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 ALASDAIR DUNCAN recently sat down with CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL and CAMERON BRIGHT to discuss their roles as Volturi vampires in the forthcoming Twilight sequel.
ALASDAIR DUNCAN: Is it exciting to be playing vampires onscreen?
CAMERON BRIGHT: I’ve always dreamed about playing a vampire. It’s like any other acting job, although there are times when you’re reminded of the differences – like when you look in the mirror and find yourself with bright orange eyes, under a pound of make-up...
CHRISTOPHER HEYERDAHL: There’s such a rich tradition of characters, from Nosferatu all the way up through Lestat, and now the Volturi Guard and other more modern iterations. It’s something I think most of us dream about.AD: Was the Volturi make-up hard to deal with every morning on set?
CB: It wasn’t so bad in the mornings. The only hard part about it is you get a half hour lunch when you really only get ten minutes, because after you eat you have to go in for touch-ups, then after every shot, you need to get another pound of make-up on. You never really notice itches on your face until you have make-up on there, and you can’t scratch.
CH: The thing with lunch is that we’re all we’re all method actors, so we had to stay in character throughout. When we bit our victims, we’d leave white make-up all over their necks before we threw them on the pile ... the pile of dead bodies. That’s all.
AD: Speaking of which, have you had fans approach asking you to bite their necks?
CB: I haven’t yet. I’ve had a couple of girls with ‘Bite Me’ shirts on...
AD: Did you get to travel to Italy with the rest of the New Moon cast?
CH: All the exterior scenes were shot in Italy, but we didn’t do any – the Volturi brokers were stuck on a soundstage back home. That being said, though, we’re lazy people. We like to stay inside. We don’t like to twinkle.
AD: It seems unfair that you guys don’t get to travel. I think you should lobby for some exteriors next time.
CH: Actually, we called Stephanie today and asked her to re-release Breaking Dawn and have the battle take place in Italy, and she said she would take it under advisement.
AD: Do you read the things that people say about you online?
CB: I try not to pay attention to it. I’ve been in the business for ten years, which is more than half of my life, and I’m used to the rejection and criticism. I would like to say I can take it, because I like to think I’m doing a good job, but when you go online, you have so many people who are negative, or out to get something. I stay away from it.
CH: Being an old fogey, I think I learned that lesson a long time ago, in theatre, reading reviews. The internet allows anyone and everyone to express whatever they’re thinking, and that’s a wonderful thing, but do I want to sit and read everyone’s opinions, which are ultimately just personal? No. Any opinions of the film that are out there right now are based on conjecture. When the film comes out, that’s when people can have an educated opinion on whether they liked it or didn’t.
 AD: Chris, you’ve done a lot of sci-fi work already in your career – does Twilight feel like a career high-point?
CH: Well, I wouldn’t say it’s just another role. I love the character of Marcus, and delving beneath the surface. He says so little that each word is important – each thought. I would literally run off the set and spend my spare time doing work creating Marcus. Every character I play is a highlight ... this one, specifically, I would say, is more ‘Twilight’ than ‘highlight’.
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON (rating TBC) is in cinemas Thursday Nov 19. www.twilightthemovie.com
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