Chaske Spencer talks with Blast Magazine

Posted on 27. Jan, 2012 by in News

More than anything, Chaske Spencer just wants to keep it real.

This may seem strange coming from the man who just wrapped up a multi-film stint in the massively successful fantasy-laden Twilight series, but a brief conversation with him makes this all too clear.

Take, for example, his perspective on his Twilight character, werewolf pack leader Sam Uley. While he appreciates many things about his animalistic alter-ego, not the least of which are his CGI antics played out on the big screen – “I never thought I would see myself jump off a cliff. I mean it was amazing!” he says – what he most hopes fans will take away from the most recent installments is that which makes the character most relatable – most human.

“What I got from talking to the kids, the fans of Twilight, is that a lot of them just hated Sam. A lot of them did not like Sam,” he recalls with a laugh. “So what I want to do is make him more human, more a character that you can relate to. In the Breaking Dawn film you get this sense that, in the script, he’s out to just kill Renesmee and he hates Bella, but that’s not the case. It’s just that it’s a job that he has to do.”

Similarly, Spencer notes, it’s the human element of filmmaking that has been the most rewarding through his work on the Twilight series and beyond. His bonds with cast and crew from the Twilight films have stayed strong, he assures: his fellow wolves are “like my brothers now,” he says, “and then you have Julia [Jones] and Tinsel [Korey, both costars] who are like my sisters.” It’s like “joining the circus,” he explains. “That’s basically what a film crew is. You join the circus, you all get tight, you’re like a family for a month or two, and then – boom. Maybe you’ll stay in touch, maybe you’ll see them again, maybe you won’t, you know?”

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2 Responses to “Chaske Spencer talks with Blast Magazine”

  1. Melissa

    27. Jan, 2012

    I like Sam he had a heavy burden to carry around and no one for years knew about it…. I mean in the first book he was put down and was misunderstood… But to be a leader and he had each one of the new wolfs to teach and help protect them as 1 by one turned… Sam is a great guy just misunderstood… I know he had to feel aweful for falling and imprinting on Lea’s cousin and had to drop her like he did… Life is never fair in alot of ways but it dont make a person bad for doing things they have no controll over…. I would love to see a movie with how he came to be a pack leader and befor that…

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