Peter Murphy Talks About His Eclipse Cameo!

37 Comments July 1, 2010 by LMCullen Filed Under: Eclipse Cast

Eclipse peter murphy sq 280x280 Peter Murphy Talks About His Eclipse Cameo! eclipse cast Rolling Stone has a new interview with Goth Icon Peter Murphy, who had a cameo role in Eclipse. For those who have seen Eclipse (and I’m not going to say exactly who he is, as I do not want to ruin it for those who have not seen it yet, so stop reading if you don’t want to read a spoiler!!) he was a part of a certain “story” that was told -

“I didn’t assume there would be any interest, but just as an aside, I told her, ‘It would be excellent to be in the film, too,’” Murphy says. He’s had previous experience, performing Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” in the 1983 vampire film The Hunger and has a hunch one of his tracks was key to the birth of Twilight: “I’m sure ‘Bela Lugosi’s Dead’ helped inspire the naming of Bella,” he says. “I’m not a Twilight geek, but if I had to choose between Bela [Lugosi] and Bella [Swan], I would choose Bella Swan.”

Read more after the break!

Patsavas told him the casting for Eclipse was complete, but four months later director David Slade called, saying, “‘Come be in my film,’” Murphy recalls. Slade offered Murphy a role as the Cold One, one of the original vampires, in a brief but “pivotal” moment, to illustrate a story about the beginnings of the werewolves’ struggle with the vampires. “It’s an imaginary flashback,” Murphy says. “Almost like a dream sequence.”

His shoot for his minute-long scene took a whole day, including makeup and choreography training so he could do the stunts himself. “They technically have this neutral gray canvas object that represents the wolf,” Murphy says, “and that gives you something to fight back [against]. I couldn’t fight a real wolf, though — I’m not that brave.”

I think he was perfect for the flash back of how the Wolves came to be. Although his role was small, I think that some times the small roles help make a movie!

You can read the rest of the interview here!

Category: Eclipse Cast

KF25~Kstew rocks!BFP>KSTEW!!

FIRST!!!!!!
5/09 LWNV – CHASKE felt my A$$

Cameo rolls? Hmmmmm
TeamDadward

I havent watched Eclipse yet, 14 Days here.. but I'll look for him
agava #SCBB4Life

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know who he is in the movie!!! LMAO
Edward_is_my_Romeo

Cool! Another cool fact to know when I watch it in……drumroll….5 more hours!! Woo Hoo!!
EAD_TwistAArmpitHair

Congrats! AND there are still plenty of us that have not seen it yet. My day will be Sunday, I think.
http://www.newmoonmovie.org what the heart desires ♥

Loved that scene!
TATIANA_OME – Team Charlie

HA! I know who he is now….lol. The mention of story and then I looked at his face and I was like OMG…I know who he played To all of you who have not seen it yet, you are in for a treat!!
TeamVampiresWearSkinnyTies

that was a great scene, although he looked a bit too old, lol. He was older-looking than the Volturi, lol!

Talking of cameos, was Stephenie in this movie? She wasn't in New Moon, but she was in Twilight, so I was wondering.
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“I think that some times the small roles help make a movie!”

I whole heartedly agree with you LMC. It really added to the movie.
agava #SCBB4Life

LOL yeah the face say it all ;D
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Is there ageism against vampires too? LOL

*waves I'm happy for older vampires flag*

*snort*
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I'm not spilling the beans but you'll like this scene.
agava #SCBB4Life

So worth the wait:)
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You don't remember that they posted a picture of him in costume on EM.org? I internally clapped when he came onto the screen.

Sofa king awesome!
agava #SCBB4Life

Oh yeah now I remember!
*facepalm*
now I know why while watching this scene I was like, hey I've seen that guy before LOL
TeamVampiresWearSkinnyTies

bahaha. No, it's just that in the books, all the vampires are always young and beautiful… apart from Aro et al. I

t just took me off guard seeing an “old” vampire, given that they kept even the Volturi pretty young in the movies.

