Us Weekly caught up with the Breaking Dawn star, 27, at Heineken's US Open Player Party in NYC Friday night, where he admitted his favorite memories from his time as part of the Twilight phenomenon came before the films were a big deal.
"I gotta say my favorite moments were during . . . the first movie, before any of this craze happened. We were just ourselves, no one really knew who we were yet," Lutz explained. "We haven't changed per se, but we were able to get away with a lot more."
"I remember Peter [Facinelli] and Jackson [Rathbone] and myself would go to different bars and different concerts," the actor continued of their formerly low-key nights out together. "We'd go do karaoke all the time."
Though he says he wouldn't trade his experience -- and especially the traveling he's gotten to do -- for anything, Lutz did confess the level of celebrity he and his castmates now enjoy is a "double-edged sword."
"I don't really like to comment on everyone else's process, but I think we've all done the best we could with this," he said "It's a blessing but it can be surreal sometimes. I don't know if we all knew what we were fully getting into on all fronts."
Indeed, the Twilight cast -- and in particular its leads, Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart -- have seen their share of off-screen drama these days. Still, in the wake of Stewart's mid-July cheating scandal, the studio behind the franchise, Summit Entertainment, has assured fans that the show (in the form of intense promotional duties for all of the film's stars) will go on as planned.
"While it is studio policy not to comment on the personal lives of actors, Summit is moving full steam ahead and looking forward to this November's opening of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2," a Summit spokesperson told EW.com. "We are confident that the film delivers amazing entertainment for our passionate fans and general audiences alike."
The final Twilight Saga film hits theaters November 16. Via KLutzOnline
nbcchicago.com As the "Twilight" series ends and you start headlining movies like this, how do you hope to grow your career after having the advantage of playing a character like Alice that people loved – and that you had some magic with, too?I think right now it's very fun because there are so many things that I haven't done and so many characters that I haven't played. Of course I want it to be well-rounded. I'm interested in playing basically every single different character. I certainly want to play a villain at some point because I think that's very fun, and the polar opposite of Alice. The great thing about Alice is that she is so lovable and relatable, so it definitely is an advantage because I feel like I can now take on those characters without actually having people think that's actually who I am, or what I'm like. You run in to that sometimes, where people just assume that you're like your characters.
Is there a specific genre that you're dying to be a part of?
I think I definitely want to do an action film. We kind of dabble in that in "Twilight" and I was always the one who was there with Jeff [Imada], the stunt coordinator, even when I didn't have to be, going, 'Okay, teach me how to do this! Teach me how to do that!' because I did do martial arts when I was a kid. I was extremely competitive and loved it. So I always try and do my own stunts for things.
I'm sure that even with your passionate fan base that you're still surprised from time to time. What's the last time you had a really great moment with a fan?
Not that it happens all the time, but it's happened a few times with a fan, either meeting them or fan mail. I do go through all my fan mail and sign it! Actually, we did last night – me, and my two friends who are in town, we were like, 'Okay!' and we all went through it. Hearing that you have some kind of impact on someone and changed their life for the better and gave them inspiration or passion for something, or allowed them to believe in themselves, that's something that's really important to me. That's kind of something that I get from people sometimes and it's great. I work with something called Empowerment and it's to stop dating abuse and violence. It's basically to empower women and young girls. That's always very special to me, whenever someone says, 'Your message or what you're doing or what you're saying has impacted me and made me be able to do this, or allowed me to feel like I could speak up for myself.' That's always very touching to me.
When did you know that this was an occupation that you not just wanted to pursue, but probably didn't have much choice to pursue. Were you driven to it?
I was looking back, and I was like, 'Yeah, I guess the signs were there,' because in Jacksonville there's not really a market for acting. I was like a competitive cheerleader and dancer, and looking at home videos clearly liked the spotlight and was a ham as a child. I went to this magnet law program and realized that it wasn't necessarily law that I loved that much, although, it's interesting. We would do mock trials and it was a whole performance of it, and so I think there was always that in me – wanting to be a performer – there. And then I took a commercial class and really liked it and someone said, 'You're really good at that. You should try an acting class.” And I took the class and fell in love with it. I think part of it was my teacher was extremely passionate and he radiated love and respect for this craft.
How embarrassing are those home videos of you as a kid? And are they on YouTube?
They're not! They're at my house. I'm actually transferring them to DVD because they're all on VHS. The other day – this so sad – I had friends over, and I was like, 'Oh my gosh, we should watch these,' and then I realized I don't have a VHS player, so I could not watch them. So I was like, 'Gosh, I have to get these transferred.' They're not on YouTube. But I'm sure that they're going to end up on a talk show one day. They're hysterical.
How difficult is it to say goodbye to Alice, and literally, the family that the project has been?I always say that the premiere, it's really, really going to hit and impact. Comic-Con was when I was like, 'Oh, wait.' That was the first event that was the last event that we were going to do for "Twilight," and I was like, 'Wow. It's crazy.' It has been such a huge part of my life and my career. It basically started my career. You do get comfortable and you do become a family with these people. So it's a little weird knowing that we're not going to go back to that, but I like to be positive. Full interview at source from "The Apprition" press junket
How difficult is it to say goodbye to Alice, and literally, the family that the project has been?I always say that the premiere, it's really, really going to hit and impact. Comic-Con was when I was like, 'Oh, wait.' That was the first event that was the last event that we were going to do for "Twilight," and I was like, 'Wow. It's crazy.' It has been such a huge part of my life and my career. It basically started my career. You do get comfortable and you do become a family with these people. So it's a little weird knowing that we're not going to go back to that, but I like to be positive. Full interview at source from "The Apprition" press junket
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