The movie “Twilight,” hitting theaters in December, is already hotly anticipated, given the runaway hit status of the Stephenie Meyer novels from which it’s drawn. Actor Cam Gigandet says fans won’t be disappointed, especially those who are big followers of the books. “It’s a huge movie that has all of these up and coming actors in all of these interesting roles. It’s difficult being that we only have two hours to tell the best story possible within that book, but the movie is as true as it can possibly be,” claims Gigandet, who plays James, the leader of the villainous vampires.

The role comes as a big break for Gigandet, who recently starred in “Never Back Down” and had a popular recurring guest spot on “The O.C.” In fact, he’s already turning heads having recently been honored at EMA’s Home Media Expo as the “Rising Male Star of the Year.”

In the meantime, folks can become more familiar with Gigandet as “Never Back Down” hits DVD and Blu-Ray July 29. It shows the lengths he went to in order to prepare for the intense part. “The bonus features are amazing. It’s wild how they show the fights from the very beginning of how it all started to how it ended,” he notes. “It gives me a sense of pride because when you’re in it and you’re working so hard, you don’t really know what’s happening. We did nine weeks of training prior to filming with some of the best fight choreographers in the world. It was like 105 degrees, and we were doing these fights over and over again for days at a time. Now I get to see how all of this hard work paid off.”

Source : NationalLedger