Twilight Villain Xavier Samuel

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Coming all the way from Australia and landing his first American starring role as one of the lead vampires in Eclipse, Xavier Samuel talks how the Hollywood spotlight is different from back home. We also discover how he prepared for his on screen kiss with Victoria. Hosted by Tatiana Diana.
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What's up, Young Hollywood? I'm Tatiana Ziana, hanging out at the Young Hollywood Studios with Xavier Samuel, the newest member of the Twilight Saga.
Must be really exciting for you, being a newbie.
Yeah, yeah, I've had a I've had a blast, you know.
I'm really enjoying the whole kind of wild ride.
I mean, Twilight, being a part of such a crazy brand.
Yeah.
I mean, you just took a step.
You're on a bottle.
Um, yes.
I'm kind of curious about this stuff.
What happens if you drink it?
Well, you took a step of it, nothing crazy happened, I don't think, not yet.
Oh, if I turn into a vampire throughout the course of this interview, it's uh, just blame it on the vitamin water.
What did you do to me?
I'm so
Yeah.
I know.
We'll find you someone to drink.
I love the movie.
I saw it last night.
I thought you were amazing in it.
You and Victoria played a really good There was a really good dynamic there.
Yeah, yeah, I mean, it's not a very healthy relationship, though, to be honest, you know.
It's pretty much like every relationship in L. A.
Wow, what kind of guys are you hanging out with?
Welcome to L. A.
I feel sorry for the guys if that's the case.
Oh, I'm just kidding.
Like, "Um, would you happen to assemble a newborn uh army of vampires for me?"
Those newborns were hectic.
I heard that you and Victoria, um, studied some YouTube clips to figure out the perfect way to kiss.
Is this true?
Well, it's kind of like I mean, it's written there.
We both read it in the script and we're like, "Okay."
So, I think I think the worst case is if you rock up on set and you're not prepared for it, you know, and then you kind of like
The awkward kiss.
Yeah, the awkward kiss.
Nobody likes to look at that.
No, you don't want a chip tooth, you know.
No, preferably not.
So, we kind of we kind of talked about it.
We kind of uh pulled up all these uh the best kisses in cinematic history.
So, it's it's a kind of um an amalgamation of that whole
Whatever you went with, you did a great job.
So, you had a lot of fun on the set.
Did you Are you good friends with the other castmates?
Yeah, I mean, we we got to know each other really well, and I was kind of warmly welcomed into the whole Twilight family, which was really cool, and yeah, it's just kind of cool to to meet a whole bunch of different people on the other side of the planet who who sort of share a lot in common with, you know.
So, all the way from Australia to the U. S. making your mark with Twilight.
Who does that?
Who starts with Twilight?
Are you serious?
Well, I didn't plan it like that, you know.
You know.
So, we'll definitely have to check you out June 30th.
You got a lot of fans out there, and they're going to be really, really happy with it, so.
Yeah, cool.
Congratulations.
No, thanks for having me.
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PEOPLE MENTIONED
- Xavier Samuel
Featured guest, actor in Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- Tatiana Diana
Host of the interview
- Victoria
Xavier Samuel's character's love interest in Eclipse
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