Movie Feature
Twilight's Tinsel Korey
Friday 18 November 2011
First of all I have to ask you about your unusual name. Where did it come from?
My parents were hippies back in the day. Normally it's really cool and then at Christmas people are like, 'really'? And I'm like 'yes'.
You've played the part of Emily Young for three years now.
How does it feel to be part of such a big franchise?
It's really cool. I think that it's not something you go oh wow this is my life. Everyday I'm so thankful for having this role and the fans have been completely amazing and it's been an awesome, experience.
You beat 800 other actresses to get the role. That's some achievement.
You know I never think about that because I'm always supportive of other actresses and everyone gets their shot at whatever point in their career. This time was mine, so obviously it's very flattering for sure.
Did you feel a lot of pressure to portray the character of Emily from the books in the right way?
I knew there was going to be some pressure as to what people thought she was going to be like and who I am, but you know I just trusted that I knew my character and I was cast because I could bring something to the table. If you do the work and hopefully do a good job people will be happy with it and from what I've heard I think people are happy so I think I did a good job.
How did you prepare for the role and do you relate to Emily in anyway?
You know she's a lot more maternal and she's a better cook than I am. Just being around the boys I think I definitely have become a little bit more maternal and protective around them. I went down to Quilette nation and spent some time down there with their kids and taught them acting classes and then I went to the Makah nation where Emily is from. Culturally I have a really good idea of where Emily comes from and the journey she's been in.
For your role in the films, your face had to be covered in scars. Was it a gruelling process?
Depending on which movie we did, they had a different make-up team, so the longest it took was eight hours and the shortest amount of time it took was two hours. It's a bit of a process but I'm happy I think it all looked good.
The Twilight fans are pretty hard-core. Have you had a crazy fan moment?
One of my craziest fan moments was probably in Denver Colorado and there was mayhem. There were hundreds of people there and the police couldn't even hold them they were pushing so hard. I'm signing this thing and this girl screams in my face and I was like calm down. They got it on camera and my face is just hysterical because I was like 'oh my god' what was that. It's the weirdest most surreal thing because you're like wow this is my life.
Do you think it was a good idea breaking the final book into two instalments for the movie?
I think that wedding scene really needed to have a lot of time in the movie. Up until this point it's been team Jacob team Edward and it really needs the justice of having a beautiful long white wedding scene because that's what people wanted to see.
After spending such a long time together making the movies, was it sad saying goodbye to everyone at the end?
It doesn't feel like it's over yet because once you start doing all the press you're back together, so I really haven't had that last goodbye. I think once the premiere and DVDs come out then it will start to sink in.
Obviously Robert and Kristen get a lot of media attention. Do you think you would be able to handle that scrutiny?
You know I watched this really great documentary the other day by Adrian Grenier, he plays Vinnie Chase in Entourage it really helped me understand that it's not about me so I'm trying to keep that perspective. You can't take yourself so seriously in this life but I mean obviously I don't know what it's like to be Kristen and Rob and have people follow you around all the time. I guess I'll come to that moment in my life when it happens, but I try to keep as personal and quiet as I can.
Sarah Carty
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