Xavier Samuel is ‘bloody brilliant’ in Elle Magazine
Posted on 26. Apr, 2010 by Amanda31 in News
Xavier is featured in the May issue of Elle magazine, naming him “The Next Twilight Heartthrob.”
WHY NOW: He’s been newly minted as the “hot” vampire in the wildly popular Twilight franchise, making his debut in its third installment, Eclipse, due out this summer. Rumored to have beaten out Channing Tatum and Harry Potter actor Tom Felton, Samuel landed the role of Riley, right-hand vampire to Bryce Dallas Howard ’s villainess, Victoria. “He’s essentially a tragic character,” Samuel says. “[Director] David Slade and I talked a lot about conveying how complex he is—he’s harboring extreme jealousy and hatred for humanity because that’s exactly what he’s been deprived of.”
WHY HE’LL LAST: Samuel’s compulsively watchable performances in Australian movies such as 2008’s Newcastle (he played a nottotally- out-of-the-closet Goth teenager struggling to find his place in a clique of hard-core surf junkies) are in part a product of working on small-budget sets filming at breakneck paces. “Most of the Australian films I’ve worked on shot for five weeks max, and a second take was a luxury. It taught me to be prepared and focused from the beginning.”
BUT IS HE READY FOR TWILIGHT-LEVEL FAME? “I haven’t quite got my hands on any brochure that says, ‘In the event that you become insanely famous, what do you do?’ But I think I can take a leaf from Rob and Kristen’s book. They’ve done a good job keeping their wits in the whirlwind of it all but also letting it get them where they want to be future-role-wise.”
PROOF HE REALLY DOES DO HIS HOMEWORK: Photos leaked on the Internet of Samuel and Howard filming their highly anticipated kissing scene, one they aptly prepped for. “Bryce and I watched YouTube clips of the best kisses in cinematic history for research,” he says. Yes, but how did he get on with the practicing? “What happens in the rehearsal room stays in the rehearsal room.”
One Response to “Xavier Samuel is ‘bloody brilliant’ in Elle Magazine”
Carol Brusca
30. Apr, 2010
Mr. Condon:
I’ll be 64 years old next week, interesting. My daughter handed me Twilight several times, but I passed on it thinking it would be too juvenile for me. Then I retired and landed in an over 55 community in Florida. This NYorker got bored real fast. So I started to read the book, finished it, moved onto New Moon, finished it, ditto with Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Read them all three times now. Bought the DVDs and the CDs. I play Hearing Damage (Thom Yorke is unbelievable) and Rosyln several times a day (of course dancing all around the house). What a rush! I think I’m so absorbed and so enjoying Bella’s story because I was just like Bella when I was 17. Stephanie is the second coming of Jesus to me, she gave a whole world of young teenage (and younger) hope – hope that they are just fine and special just the way they are. And, of course, Edward is the most perfect love any girl/woman could want. I ask that you give all of us who love these books a great, true to the book film. Feel it, feel the intense love in this book. God, these books gave me a new feeling about myself, my life and my future life. Also, if by some chance I ever ran into a vampire, I probably and truly would say, “Bite me!” Good luck, I’m rooting for you. Please don’t fuck this up. (Sorry, I’m from the Bronx originally.)