Jackson Rathbone Revealing 'Violent' Birthday Scene on 'New Moon'

Wed, 05 August 2009 03:36:27 ET

Jackson Rathbone says 'there's a little bit more violence' on 'The Twilight Saga's New Moon' scene, which shows him trying to beat Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan on her birthday.

Jackson Rathbone, cast member of "The Twilight Saga's New Moon", reveals one of the most pivotal scenes on the highly anticipated vampire drama movie, which will be released in U.S. theaters on November 20. He describes "there's a little bit more violence" on a scene which shows him trying to attack Kristen Stewart's Bella Swan on her birthday.

"It's definitely longer. It's really about the moment where Bella is realizing what kind of world she's into. We spent the entire time with 'Twilight' delving into the vampire world, but now in 'New Moon,' it's like you're in the vampire world, and what happens when you get a paper cut? What happens when everyone you love turns around on you and suddenly could kill you? She's in that world right now, and she's kind of scared by it," the movie star tells MTV News of the scene. "She's also getting into the werewolf world, and suddenly she's got these two new worlds on her - and there's love in both. It's an amazing script."

During takes, Rathbone, who reprises his character Jasper Hale on the second "Twilight" film, has to be restrained by Kellan Lutz's Emmett Cullen and Peter Facinelli's Dr. Carlisle Cullen when he struggles to beat the lover of vampire Robert Pattinson's Edward Cullen. Asked by MTV News how he did the scene, the 24-year-old actor/singer says, "Yeah, I was going pretty method."

"We choreographed it - so I wasn't too worried about attacking Kristen - but I told the guys to hold me back, because you want it to look real. You want it to be as real as possible, because you want that to transfer on film, and you want the audience to feel that frightened sense that I gave Kristen," he recalls the shooting time. "I felt really bad, man. There was a couple of moments where she was like, 'I thought you were going to hit me that time!' I come so close; it's pretty intense."

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