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ashley at the 100 monkeys (jackson's band) show with fans

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colourmefashion, they HAVE to be dating. that necklace is serious business hahaha
 
oooohhhh sweetie, why???? why did you have to wear these leggings????:cry:
 
i can't (or don't know how) to embed, but there's a video of her leaving My House at x17online. She's the first 1:45 or so.
 
Twilight is out on DVD this Friday (April 3rd). The two disc special edition has some brilliant Extras, including footage of the actors on set and great interviews with both director Catherine Hardwicke and series author Stephanie Meyer, plus a clip of Robert Pattinson actually playing the piano - could this hottie be any more talented?

I'm already counting down to the release of New Moon in cinemas later this year but for now, there's much to be excited about with the release on DVD of Twilight and what better way to celebrate than to find out what actors Ashley Greene (Alice) and Kellen Lutz (Emmet) thought of the movie and their roles as part of the Cullen clan...

Q: How did you both feel when you found out you'd been cast in Twilight?


A: A little bit overwhelmed. You don't really know how to feel. I think whenever my agent or my managers told I was like, really? You kidding? Really?! And then it was the whole emotional thing. It was crying, and going, why am I crying? I'm supposed to be happy! And then of course I called everybody I know.

Q: How surprised are you by the success of Twilight?


A: We were really surprised. I mean we knew because there was a book,that there would be some sort of a following, but when we finished filming, and the anticipation followed, we realized that it was a bigger deal. Then come opening weekend we made our money back on opening night, so we were like yeah! We were all surprised at how well it did, it's just kind of unfathomable how well it did.

Q: How has the success of the film changed your life?


A: I think it's changed every aspect of my life, except my friends. My friends still treat me the same, which is very nice, and my mum, and my dad, still make me do dishes! But its, everything else, it's kind of amazing what it's done for me and my career and my life and in just a year. There's doors that are opening that have never been opened, and I'm getting the opportunity to work on films. It's really nice whenever you have a friend call you and say 'Hey I'm the lead of a film, do you want to do it?' And be in the position to be able to do it, cos that's what kind of happened after Twilight. It's fantastic. It's changed my life completely. It created a career for me, which is the kind of thing everyone strives for, isn't it?

Q: What made you get into the acting business in the first place?


A: I couldn't even tell you. I grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, and it's not at all a town of thespians. It's kind of sad, I mean you grow up and you go to college. And I kind of fell into an acting class and in the second that I took the class, I realized right then and there that this was what I wanted to do. I loved it. I just love being able to have parents who have supported me, and trusted me enough to know that I was serious. I graduated early and moved down to LA, with every class I took and for every part that I was booked, it just furthered that passion. Now I know it's what I want to do for the rest of my life!

Q: Are your characters people that you'd like to hang around with in real life?


A: I guess! They're the coolest characters ever! Both of our characters are! Both our characters are just so kind of happy to be alive and just so happy and really sweet. Emmett's a big goof-ball and Alice is just so sweet and cute. What she can do is awesome. It would be really cool to have her as a best friend. And yeah, our characters just both totally love life and I would totally hang out with them.

Q: You mention about Warrior that is a new film, that you both worked on, a lot of people have been asking about it, can you just tell us a bit about it and when we're likely to see it?


K: Never. You can never see it! It's just ours personally! It's a coming of age story, I play Connor Sullivan who's this cocky lacrosse player. Lacrosse is a tough sport! What happens is my father is in Iraq, he's in the marine corp and he goes back to Irag to fight so we have to move our family to different cities all the time. In one city I learn about lacrosse and I get to make new friends, yey, that's always fun. On another trip when the family moves to New York his dad ends up dying. So I really have no-one in my life, I've just moved to a new school and all the East Coast Lacrosse guys hate me cos I'm a West Coast Lacrosse boy and I have my own way of playing. Ashley plays Brooklyn, who, I just fall in love with cos she's beautiful and she can kick any guy on the Lacrosse teams butt at Lacrosse. So she's kind of my girl to lean on. I just get into a lot of trouble - my path to becoming a man, a real man! She's there to help me out, and it's going to be a really great movie. It's not just a sports movie, where I score the winning goal. There's a lot of emotional scenes and it's great to have someone so talented, that is so close to me as a friend, working alongside me. It makes the acting really genuine and not forced, so thank you again for working on the movie with me.
A: Everyone has to go see it. It's good.
K: It's out around August. They never tell us.
A: Summer.

Q: A lot of people wonder about the audition process. Can you tell us a bit more about that in terms of Twilight?


