IESB sat down with Facinelli to talk about the Twilight phenomenon, working with Eclipse director David Slade and find out his feelings on a two-part Breaking Dawn, the next book to tackle after Eclipse is released in theaters June 30th.
Read IESB's exclusive interview with Dr. Carlisle Cullen himself, Peter Facinelli, below,
IESB: This Twilight stuff, is really a phenomenon, who would've known it was going to be this big. When you signed up for the first one, did you just think it was going to be a small little vampire movie?
Peter Facinelli: I knew there was a fanbase of the books, but, somewhere along the line of finishing the movie and it coming out, that fanbase grew exponentially. But we were just trying to make a good movie for the fans of the books, we had no idea that it would turn into this, but, I am always very grateful for the fan support and love that interaction with them because their energy feeds me.
IESB: David Slade, how was he on set? Every director seems to bring something a little different to the franchise, how different was Slade, considering he knows the vampire genre.
PF: I thought he was a great fit for what they were going for. Every movie has had a little bit of different energy, I think the director sets the tone and David brought a great quality to it, it has a lot more action and I think he understands the action elements to it as well as the love story. There is a lot going on in that book and I was glad he was at the helm.
IESB: Do these events ever get tiring, I don't mean in a bad way but Comic-con and different events all over the world, does it get a little like, "Wow, there is too much for me to do!"
PF: No, I mean it would be a lot more work this morning if nobody showed up (laughing), so the fact that people are interested and people are willing to take the time to come out to come out and support something that I think is important and also to come out and meet me, I'm always grateful for.
IESB: As an artist are you looking to break off and do a different role now?
PF: I've been working for 15 years so I don't feel like the Twilight movies define me as a person, I am very grateful to have it as part of my career. I'm also currently on Nurse Jackie with Edie Falco which is a total 180 degree turn from this so for me I've, throughout these 15 years, have tried to play different characters and every time my agents say, "What do you want to do next?" I say, "Anything I haven't done before."
IESB: What is your favorite genre?
PF: I don't really have one, I try to do different things, what's appealing to me is to continue to push myself as an actor to do genres that I haven't done before, to try to surprise an audience as opposed to have them come to a Peter Facinelli movie and say, "hey, I know exactly what to expect." And when I line up characters like the Big Kahuna character I did with Kevin Spacey and put that next to the Fast Lane character and I put that next to the Scorpion King character and that one next to the Carlisle and put that character next to the Nurse Jackie character, they're vastly different from each other and that's what drives me as an actor. I am happy I look so different from Carlisle because no one confuses me with him, I think they are happy I am the actor that played that role and so, I just, as an actor, continue pushing myself. I like to win audiences over too, I mean, when I got the role for Twilight, there were a lot of people that hit the internet when I first got it and we're like, "I can't believe they cast Mike Dexter from Can't Hardly Wait as Carlisle." But now that they've seen the movie they've changed their minds.
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