Kellan Lutz In YRB Magazine!

Kellan Lutz (aka Emmett Cullen) is featured in the recent issue of YRB Magazine!  Check out part of the interview and HOT SEXY photos of Kellan!

Although he can be seen pre-Twilight in the films Accepted, Deep Winter and Prom Night and TV shows The Comeback and Generation Kill, 2010 really became the young actor’s year when his vampire character became more prominent in the third installment of the Twilight series, Eclipse, nabbing additional roles in the remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street and the upcoming police drama Meskada. And the notoriety will only continue to grow into next year as he pops up on the silver screen in lead roles in Love, Wedding, Marriage  (opposite Mandy Moore), The Killing Game (co-starring Samuel L. Jackson) and Immortals (with Mickey Rourke and Freida Pinto), as well as returns in the fourth chapter of Twilight, Breaking Dawn  Part 1. 

Touching a little on each of his forthcoming roles, Lutz reveals, “Love, Wedding, Marriage [is] an awesome romantic comedy about the trials and tribulations of a newlywed couple. Mandy Moore plays a marriage counselor and her parents want to get a divorce, so she feels like a failure if she can’t even keep her own parents together, which then jeopardizes my sexual life with my wife. So you get to see a lot of what guys go through and [it’s like], baby, let’s have sex! While I was doing that in New Orleans I was doing another movie at the same time in Baton Rouge called The Killing Game. It’s kind of a new look on the Gladiator, kind of a journey. So Sam [Jackson] plays the new age Caesar in a way, and he kind of controls this underground hidden fight club arena-style death match. I get kidnapped and thrown into this place and I have to fight to the death, so it was a great place for myself to really jump into the action realm that I really wanted to do. The third movie I did was Immortals up in Montreal, and I play Poisedon. It’s kinda like a Greek, larger than life iconic movie. That’s coming out next year around the same time as Breaking Dawn – Part 1 so it’s gonna be a really great November.” 

Even though there’s no hesitation when he declares that Emmett Cullen is the closest character he’s played to the real life Kellan Lutz, the actor admits that his most noted role to date almost didn’t happen. Back when he was filming HBO’s Generation Kill in Africa, Lutz had the Twilight script thrown his way for consideration of the lead, Edward Cullen. Not feeling he was in the right mindset at the time to play another depressing role so soon, and being unfamiliar with the book series that preceded the films, there was no problem turning down the auditions. But a persistent agent and a quick look into Emmett’s personality and Lutz felt the connection.

“It’s one of those things where I look at Emmett and I see me. I just see this jovial person, and he can be the protector, and I was with my family growing up. I have a lot of brothers, so you gotta stand up for your family. But, then again, I don’t let a lot of stuff faze me; I don’t like being stressed out in life I don’t think I would have played a great Edward. I think what Rob [Pattinson] does with it is mind-blowing. They need someone like Rob to really give Edward so many layers without doing much. And I love my character to death. I would never want to give up Emmett – it doesn’t matter how many lines, it doesn’t matter if I’m number one on the call sheet – I love him to death, and I’d play him for 10 more movies.”

Unfortunately for all the diehard Twilight fans – and we know there’s a multitude of them – there won’t be 10 more movies. Even with the success of the books, it was hard for the cast of the adapted films to know where they would come out in all this. “I don’t think any of us knew [how big this would be],” Lutz acknowledges. “We all kind of crossed our fingers and hoped for the best because everyone wants to be a part of a franchise.” It would be hard to get any better reaction than what they’ve received, and, for this vampire at least, the fanatical fans are nothing to shy away from. 

““I love the fans A the more the merrier, the crazier the better. I really embrace it; I’m a people person, I’m very much an extrovert. There have been some crazy times, like fans didn’t think I was real and wanted to tackle me or they brought handcuffs and wanted to take me home, [but] it’s all out of love. There’s always a fun group of Twimoms or Twihards, especially around the world who really teach me new things, and I get to see new personalities. It’s great.” 

As the saga nears closer to the end, Lutz says “it hasn’t set in yet.” But he does know that moving forward he would like to see more action roles in his future. “At this point in my career I love action movies, and I really want to become a household name American action star. I really think the industry is lacking in American action heroes, especially this new generation. I think Matt Damon really capitalized on that and I would love to be the new generation action star.” It’s no secret that this is one pretty boy that doesn’t mind getting dirty or playing the daredevil. When he gets a spare moment away from all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Lutz prefers to be outside and taking part in some kind of action adventure sport. And when confined to a set, you can most likely find him doing his own stunts. Generation Kill was one of his first projects and he still considers that as being his favorite set “by far,” getting excited when he recalls: “I mean, just 39 guys running around in Africa. It’s like every kid’s dream to shoot guns and blow Humvees up. We were kids with cannons. It was a dream come true and we got into a lot of trouble.” 

Read the entire article here!

OH MY KELLAN!  

[Source: YRB Magazine via FoForks]

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