A: It's a long process - I think I auditioned five times. I originally started out auditioning for Bella and went in a few times for that. I saw Catherine Hardwicke, and eventually she said 'No, you're not right for Bella'. So Kristen got it. It was sad, it's one of those projects that everyone really wanted, especially after reading the books and becoming a fan. Then I got a call saying I was going back in for Alice, which I was stoked about, so excited. I dad to go back several times for that, and when I didn't hear anything, I thought they were giving it to a different girl. I went home for thanksgiving, and thought that was that, then all of a sudden I got a call. My managers and agents called me four times, I didn't know what was going on, and then I answered my phone, and they said 'oh sorry, you're going to have to cut your hair'. I was like, what? They were like, 'You got the role!' So it was a journey, but it was that much better at the end of it, getting the part.

Q: Ok, on the subject of baseball, how did you come up with Alice's signature baseball throw?


A: Well, it was a process, There were a lot of processes in this movie. I had to train with a professional baseball coach for, I think, two weeks, and it was ridiculous. It was a lot of work. He kept saying you throw like a girl, and I was like, I am a girl! I'm a dancer, not a baseball player. In the audition of course, they were like do you know how to play baseball, and I'm going, yeah, totally, just cast me, I'm very good!

Q: The books have been criticized in some quarters as being anti-feminist and creating poor role models for young women. What are your thoughts on that, and what sort of positive things do you think female readers can take from the characters?


A: I think people are going to pick at it anyway that they can. I read the book, and I loved the book, and I know that's mostly directed at Bella's character and I think it's kind of ridiculous. You know, the way I see it, she is a strong character, in the way that she handles things, and she's not a character that is boy crazy. I don't know, I don't know how to address it, I don't agree with it. I don't think Stephanie Meyer wrote the book to prove some point, she was really writing a love story, and if you've ever been in love, you do crazy things and it's not because of anything other than the fact that you're in love. Girl power! I'm going to get hate mail now.

Q: Lots of children have role models in life and who have inspired them, who was your role model, and why?


A: I have a lot of people that I admire in the business, for certain reasons, but as far as role models go it's definitely, my parents. They are amazing and they're still together, to be where I am now it's just crazy to think about, we grew up very poor, but you would never know it. I had such a happy childhood and my parents did such a fantastic job of raising me and my brother we were always just so, you know, teaching us to enjoy the things in life that you should and life experience and they've said over and over again their goal in life is to make our lives just a little bit better than theirs, which I think is a fantastic way to look at raising your children. I have this relationship with them that some people think is crazy, and I talk to mum three times a day, and my mum and dad always made sure to tell me they love me at the end of the day and they you know, sent me off to LA, supported me, paid my rent for a year, which is kind of crazy, totally my fault. But anyways, yeah they've been sort of my pillar of strength through everything so they're definitely the role models.

Q: Fame is very hard, especially because of the paparazzi and publicity that goes with it, what inspires you to continue acting and being a positive role model with all those sort of distractions that fame brings


A: The inspiring factor is that I love what I do and again I love being able to affect people in a positive way. I love being able to give back and I love acting, it's just such a fun job. How amazing is it, you know, I get to work and do what I love and everything else is just something that sort of comes along with it, and you can chose to deal with it recklessly or you can chose just to accept it as part of life and move on, because, honestly, if you don't go out to a nightclub, you don't really get hassled that bad by the paparrazi, I mean I don't, yet, and if that ever happens then maybe ask me again in ten years. But aside from Britney Spears and Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie it's really not that overwhelming to deal with, so the inspiring factor is just that I love what I do.

Q: What are the downsides of being famous?


A: It's simply the scrutiny, the scrutiny can be a little over the top sometimes, and then the insane,I mean it's kind of on both sides of the spectrum, it's amazing that we get to travel as much as we do but it also takes a toll on your sleep schedule and on your relationships and seeing family and stuff like that. But yeah, they're really the only two things really.

Q: If you could pick anyone in the world to be your Bella or Edward, who would it be, and why?


K: Ladies first!
A: Hmm...
K: Be honest!
A: Of course! Ok, yeah I'm going to go with Kellan! Kellan, you don't know this about me, but I'm actually desperately, madly in love with you!
K: Well the secret for you Ashley... I'd let you be my Bella!

Q: What is the thing you hate the most about filming Twilight?


A: Yeah definitely, especially for something like this. We're supposed to have such an extreme family bond, it's like you have all these really great friends, and then you leave, and you're you know thrown together in this situation, and then we leave. And we're all really busy so you feel like a piece of you has been taken away. So there's definitely that, and then getting hit with hail!

Source: http://2fm.rte.ie/blogs/the_slate/2009/04/q-a-with-twilight-stars.html
 
That's a very cute and nice interview. Thanks for posting. :flower:
 
more with jackson (okay, someone needs to tell them to get married and start the baby making now! :p)

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Hmm they should.
When you're in the industry it's bound to happen, pretty-boy meets pretty-girl, working all hours together and then chemistry and then secretly dating and then a few months later it will be out :)
 
^same here!!
love sims 2 and I can't stay away from the game!
 

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