Big movie means a big cast, and a big cast means an abundance of set visit interviews. Not only did we get to speak with the man in charge himself, director Tarsem Singh, but Stephen Dorff (Stavros), Freida Pinto (Phaedra), Luke Evans (Zeus), Henry Cavill (Theseus), Kellan Lutz (Poseidon) and Isabel Lucas (Athena), too. Rather than forcing you to ogle your computer screen for hours sorting through transcriptions, I bring you the best of the best of each.

Kellan Lutz – Poseidon

Q: Can you tell us about the casting process and why you wanted to be cast?
Lutz: I read the script of this a while ago and I loved it, fell in love with it. At first auditioned for Ares, which I loved… they liked what I did, but they viewed Ares as taller, skinnier and more youthful, so I was really bummed because they didn’t really release all the characters for this movie and then I was like, ‘Okay, how about young Zeus?’ But then they had rumored that Alex Skarsgård and his father were going to do young Zeus and older Zeus, so I was just really bummed. I wanted to play someone in this movie. I love mythology, grew up loving it. I’m a middle kid, big family, that’s the thing you did in the farm country. [Laughs] I lived in Iowa, I loved mythology. I don’t know, we’re like that. But I also love Poseidon and I’m a Pieces, March 15th is my birthday, I love to swim, I competed in swimming, I swim in my backyard as much as I can when I’m back home and again, I never saw the role of Poseidon in here. So then they called back saying that I couldn’t do young Zeus and then they offered me Poseidon and I’m like, “What? Where’s Poseidon? Yeah! For sure!”

Q: Do you see this movie as a step up for you or a challenge to get out of “The Twilight Saga”?
Lutz: I’m very blessed with “The Saga” because I am a character that, yeah, people ask why I don’t have as many lines as everyone else. Well, I can’t change the books so my character’s more of a presence. Even in “Eclipse,” I have more action and fighting scenes than I do dialogue. I can’t help that. I’m very fortunate and blessed that it still pushes my career up to the level where I’m not the face of the books, so I’m still, like floating, so the next thing I do, like the other independent movies I do and I’m very choosy with like “The Killing Game” is my own type of underground “Gladiator”/Jason Bourne type of movie. That’s what I want to do so being a part of these huge commercial movies like “Twilight” opens up doors so I can be the star of other movies and really show my acting chops, show and pick what I want to do as an actor kind of molded my career.

Q: With the very first “Twilight,” you knew sequel potential existed. Sometimes these big movies come out and they’re a success and then everyone scrambles to figure out how to make the sequel. Is there a sense of that on this set?
Lutz: This movie is different than any movie you guys will ever see because it’s not based on a book, it’s based on a really original idea, concept, mixing mythology, creating a story out of its own. It doesn’t have to follow any guidelines. That’s the beauty of it. What you’ll see in the beginning of this movie and what it transforms into as far as the story of Theseus and then what it ends on, kind of reflects back to the beginning and takes you on another journey of who might this new hero be. And then as you see with the epic battle with us Gods at the end, you guys are all here as we’re shooting – again, these are big movies and you always look to capitalize on sequels, third movies.

From day one when Tarsem showed us what he saw of each set, he built little models and I loved those 3D puzzles growing up… what he made with these models, I felt like a little boy again. I wanted to go play with my toys. And seeing these blown up, in here like we’re shooting with the Titan’s tomb, it’s so surreal again because it’s exactly how I saw it times ten and he can just create anything. And with the end of this movie it’s going to make you be like, ‘Wow, I just want to see where this next story goes.’

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Kellan Lutz stopped by On Air with Ryan Seacrest and dished about the final Twilight film and more!

The 26-year-old actor opened up about costar Nikki Reed’s recent engagement and is already fishing for an invitation!

“I’ve never seen Nikki so happy and we really got close throughout all these movies. I’m just so happy for her. It’s great to see, especially in Hollywood, that real love, happiness or marriage and… I hope I’m invited!” Kellan shared.

Kellan also chatted about the final Twilight film: Breaking Dawn, Part II.

“It definitely turned out quite beautiful, not too monstrous! I’m really looking forward to seeing the fourth movie and I think the fans are going to enjoy what all of us did with the last book,” he said.

Check out the rest of Kellan’s interview on RyanSeacrest.com!

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Thanks to the debut of the “Breaking Dawn” trailer at this weekend’s MTV Movie Awards, we finally got our first celluloid sampling of the opening chapters of “The Twilight Saga”‘s epic finale. We’ve already picked out a few of our favorite moments (uh, headboard), but as it turns out, we haven’t even gotten a glimpse of star Kellan Lutz’s must-see scene.

When we caught up with the 26-year-old “Twilight” star on the red carpet Sunday evening, he dished on which take he’s champing at the bit to watch.

“I really had an amazing time shooting the arm-wrestling scene with Kristen,” he said. “It’s great seeing her take on the vampire character of Bella. Arm wrestling her and seeing her all brooding and [acting] tough, it was fun.”

Well, actually, it wasn’t all fun and games according to Kellan. “She hurt my arm,” he continued, joking. “I mean, gosh. She’s a strong girl.”

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Playing a newlywed opposite Mandy Moore in ‘Love Wedding Marriage’ was ‘quite nice,’ he tells MTV News.
Although Kellan Lutz is perhaps best known for his role as brawny vampire Emmett Cullen in the “Twilight” films, the 26-year-old has started to branch out a bit, with roles in the upcoming action-adventure film “Immortals” and the romantic comedy “Love Wedding Marriage,” which co-stars Mandy Moore.

In “Love Wedding Marriage,” Lutz plays a “normal guy” for once, so when we caught up with him at the film’s premiere, we had to ask how it felt to tackle a real-life character versus an undead one, as well as what new side of Lutz we’ll see in the rom-com.

“You see more of the normal guy side [of me] I guess,” Lutz told MTV News. “My character, Charlie, struggles with being a newlywed husband and the marital bliss of all that, and hoping he’ll get more and get some fun action,” he explained with a grin. “And his wife [Moore] is kind of preoccupied, trying to save her parents’ marriage and he gets frustrated, as most males do.”

Lutz went on to say that stepping into the role of a real person, versus the pale makeup of a vampire, was a welcome change of pace. “I was playing a normal dude, which is quite nice to play,” he said. “I’ve been trying a bunch of different roles and enjoying every experience, especially the ‘Twilight’ ones, but it’s been great to actually be on set everyday and challenge myself and work with bigger and better actors and directors; it was a really fun, challenging experience,” he said of working on the Dermot Mulroney-directed film.

“Love Wedding Marriage” opens in limited release on June 3.

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