight Lexicon.

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Q&A with Mike Welch

Michael Welch was interviewed by the National Post Canada and he talked about being part of the Twilight Saga, the fans, working with the cast and under Chris Weitz and Breaking Dawn. Here is an excerpt of his interview:

Q: Did you ever anticipate that the Twilight phenomenon would grow to what it has become?

A: Well I certainly knew that it was a possibility that this could be a very successful film franchise. It’s difficult to anticipate how big it’s actually become. But I think that my first sense was right after the movie was announced, the internet exploded. The buzz around it was just electric. And then when we started filming, and there would be footage of what we did on set that day, online, that night; it just blew my mind. So I knew that I was potentially a part of something really amazing, but impossible to anticipate.

Q: Had you read the books or were you a fan before getting involved in the movie?

A: No, I actually had not heard of it, like a lot of people. Of course I have read the books since I’ve been in the films, but I’ve been taking them one book at a time, because I didn’t want to get ahead of the story as we were filming. At a certain point it kind of became clear that Mike Newton doesn’t really change too much throughout the series, so I’m in the middle of Breaking Dawn now.

Q: Speaking of which, do you have the same screaming-girl, crazed fan experiences that Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner do?

A: Oh no, it’s not the same for me as it is for those two. [Laughing] Not at all. There certainly do seem to be more girls that want to talk to me, in general, which is ironic because right before Twilight I got into a very serious committed relationship. So it’s just funny how life works. I was never really successful throughout my high school career with ladies, and then I was fortunate enough to be with this incredible girl now, but as soon as that happens a whole set of doors of possibility opened up.

Q: It’s been recently reported that Robert Pattinson and Kristin Stewart are officially a couple. How do they act on-set together?

A: [Laughing] It’s funny because when I first started to hear those reports, initially when that whole thing kinda started, I didn’t really believe it, I thought it was kind of weird. Frankly how they act on set can be interpreted a lot of different ways. To me it always seemed more like a brother/sister relationship– not to make it sound weird or anything. When you work on films, you get really close to people and sometimes it’s just difficult interpret how they act around each other and what that means. But you know, they’re both my buddies and wish them nothing but the best.

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

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New Moon Press Conference: The Volturi Interview

Movies Online and IESB.net has posted the transcript of the interview with the Volturi members – Dakota Fanning, Michael Sheen, Jamie Campbell Bower and Cameron Bright – during the New Moon Press Conference. The cast talked about their characters, joining the Twilight cast, meeting the fans and their other movie projects. Here is an excerpt of their interview:

Q: Dakota, as such a fan of this series, what were the highlights of playing Jane?

Dakota: I think the highlight of playing Jane was getting to wear that costume and having the red contact lenses. I was really excited about that, and getting to play an evil character.

Q: Do you get to do more in Eclipse?

Dakota: It’s about the same. I’m still not very much in the movie.

Q: What did you think when you saw yourself for the first time with the red lenses in?

Dakota: It’s really scary. I think it makes anyone look automatically evil. It was really fun. You get used to them, after a while. You can see pretty good, but it’s still kind of weird.

Q: Michael, did it take you a while to come up with your voice in the film, or was that an instant thought when you read the script?

Michael: No, it was from Stephenie in the book. She describes Aro as having a voice like feathers, so that made me think about what would it sound like, if someone had a voice like feathers. And then, as I was starting to play around with it, I reminded myself a little bit of the Blue Meanie in Yellow Submarine. And then, I was also thinking about characters from when I was a kid watching stuff that really freaked me out, and the Blue Meanie really freaked me out. So did the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. I liked the idea of a character who, on the surface, appears to be very friendly and thinks of himself as just being a sentimental old fool, a romantic at heart, but then he wants to eat your eyes. That was where Aro came from.

Q: Jamie, can you describe what the Volturi are?

Jamie: We are basically the vampire government. We’re there to keep all the vampires in check. People keep describing us as evil. I wouldn’t say we’re evil necessarily. We’re the government, and not everybody likes the government, which is fine. Without us, it would turn into complete vampire anarchy. And, we’re there to keep the Cullens in check, in particular.

Michael: It’s quite thrilling to have Dakota Fanning call you “master.”

Q: Cameron, can you talk about your character and your relationship to Dakota?

Cameron: Me and Dakota are the henchmen, and Dakota is the most feared out of all the Volturi. She’s the one with the worst power. We do what they say. For me, as Alec, I’m the only one that isn’t quite afraid of Jane, but I still am. I’m not afraid to say what I want, where everybody else is always watching their words, as far the henchmen go. Jane just looks at them and they just shut up and don’t say anything. We’re brother and sister. We don’t fight at all, or else I’d be in trouble.

Q: Jamie, how would you compare joining the Harry Potter phenomenon with the Twilight phenomenon?

Jamie: The Twilight phenomenon is relatively young cinematically, so there’s still a lot of growth there to go and there’s still a lot of connections to be made between cast and crew, whereas with Potter they’ve been going for 10 years now. It’s a machine. You go in, you do your thing and then you go on. With this, there’s a lot more finding out about everything and a lot more exploration to do, in general.

Q: What are each of your special powers? If you had a special power, in real life, what would you like it to be?

Cameron: Alec’s special power is that he cuts off people’s senses. And, the special power I’d want in the real world would be to have any special power I wanted.

Dakota: Jane’s special power is that she can just look at someone and cause them pain. And, if I could have any power, it would be to read people’s thoughts.

Jamie: Caius doesn’t have a power. Take from that what you will. And, if I had a power in real life, it would probably be something like the power of flight. That would be cool, just to get from A to B much quicker than walking everywhere. It would be much faster.

Michael: Aro’s power is to be able to read people’s thoughts by touching them. And, in real life, I would like to have the power to always look like I’m three centimeters to the right of where I actually am. I’m doing it now. I actually do have that power.

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

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