Kellan Lutz shares his strategy for dealing with paparazzi
Kellan Lutz, who plays Emmett Cullen in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” poses for photos with fans at the film’s premiere Monday night in Los Angeles. (Associated Press photo)
The pop-culture whirlwind swirling around “The Twilight Saga” has swept up the actors involved in the first film, last year’s “Twilight,” and the sequel “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” opening Friday.
Kellan Lutz, who plays vampire Emmett Cullen in the franchise, has developed a strategy for dealing with the paparazzi:
“I think it’s great to adopt a pet — a dog that bites. I mean, that’s where the paparazzi will stop. … My dog, Kola, does not like anyone that she’s not friendly with,” he said at a recent press conference with fellow Cullen coven actors Nikki Reed, Ashley Greene and Elizabeth Reaser at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles.
He noted that Greene also has a dog, Marlow, “which is kind of small but hurts.”
“So the paparazzi stops at my front gate. And it’s usually kind of crazy have paparazzi step outside your house. And the coolest thing with the Vancouver (where ’New Moon’ was filmed) guys (is that) are they’re respectable, and they will just ask for a signature or photo and let us go about and go and, you know, have a cast dinner away from set where we can feel human and we’re out of the white makeup and the contacts,” he said.
On the other hand, Lutz noted that being part of such a beloved franchise is gratifying.
“The fans are always so great, and they’re giving us presents, which is so crazy ‘cause we’re allowed to work because of them. And the time they put into making dolls or buying gummi bears or anything like that, it’s very humbling. So it’s really nice to just have everyone who is respectful just understand that it’s a job at the end of the day. We aren’t really these characters in life. And just thank them for everything.”
Gummi bears are probably among Lutz’s favorite gifts, since he admitted an obsession with candy, as well as with animals.
“I’m a huge animal advocate. And I just love animals,” he said.
To read my feature on Lutz, which appeared here on the blog Sunday, click here.
-BAM
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