‘Twilight’ Stars Come to Sydney for DVD Release!

So two of the movie’s sexy stars are sure to get pulses racing when they arrive in Australia this week.

Kellan Lutz, who plays good vampire Emmett Cullen, and Edi Gathegi, who plays bad vampire Laurent, are coming to Sydney to celebrate the release of the Twilight DVD, which comes out on Wednesday.

Lutz and Gathegi will be pressing the flesh and signing autographs in Sydney’s CBD on Friday April 24, before appearing at Twilight-themed proms in Sydney and Melbourne over the weekend.

Tickets to the proms are sold out, despite a price tag of $250 a pop, or $475 for the VIP day package.

The movie by director Catherine Hardwicke, based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, has turned a previously unknown cast into global stars.

Being cast as Edward, a high school vampire who also happens to be the best looking guy in the world, turned British actor Robert Pattinson into a pin-up.

Even Justin Chon who plays school nerd Eric has had more female attention since being in the hit movie.

“I get some weird requests sometimes,” he said.

“The girls always want me to quote lines from the movie, or take a picture of me kissing their cheek – weird stuff like that.

“I’m like, are you sure you want to take a picture of that?”

It’s not just the men who are getting all the attention.

Canadian actress Rachelle Lefevre said she was attracted to the role of bad vampire Victoria because of her sex appeal.

“It was always Victoria (for me), she’s so fierce,” Lefevre said.

“She was described as this flame-haired, feline, powerful vampire woman, and it was just sexy and powerful and cool.

“I just loved everything about her.”

Lefevre said a steamy kissing scene she shared with co-star Cam Gigandet, who plays her partner-in-crime James, was cut from the film.

But it has been rescued from the cutting room floor and features as an extra on the Twilight DVD.

“I had a scene where you actually see Cam and I, we have this vampire make-out session,” Lefevre said.

“And then I get so wrapped up in the chase and so excited that I slam him into a tree and kiss him.

“I don’t know that it’s PG13 though, so maybe that’s why it got cut.”

Meet Twilight stars Kellan Lutz (Emmet Cullen) and Edi Gathegi (Laurent) this Friday 24th April!
To celebrate the release of Twilight on DVD this week, Kellan and Edi will be meeting fans and signing copies of the DVD at JB Hi Fi, Sydney this Friday 24th April 2009 between 5pm and 6pm.
Address:
JB Hi Fi, Pitt Street Basement, The Strand Arcade, 412-414 George Street, Sydney, NSW.