All power to the elderly undead!
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*snort*

“elderly undead”

bahahahaha
Angie

I have always adored Peter Murphy. Had such a crush on him in college when I was going through my goth phase. One of my favorite songs by him as a solo artist: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpz2AWu4PZg
EAD_TwistAArmpitHair

Yeah… too much RL during the week for me to see it yet. I am thrilled knowing I will be enjoying it soon.
Angie

Will be seeing this movie tomorrow night. Can't wait. I won't clog up this comments section with lots of links, but I wanted to add another song of Peter Murphy's that is amazing. Y'all might like it because “In Twilight” is one of the main lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pTGBPizCWM
VAMPLOVER ccc <3 my Twisters

Hey hon-Guess what—I read the Short Life of Bree Tanner. Yep I did!! hahaha I was going to save it til after the saga was finished, but I had several tell me it helped when you see Eclipse. hahaha. Yay! Tomorrow night I'll find out. LOL
http://ingerasultau7.weblog.ro/ Diana

When I reached the “stop reading, spoiler” stuff I scrolled down immediately
thanks LMC…Love ya
OhEdward-Glittermouth

Peter Murphy is one of my all time rock heroes! When I saw him in the movie, I leaned over to my daughter and said, “That's Peter Murphy!” She looked at me like who the f cares? LOL

I LOVE him!
OhEdward-Glittermouth

This is from my favorite Peter Murphy solo album. When it first came out I took it with me everywhere. When my boyfriend (now husband) and I were picking out CD's to take to Yosemite with us, he grabbed Deep and said, “God knows we can't go anywhere without Peter Murphy!” LOL

So true, and I still adore him. btw – one of my favorite Bauahaus songs is Telegram Sam – check it on YouTube. I love all the obvious hits too – but the groove of Telegram Sam sends me into fits of funk!
Angie

Oh, I love Telegram Sam. Such a fun song! Quite honestly, as much as I enjoy Bela Legosi's Dead because of its “goth icon” status, it does get a little long in the tooth, if you know what I mean. I'd have to say my favorite Bauhaus song is She's in Parties.
Angie

Lugosi. Spelling mishap in moment of brain freeze. Just watching Telegram Sam. Peter totally reminds me of Tim Curry in Rocky Horror Picture Show in that video!
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LOL your comments have been cracking me up!!
http://www.disqus.com/teamgrayface TeamGrayFace-TempAviForEclipse

I'm really glad they had this flashback in the movie. I didn't think it would make it but I'm really glad it did. It aided so much just in the short time it was shown. And I didn't know that was him! That's pretty frikken cool.
bluegoddessgirl

Yeah if I hadn't read the short second life of bree tanner before seeing Eclipse then I would have been wondering why they gave so much screen time to her, especially because she's hardly mentioned at all in Eclipse. I did enjoy reading Bree's perspective though and I felt bad that fate was not on her side in the end.
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It was really written well. I enjoyed it. I'll see Eclipse tomorrow, so, I'll be able to see what you mean. *wink* I know I felt bad for her too. I was secretly cheering for her in the book. LOL
The_Violet_Tiaras

The only character in Eclipse that gave me the chills was Peter Murphy, hands down.
OhEdward-Glittermouth

Love, love, love “She's in Parties!”
JasperAndJill

i literally SCREAMED when we first saw him in the movie! that was a great part!!!
Guestie

“Telegram Sam” is a cover of a T Rex song, not an actual original Bauhaus song.

I'm anal… had to clear that up for the young 'uns.
OhEdward-Glittermouth

I'm too old to be considered a youngin' because I was alive when the T Rex version came out. I was making the distinction between Bauhaus and Peter Murphy's solo work, not claiming that it was an original Bauhaus song.

I understand your need to clarify but luckily, you are preaching to the choir.
lil murph

Hes my uncle and hes wikid!!!! eclipse will be the best cos hes in it!!! lil murph