Chris Weitz Confesses ‘My Grandmother Was A Vampire’
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(This is a 2007 pic so Chris Weitz and his wife Mercedes now have a toddler.)
Chris Weitz confesses to Amy Nicholson of Box Office that his family tree will reveal a vampire, a romance and a fascination for the supernatural fangs bearing species.
And your brother Paul also has a high school vampire movie coming out?
He does. That was not planned at all. It’s very funny. A week before I was offered New Moon, I was wondering why there were so many vampire movies around. Paul had wanted to indulge a long-standing love of the grotesque, which the Cirque du Freak series allowed with its visuals and that sort of perversity—not perversion, but perversity—of the books and the script. It’s a funny coincidence.
Actually, if you want to take it one step further, my grandmother was a silent film actress in the Mexican version of Dracula. They shot it on the same sets as the Todd Browning version, but they started shooting at midnight.
My grandfather, who was a producer for Universal at the time, was courting my grandmother, and when talkies came out, there were no parts for women with strong Mexican accents. He convinced Carl Laemmle at Universal that you could make a profit by using the same sets during the night and making Spanish-language versions of the same film. Hence, the Spanish Dracula. It’s a film geek delight to compare the Todd Browning version to the Mexican version.
And if your grandfather hadn’t done that, you might not exist.
This is true. If it weren’t for vampires…
Thanks to Spunk Ransom for the Box Office link.
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September 20th, 2009 at 9:22 am
His wife kind of reminds me of Stephenie Meyer. Lol
September 20th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Lol “if it weren’t for vampires. That’s just funny!
September 20th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
@ Irene – I thought of the same thing!Her dress really look like a dress Stephenie wore and their smiles are alike:D
September 20th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
Lora Look at this its too cute!!!! Plzz
A Kristen Stewart Rap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LOVt3ZskVU
September 20th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Wow, he’s part Mexican? Interesting.
September 20th, 2009 at 10:49 pm
One day.. in 20 to 30 years… baby pattinson would say:
If it weren’t for vampires… I might not exist..
you know what I mean..
September 21st, 2009 at 12:13 am
http://robstenlovers.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-cute-is-this-rob-caught-checkin-out.html you guys have to freakin check this out. lorna, make a diary about it if you can pleaseeee.
September 21st, 2009 at 9:36 am
robsten lover, can you please search for another gif file link and send it to me? twitpic doesn’t come out on my blog. Thanks!
September 21st, 2009 at 1:34 pm
OME! robsten lover you are awesome! Thanks for sharing the link! That short clip is soo hot! Rob is so checking her ASSet out! Well, guess what Rob’s fave part of Kris is? Her robust butt! Lol Soo naughty!