In a new interview, Xavier Samuel discusses David Slade, Eclipse and judging a film contest.  Here is what he had to say about Eclipse.

Samuel won’t have to worry about reaching a large audience with his most recent film, Eclipse.

The Twilight Saga is one of the most popular and successful film series of all time.

Samuel plays Riley, a newborn vampire on a mission to kill Bella (Kristen Stewart).

“It’s a really action-packed film and I had a really great time running around on wires and learning how to fight like a vampire – however that is,” he laughed.

“Whenever we weren’t shooting we were in stunt training or in the gym running around. It was pretty intensive actually.”

Samuel said the third film would have a darker look, thanks to new director David Slade.

“It seems like David has approached it very differently to the previous directors – I think he’s really embracing the darker side of it, which is really cool,” he said.

“He’s uber intelligent, very technically astute director.”

Since shooting Eclipse, Samuel said he’s been receiving more new scripts than ever but hasn’t signed on to anything else yet.

For now he is content to spend a bit of down time in Sydney and fulfil his judging duties for the Optus 180 Project.

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