Katie Bain from Hollywood.com was on the set of New Moon in Vancouver a while back, and gives a detailed glimpse of one day of filming on a New Moon soundstage, including interviews with Michael Sheen, Melissa Rosenberg and others. Of the Volturi set she says–(spoilers!)–

The lair is a high-ceiling, cathedral-like room composed of marble pillars and porticos. My Latin is a little rusty, but the script on the wall translates to “no one is above law” (full disclosure: I Googled it). The words “death” and “life” are also engraved in the marble.

5:40PM A crewmember walks by me with a Sprite. He holds up the can. “There’s blood in here,” he says with a wink.

5:42PM There is a raised credenza at the front of the room on which four ornate black and gold chairs sit. Each chair has a gold lion’s head on the armrest and a different design above the headrest. Behind the chairs, there is a brightly lit window that suggests an outdoor balcony.

The door “outside” opens to a loggia decorated with fountains and stucco animal (pigs, horses, lions) statues. I touch the pig (don’t tell!) and realize the whole structure, fake fountains and all, is made of Styrofoam. Impressive.

New Moon bad vamp Victoria, played by Rachelle LeFevre, says of the action sequences–

It’s so much wirework. It’s so much actual doing-it. In terms of the look of it … I think Chris has approached things as it should be, a little rawer and a little more literally grounded.

I think it was very flighty in the first one, so when we were running fast it was almost like you weren’t touching the ground … I think he’s factored gravity in a little more than they did in the first film, so that might have a different look as a result.

Read the rest at Hollywood.com.

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