Meet Marcus

Posted on 27. Aug, 2009 by AmyO in News

Today is the day that we will meet the long awaited Volturi. Summit Entertainment has sent us this high-resolution picture of Marcus.  Marcus is played by Christopher Heyerdahl. 

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MARCUS

Full Name: Marcus

Status: Vampire

Group: Volturi Coven

Date of Birth: Around 1300 BC

Date of Transformation: Unknown

Special Abilities: He sees the strength of the relationships between people

“You already know what you’ll do, Aro.” 

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION: Marcus is the most detached of the Volturi leaders. The loss of his mate has essentially turned him into a zombie over the centuries. He is surprised by the intensity of Bella and Edward’s relationship. 

VOLTURI

1) The Volturi include: Aro, Caius, and Marcus as the leaders, and then Jane, Alec, Demetri, Felix, Heidi, and several other unnamed members of the guard.

2) The Volturi are similar to a ruling body, and protect the secret of vampires by wiping out any “problems” as vampire law defines.

3) The Volturi live in an ancient Tuscan city called “Volterra”.

4) Aro and Jane’s powers do not work on Bella. 

Director Chris Weitz on the Volturi —

“No matter how strange one of the characters is in a work of fantasy, I think you have to approach them as people and then so you start to think, ‘They’ve been around for 2,000 years. How would they interact with one another?’  The conclusion was that after 2,000 years you’d probably be more than mildly insane. No matter how cultured or gracious you appear on the surface. And I think that’s what Michael Sheen managed to portray as Aro, the head of the Volturi — on the surface he’s terribly gracious, warm, a wonderful host and at the same time he’s lethal and frightening.  It’s also what Dakota Fanning conveys as Jane. She’s innocent looking in appearance but she’s absolutely deadly.  The first thing I wanted to do was put them in a setting that wasn’t Dracula’s castle.  There have been so many vampire movies and werewolf movies and horror movies where everything has been dark and dreary. Instead, their headquarters is surprisingly light and crisp. And the characters that they play have a kind of a tactile reality to them in spite of how bizarre their situation is really. The whole point is not to leave Forks, Washington where everything has really been quite realistic and then suddenly go to a location that completely throws you out of the movie.  And the set although it’s huge and grand and magnificent actually feels like a real place.” 

So…. what do you think??  I’m trying to figure out how Chris Weitz pulled Marcus straight out of my imagination!

Tags: Christopher Heyerdahl, New Moon Movie