Taylor Lautner, who will play Jacob Black in New Moon, was in an episode of My Own Worst Enemy that first aired November 10, 2008. He played the son of the main character, who was played by Christian Slater.

The show was cancelled after nine episodes, but we wanted to bring you this clip of Lautner kicking butt while taking part in some extracurricular activities his parents didn’t know about.

And, in case you haven’t’ seen it–a much younger Lautner doing martial arts on ESPN in 2003.

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TwiMom Sarah Clarke, who plays Renée Dwyer in Twilight, was asked a bit about her role as Bella’s mom during a recent TV Guide interview–

TVGuide.com: Are you on board for the Twilight sequel, New Moon?

Clarke: You know, they still haven’t told me. They’re being so secretive about it. They know I’m doing press for Trust Me, so they haven’t told me anything yet. I think they don’t want anything to get out.

TVGuide.com: Have you read ahead with the other books to see what Bella’s mom gets to do?

Clarke: I have, and I know I’m involved, but the mother is such a strange role, I have to say. My instincts as a mother would never jibe with half the things Renee does.

TVGuide.com: We’d be worried if they did!

Clarke: Even with the first book, I remember reading that the mother was always on the phone, whining. What’s interesting in that? Luckily, Catherine [Hardwicke, who also wrote and directed Thirteen] gave me a lot more fun things to do, and gave us a real relationship. So that’s the big question for the second book, where again the mother is relegated to the phone. I don’t know if they’ll stay true to that.

TVGuide.com: If you as a teenager had to choose between a vampire boy and a werewolf, which way do you think you’d lean?

Clarke: Oh, I’d definitely go vampire. Werewolves are too hairy.

TVGuide.com: But wouldn’t the hickeys be worse?

Clarke: Maybe. But you could wear a turtleneck.

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Just a quick reminder that the New Moon Celebration Poster Contest is ending tomorrow at 11:59PM EST. Be sure to submit your entries to the comments thread on the contest before then! There have been some terrific entries, and I can’t wait to see who you guys choose as the winner.

Just for fun, here is a hilarious old Twilight interview that I saw on Robsessed and TwiCrack.

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Christa over at her blog, The Snarky Sparrow, has posted a great writeup of the open casting call in Phoenix for Native American actors for New Moon, including this great pic of a New Moon hopeful holding her casting card–

I was fortunate enough to sneak a peek at the Phoenix casting call for New Moon. [...] Everyone was very nice, and I really didn’t even get any looks for being there, even though I clearly didn’t fit the description of the casting call. I brought my real camera, so I guess that explained why I was there.

Registration took place in the lobby of the Phoenix Indian Center. It seemed pretty well organized. They seemed to be directing people very well for minimum confusion. It’s a smallish lobby and when I got there, there were about 100 people crammed into it. The people running the show were calling people in groups by age. I have no idea how many people were already back there auditioning. The atmosphere in the lobby was tense. I don’t know why, but I expected a sort of fangirl SQUEE. Nope, there was very quiet murmur considering the number of people. I didn’t see anyone practicing their lines or anything, unless they were doing it silently. Most people were talking to a buddy quietly. I didn’t feel free to walk around because it was so cramped, and because the mood clearly said, “Don’t bother anyone.” I took what pictures I could around the door where the light was best. It was pretty dark in there and I didn’t want to bother anyone with my flash.

Be sure to check out the rest of Christa’s blog too, particularly her hilarious post about seeing a “unicorn“–a guy who reads Twilight in public.

I Went to the Phoenix Casting Call [pic at Letters to Twilight]

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There are some brand new pics of the real-life Cullen House in Twilight that we showed you a first glimpse of a while back, as well as an interview with the architects of the house. Check them out over at The Design Tavern.

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New Moon is attempting to conceal its identity from curious onlookers while it shoots in Vancouver by calling itself “Untitled Sports Movie”, according to a listing at the BC Film Commission:

   UNTITLED SPORTS MOVIE

   Volterra FM Productions Canada Inc

   Director: Chris Weitz

   Exec. Prod: Mark Morgan, Karen Rosenfelt, Marty Bowen

   Prod: Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian

   Line Producer: Bill Bannerman, Kerry Koshansky

   DOP: Javier Aguirresarobe

   PD: David Brisbin

   PM: Barbara Kelly

   PC: Kathleen Whelan

   LM: Abraham Fraser

   ALM: Michael LeGresley

   Casting: Stuart Aikins

   Extras: Andrea Brown

   Sched: Mar 23/09 – May 21/09

Some not-too-tricky clues give away its real identity–Volterra FM Productions, hmm? So, according to this listing, shooting will be in Vancouver from March 23rd till May 21st. Woo-hoo!

BC Film Commission [thanks, TwiCrack!]

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