And your character gets to do so much more in this one, so that must have made it a lot more interesting.
Ashley Greene: “Yes, it was fun, and you know what? I’m glad it happened when it happened though, because during the first one I was so new and nervous and just going, ‘What the heck is going on?’ But by the time I got to the second one, I was a little more grounded and had my bearings a little better. Plus, Chris Weitz was incredible. You couldn’t ask for a better director.”
Can you compare him to Catherine Hardwicke?
Ashley Greene: “Chris and Catherine are just so separate and different. They’re both incredible, but Catherine is so high energy and she’s kind of all over the place. I just don’t understand how the woman goes and goes and goes. And then you get Chris and he is the most Zen, calm person ever. He’s very like, ‘This is here and this is there. We’re going to try this. If you don’t like it, then…’ But he’s just so Zen. It’s so funny, the difference between the two. And then I think Chris had a lot more preparation.”
“I think that Catherine, the kind of nice thing about it is that she was going through this crazy madness with us, going, ‘What the heck is going on?’ And so that was actually kind of cool because we could all relate on that level. And then Chris had time, and he definitely did his homework. He came with a packet of what he wanted to do. The mood and everything, it was just very [calm]. He was very respectful.”
She’s such a gem, anything including Ashley Green I’m all ears. She is the sweetest, kindest gal around, not to mention humbled by all this. For the entire interview check out About.com