Xavier Samuel (aka Riley) is featured as one of  Interview magazine’s Summer’s Leading Men!

…….and I’m back to crushing on Xavier.  UNF! 

[Source: Interview]

We previously posted the scans of Xavier Samuel (aka Riley) featured in the June issue of GQ magazine.  Check out some more hot and sexy photos of Xavier and part his interview with GQ! 

Speaking of thrillers: You’re on the poster for the new Twilight film, Eclipse. How did this happen?
I did the audition from Sydney. I put the audition down on tape and sent it over.

Actors are always putting themselves on tape. But they never actually get the role that way!
I’ve been doing that for quite a while—doing these auditions from Australia and sending them out. I don’t know whose desk they land on, or if anyone even watches them. To hear back was a surprise. I flew to Vancouver on a maybe. It was me and four other guys. And I was shooting before I knew it.

Were you a fan of the Twilight series? Tell the truth.
I watched the first film on the plane, on the way over to Vancouver. Then I went straight to the bookstore.

Funny. You play Riley, a hungry newborn vampire out on a rampage. Full disclosure: I read the book, and Riley’s only on one page.
Yes, I was flipping through the book, thinking: Where’s Riley? He’s whittled down to one line. But in the film, we venture into the world of Riley and watch him assembling this newborn army. It’s more action-packed. And it gives me something more to do, thankfully.

Do you get to inflict much damage on the world?
There was no neck biting. I threw a vampire off of a burning car. I also threw a massive log with one hand. The log was attached to a hydraulic system. It made me look really strong.

Is it hard to be the new kid in a franchise like this?
It is a bit like the first day of school. But I felt like part of the family.

Most of your scenes are with Bryce Dallas Howard—who plays the villain, Victoria. She was also new to the Twilight family. Did that help?
We bonded quite early. We just kind of hit it off from the very beginning, rehearsed a lot of stuff, and talked about this almost Lady Macbeth kind of relationship.

You’re intellectualizing Twilight.
You see that Shakespeare reference I just made? [laughs] But she manipulates him in that way.

I’m impressed. How was the green-screen work? Obviously you’re not fighting wolves.
The director would yell Action! and this guy puts a stick in your face. That stick is the wolf. They didn’t teach that at drama school. I must have been sick that day.

Last question: You’re one of many Australians working in Hollywood. Do you all know one another?
We have cult meetings at midnight, somewhere near the Hollywood sign.

OMX!  Love him!  He’s funny, intelligent and freaking hot!! 

Check out these new photos of Xavier Samuel (aka Riley) from Yahoo Movies that where posted with the new Eclipse banner featuring Riley, newborn vamp from Eclipse. 

*swoon*  So, Xavier…..how you doin? 

[Source: Yahoo via Bella's Diary. Thanks 30yroldtwifan!]

Oh my!

*thud*

There’s a brand new interview with Xavier Samuel, who plays Riley in Eclipse. Also included is a new photoshoot and behind-the-scenes video from Teen Vogue!

With just a few offbeat Australian flicks under his belt, the sandy-haired 26-year-old had been chosen to play newborn vampire Riley, the latest heartthrob in The Twilight Saga. Almost instantaneously he was being hailed as Robert Pattinson’s doppelgänger and couldn’t get coffee without seeing flashbulbs.

“It was all very sudden, not just with the paparazzi but also with being cast in general,” says Xavier, who’s been acting since high school. “I did an audition from Sydney on tape. Then I got word that it was down to four guys—and that I was one of them.”

Check out the full article, photoshoot bonus pics, and 10 Things You Should Know About Xavier Samuel.

After the break, view the behind-the-scenes video with Xavier!

HitFix has reported that Jimmy Kimmel Live will be celebrating all things Eclipse by having a one hour Eclipse special, on Wednesday June 23, with Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Dakota Fanning, Bryce Dallas Howard, Xavier Samuel, plus other special Guests!!

Titled “Jimmy Kimmel Live: Twilight Saga: Total Eclipse of the Heart,” the special will air from 10:01-11:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 23.

ABC boasts that this will be the only joint primetime appearance by “Twilight” stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner. And if that’s not enough, co-stars Dakota Fanning, Bryce Howard and Xavier Samuel will be on-hand, plus “special guests.”

New/old picture of Eclipse Vampire Xavier Samuel (aka Riley) on the set of his movie The Loved Ones back in 2009.

