SEGN Interviews Julia Jones, a.k.a. Leah Clearwater

SEGN recently interviewed Julia Jones and here is some of what they found out:


28 year old Boston native Julia Jones has just been cast as Leah Clearwater in the upcoming Twilight saga “Eclipse” (due out June 30 2010). SEGN.com reporter Nick Rico was the first to talk with Julia about the news. Click Play above to listen to Part 1 of the interview. (Part 2 will be released later in August). An unprecedented 342 questions were received in less than 48 hours from fans from Nick’s Blog here on SEGN.com & through Twitter (@segn).

Some highlights include:

On Vanessa Hudgens rumored to be auditioning as Leah: “No. No truth to that.”

Audition Process: “It wasn’t too tricky. David really spent some time working on the character with me.”

When she found out she got the role: “Maybe the last day of July”

On reading the books: “I got very obsessive and went through all 4 of them. In the last week and a half, I’ve read the first 3. I just finished Eclipse today. I think the books are incredible. Stephenie Mayer managed to capture a level of humanity, especially with Bella’s character. Her inner thoughts are the similar thoughts you’ve ha d in similar situations but they’re so deep down, ones that you sometimes don’t even admit to yourself.”

Starts shooting: mid-September

In the rest of the interview, Julia discusses not meeting the cast yet, and more about her fav parts of the book, how she’s prepared and more. In Part 2, she goes more in-depth about her character, Breaking Dawn, filming in Vancouver, and how she is preparing for this Twilight madness. Plus, she answers fan questions! Stay tuned.

FIRST: Julia Jones as Leah Clearwater from SEGN.com on Vimeo.