Jackson Rathbone In ‘Dread’
Posted by taylor blue on December 16, 2009
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Jackson Rathbone is starring in the movie, Dread, which is his first leading man movie. From the stills that I see it looks awesome!
“This has been a fun movie to work on. It’s my first leading-man role. I was always a character actor when I was in theater as a kid, and I’ve done a lot of character roles in television shows and whatnot. But this is a character that has a lot of development, a lot of progression. … I like roles that I can sink my teeth into.”
This movie is a psychological thriller that tells the tale of Stephen (Rathbone), Quaid (Shaun Evans) and Cheryl (Hanne Steene), three college kids making a documentary about the origins of fear — until one decides that the only way to get to the truth is by extracting dread from those around him. And what I thought was more interesting is that Jackson’s favorite genre is horror.
“I’ve always loved the horror genre. As a kid, I wasn’t allowed to really watch TV, let alone horror. I come from a fairly conservative background, and so I had to sneak away to watch movies like ‘The Terminator’ when I was 10 years old, and when I was about 13, 14, a good friend of mine gave me a George A. Romero box set with ‘Night of the Living Dead’ and ‘Day of the Dead.’ I loved those movies, but I had to hide them under my bed as a kid. If my parents saw them, they would have grounded me for months. They didn’t want certain images ingrained in my mind.”
And Jackson, being so humble, thanked his fans for all of their support.
“I really have to give all props to my fans, because they’ve really been so supportive of me. ‘Twilight’ has given me, and a lot of the other actors on ‘Twilight,’ a much wider fanbase, and they’ve been so supportive of us, and that’s really what we need. As an actor, you need an audience to practice your craft. A painter can paint alone, a photographer can take pictures alone, a musician can play — but as an actor, you need someone to watch you, and we couldn’t have a better audience. … I’ve been able to do a lot more films because of them.”
We will always be supportive of you Jackson.
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