Exclusive Twilight Interview: Eclipse’s Julia Jones
Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Golden_Topaz_Eyes_42 in News
LimeLife recently interviewed Julia Jones on her role as Leah Clearwater in Eclipse.
LimeLife: We heard that there were open casting calls for Eclipse. How exactly did you score the part of Leah Clearwater?
Julia Jones: The casting director I’ve had a relationship with for a number of years. She actually just called us up and I went in and auditioned for the director David Slade and for her, and came back about a week later and read for some people from Summit and David again and some of the producers. And then I waited for about a month before I heard anything, and you’re right, in that time they were doing huge casting calls and going up to Canada. I think they accepted tapes from anybody so really anyone in the world could put themselves on tape and potentially be seen by the casting people.
LimeLife: Julia, you were cast with a pretty dynamic and somewhat complex character. Can you tell us about Leah Clearwater?
Julia Jones: Yeah, totally. First of all she’s the only werewolf who’s a female, which is in itself a very cool thing, but she has this complicated backstory where she is heartbroken because the head of the pack Sam Uley left her for her best friend and her cousin. So in addition to that she’s dealing with all the changes that you have in your body when you become a wolf, and as a girl there’s really nobody who knows what’s happening to her – she’s really alone and out there and heartbroken at the same time. And it makes her very angry and mean, and really she’s just in a lot of pain and she doesn’t know how to ask for help so she lashes out.
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Eryka
30. Oct, 2009
The information in this interview kind of upsets me. To find out now that the casting director knew her beforehand and called her specifically to read for the part, when there was a HUGE open casting going on. It makes me feel like they were getting some people’s hopes up for no reason since they already knew who they were going to cast.
I think Julia is extrordinarily beautiful and I’m sure that she’s a wonderful actress, and none of my disappointment is directed at her, just at those who had already made the decision, but allowed many talented young performers to get their hopes up. I had thought of trying out myself, but didn’t feel I had the right look for the part (I look young for my age, but not 18!), and knew that it would be a LONG shot, but I know of other actresses in my community that tried out and gave their all, only to now find out that it was all for naught, and never would have been.
Just my 2 cents worth!
MG
03. Nov, 2009
Rene actually did cast people she knew before in the New Moon too. Chaske and Alex have been in productions that have had her as the casting director for Native talent. Casting directors also keep in mind previous talent that have auditioned before.
These performers have paid their dues and worked really hard to try and make a living off of their talent. Rene did also cast people from the open auditions in the previous film.
I would agree that they should have not done an open casting call because the roles of Seth and Leah went to already established talent. I would think that she would also look at the pool of talent, from the open auditions, for future projects.
I think the accelerated film schedule for the movies also played a factor in the casting process too. If they had more time to find people then maybe it would have turned out differently.