Alex Meraz was in Aventura, Florida today at Aventura Mall at a private meet and greet for a lucky 75 fans. Alex was also on the Rachael Ray show today. I didn’t get a chance to see it because the little boy in my life decided that he needed to watch cartoons.
I have been following Alex on Twitter and he’s really funny. I’m not surprised though Alex looks like he would be fun to hang out with. Yesterday he tweeted this…
Highlight of the night: A girl walks up to get my autograph with a disappointed look on her face and says “your not as Cute in person”
Poor Alex. I would think that he was cute no matter what.
I am realizing before New Moon comes out that the werewolves might be just as hot as the vampires. (Okay only Alex Meraz and Taylor Lautner are the cute ones.) Finally Alex is getting the love he deserves. He did an interview with Vanity Fair where they discussed all things Twilight. Here are the highlights of the interview.
On if he had seen Twilight: No, I hadn’t, but after I got the role, I bought a bootlegged version and watched it while I was on set.
On his favorite scene to shoot: The cliff diving scene was the most fun because the whole Wolf Pack was there and we were jumping off these 50-foot scaffolding things onto an air mattress. It was pretty exciting to be able to do our own stunts.
On if he had a stunt double: No! They were pushing for it, we were pushing against; we wanted to do our own stuff. We had to train for a good two days, eight hours each day just practicing jumping, making sure we were landing safely. On the day [of shooting], we were actually jumping from a green screen cliff but it was actually taller and a little bit more dangerous because there was foliage and grass on top of it—it was a little slippery. We were fine, and it was really fun.
On what they did on their downtime: We showed each other exercises. Taylor would show some of his workout, I would show some of mine. We’d practice martial arts tricks … just goof off! We had a great time. That’s part of what our characters were like anyway. We’re supposed to be frisky, friendly—like brothers. I think everyone on set was affected by it because they were always looking forward to the days when the Wolf Pack would film … everyone was really excited. They knew we were going to bring a different kind of energy.
On his thousands of Twitter followers: I know! It’s only been like a week and a half since I got my Twitter [account]! It’s pretty cool. For the first week, no one believed it was me, so I had to put a picture of me holding my name. It looked like a mug shot! It was pretty ridiculous, but it’s really cool knowing you have really enthusiastic fans that want to hear about what you do on a day-to-day basis.
I’m not sure if anyone knows this or not but Tyler Shields is one of my favorite photographers. I became his fan when I saw Zachary Quinto’s photo shoot, and I frequently stop by his website to see the pictures he’s posted. Tyler has this awesome way of thinking and it comes through in his pictures. I love his views.
He did this photo shoot for Alex Meraz, who plays a shape shifter in New Moon, and I am absolutely in love. I’m not sure if it’s because it’s so raw or not. It makes me totally win Alex over. And I wonder what was going through Alex’s mind to bring such emotion to the shoot. Check out the video of the shoot below.
Now, here at TEN Gossip we are partial to the Twiguys, we love them all. And this clip has to just show how obsessed we might really be. In this clip of Kellan Lutz was asked the question, “If you were to eat a werewolf who would you choose?” Kellan answered Alex Meraz. But what I loved was the smiles he gave to someone in the audience after that. Seriously, watch it a couple of times, my heart melted.
I know, I am Team Vampire when it comes to the Twilight Saga but just stick with me here. Alex Meraz gets to be a really cool wolf and for that we have to give him a chance for.
In the new interview from Access Hollywood he talks about how cold Vancouver is. (Really, he is in the warm place of Canada right now, he should try being in the province over like me! COLD!) But he also says how lovable Canadians are…which he is 100% right on that one. It’s kinda neat to hear about how excited he is about the movie. It gets me even more excited to see the movie. November can’t come fast enough.