He doesn’t look too thrilled in this pic, does he? LOL Nonetheless, I’m sure JayPat is still swooning over him! hehe

[Source: The Vampire Club]

We previously posted Xavier Samuel (aka Riley) interview in the May 2010 issue of Elle magazine.   Here is the scan of the interview article in Elle! 

Ah!!!  My new love!  Wow, he looks good there! 

[Source: XavierDaily. Thanks Diana!]

Xavier Samuel aka Riley in Twilight Saga: Eclipse is featured on Elle.com as the next hunky heartthrob to hit us from the saga:

WHO: Xavier Samuel

AGE: 26

HOMETOWN: Adelaide, Australia

BONA FIDES: A 2005 graduate of Flinders University Drama Centre program in Adelaide (taking on Hamlet at his graduate performance); a major role in Australian films every year since.

WHY NOW: He’s been newly minted as the “hot” vampire in the wildly popular Twilight franchise, making his debut in its third installment, Eclipse, due out this summer. Rumored to have beaten out Channing Tatum and Harry Potter actor Tom Felton, Samuel landed the role of Riley, right-hand vampire to Bryce Dallas Howard ’s villainess, Victoria. “He’s essentially a tragic character,” Samuel says. “[Director] David Slade and I talked a lot about conveying how complex he is—he’s harboring extreme jealousy and hatred for humanity because that’s exactly what he’s been deprived of.”

WHY HE’LL LAST: Samuel’s compulsively watchable performances in Australian movies such as 2008’s Newcastle (he played a nottotally- out-of-the-closet Goth teenager struggling to find his place in a clique of hard-core surf junkies) are in part a product of working on small-budget sets filming at breakneck paces. “Most of the Australian films I’ve worked on shot for five weeks max, and a second take was a luxury. It taught me to be prepared and focused from the beginning.”

BUT IS HE READY FOR TWILIGHT-LEVEL FAME? “I haven’t quite got my hands on any brochure that says, ‘In the event that you become insanely famous, what do you do?’ But I think I can take a leaf from Rob and Kristen’s book. They’ve done a good job keeping their wits in the whirlwind of it all but also letting it get them where they want to be future-role-wise.”

PROOF HE REALLY DOES DO HIS HOMEWORK: Photos leaked on the Internet of Samuel and Howard filming their highly anticipated kissing scene, one they aptly prepped for. “Bryce and I watched YouTube clips of the best kisses in cinematic history for research,” he says. Yes, but how did he get on with the practicing? “What happens in the rehearsal room stays in the rehearsal room.”

I think Xavier will do a great job at causing some some girls to explode with excitement and I can’t wait to see him in action!!

[Source: Elle.com]

MTV Australia has an article on their Twilight Saga: Eclipse ozzie hunk Xavier Samuel aka Riley.

Move over Taylor Lautner , there’s a new ‘ It Boy’ in town.

Aussie hottie Xavier Samuel, who’s starring in the ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’ has been labelled one of Hollywood’s hottest new men.

In an upcoming issue of VMAN, the actor, who judged the OPTUS ONE80PROJECT last week, reveals he’s still getting used to his new found fame.

Talking about the drawbacks of being a rising actor he says, “Living out of a suitcase and your comfort zone, it’s a bit of a challenge.”

And the hunk, who starred in the award-winning Oz horror flick ‘The Loved Ones’ says he can’t wait to work on his home turf again.

“I want to get back to Australia and do a film there. It’s important to remember your roots.”

But despite his success, the 26-year-old admits he almost followed a different career path altogether.

When asked if he’d always wanted to be on the big screen he said,

“Not at all, really. I mean, the usual response is, you know, “I’ve been acting since I was three, and I used to perform plays for my Mom and Dad.” But I never really did that sort of stuff.

“I kind of followed a friend of mine into auditioning for drama schools and sort of landed in a drama course as a result of that. And it wasn’t kind of ’til halfway through that first year that I thought, “Actually, this is something that is a craft, and it’s not just a hobby.”

[Source: MTV Australia]

New/HOT pictures of Eclipse Vampires Kellan Lutz (aka Emmett Cullen) and Xavier Samuel (aka Riley) in the latest edition of VMAN Magazine which hit shelves on April 20th!

You don’t want to miss this issue as it also features True Blood human Ryan Kwanten (aka Jason Stackhouse)!! YUMMY!!

[Source: MTV.com. Thanks, CJean!]