Team Twilight Talks to Peter Facinelli talks Breaking Dawn and Wonkaween

Peter Facinelli is teaming up with Wonka, the makers of Laffy Taffy, Nerds, and SweeTARTS, to celebrate the 32 Days of Wonkaween.

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Team-Twilight: What made you want to team up with Wonka, and can you tell our fans what they’ll be doing with your house?

Peter Facinelli: Well, I love Halloween. It’s like my favorite holiday. And I get to have Halloween all year round, because in my career path I am playing characters all year round. So for me to be able to share that with my kids has always been fun. So when Wonka came and said “Hey, can we Wonka-fy your house and will you help launch this campaign?” I thought that sounds like a lot of fun. What they’re doing is basically running a campaign called “32 Days of Wonkaween.”  Instead of 31 days of October, they are creating 32. And on the 32^nd day, you can trade in your candy at one of the Wonka shops, so if you don’t like your candy, you can go to the Wonka shop and trade up to 32 pieces of candy for Wonka candy.

I grew up in the world of Wonka with Nerds and LaffyTaffy and SweetTARTS, and we’re really excited to help bring that kind of experience to our kids and to spread the word to other people. Because Wonka’s all about wonder, and imagination, and fun, and that’s what I get to do in my career.

Besides the 32 days campaign, Wonka also has a game on Facebook. It’s a fun game where you get to find candy and can enter a sweepstakes where one family will win a trip to trick or treat in Tinseltown. They’ll win a whole trip to Los Angeles, and another family will win a $10,000 home entertainment room.

Halloween for me is all about family bonding and having fun with the kids.

TT: Were you ever afraid, like “What am I getting into,” having them redo your house Wonka-style?

PF: No, because I have about 7 boxes of Halloween stuff that I usually do myself, so when they said they were going to have a team do it, I was like “Great! I don’t have to go up on a ladder and hang lights? That sounds like fun to me!”

They are out there working with a whole team of people. I actually gave them the 7 boxes that I had, so they are mixing it in with their stuff, so it’s going to be like the ultimate Halloween house. Then, I’ll do a big Halloween party.

Last year we did a fun Halloween party. We actually dug shallow graves out and put skeletons in there. We had a haunted house where it was all pitch black. The kids would walk in and they’d put their hands in squishy things. Ghouls would come out and scare you. It was pretty fun!

TT: What is your favorite kind of costume to dress up in?

PF: I love homemade costumes,  or whenever someone uses their imagination, that’s fun for me. One year I did Little Red Riding Hood with my daughters, so I did Grandma Wolf, so I was like a cross-dressing wolf. I’m still trying to get the whole family to do one theme, but they always want to do something else. I almost had them one year where the three girls were going to be the Chipettes and I was going to be Dave. But that didn’t work. They always at the last minute want to change and do something different. Last year, I was the grim reaper. One year I was a Mummy and I lost all of my ravelings and ended up naked by the end of the night by accident.

TT: So do you have plans for this year’s costume?

PF: I’m thinking of being a fireman, but a burnt up one, like Fire Marshall Bill.

TT: If someone wanted to dress as Carlisle for Halloween, what are the key staples they need for their costume.

PF: Blonde wig, for sure. Pale skin, for sure. Golden eyes, stethoscope and a lab coat. And there you go.

TT: Have you watched the new trailer for Breaking Dawn?

PF: I have watched the new trailer. It was very exciting. I haven’t seen the movies yet, so I am kind of waiting patiently like all of the other fans.

TT: Which film has your favorite Carlisle hair?

PF: I have to say the first one because it was my own hair. If I had to pick out of the wigs, my favorite is the third one, Eclilpse. The fourth one and fifth one will be interesting, I have to say. I know they did it a little different, so I am waiting to see how it looks onscreen. Pictures always look a little different. So I’ll wait to see how it looks on screen before I weight my verdict.

Read The Rest of the interview at TeamTwilight