Xavier Samuel — “If You Want to Know What Happens in the Movie, Just Read the Book”

by LMCullen on December 27, 2009 · View Comments

New interview with Eclipse’s other stalker-like Vampire Xavier Samuel (aka Riley) done during his Christmas visit back home in Australia.

In the interview Xavier discusses how his life has changed since being cast in Eclipse, and says that the movie is just like the book -

“It’s a bizarre thing, the whole celebrity phenomenon,” Samuel told the Sunday Mail.
“But to see it in action is another thing. It’s a little strange having someone follow you to get a coffee.
“I wasn’t used to that sort of attention, so I just took it in my stride, I guess.
“I think Robert and Kristen do a really good job in dealing with fans.
“They seem to handle it really well, so if I can take a leaf out of their book I should be OK.”
Life in the US has also given Samuel a chance to catch up with fellow Adelaide actor Teresa Palmer, a former castmate from the local indy film 2:37.
“Teresa and I actually spent Halloween in LA together,” he said.
“It was my first Halloween and I went as a Canadian because I just came back from Vancouver. It just involved me putting on a cap, I didn’t really put a lot of effort in. It was either that or go as a Playboy bunny.”
Samuel may have a celebrity lifestyle, but he certainly doesn’t have a car to match – he bought his canary yellow Falcon with Benedict for just $500.
After the New Year, the two are planning to drive it to Sydney, where Benedict is studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.
“The car only has a tape deck, so that’s what we’ve been asking everyone for Christmas – car tapes,” he laughed.
“We were listening to a fair bit of ’50s rock and roll on the way here.”
Meanwhile, Samuel has an obvious tip for Twilight fans wanting the inside scoop on the new film: “If you want to know what happens in the movie, just read the book.”

You can check out the rest of the interview over at Adelaide Now!

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1 [cheesburgers and lobster]-rob 12.27.09 at 12:23 pm: first!
2 tisJESS-Aaa 12.27.09 at 12:25 pm: Haha
3 SaLiSt 12.27.09 at 12:25 pm: wow-second????
4 PlainTwilightDork 12.27.09 at 12:31 pm: I want to ride on his Falcon and venture to Sydney to grab my brother. He's been bragging to go there all month.
Christmas without a bro… *sighs*
5 BellasLoveFlippy TeamEmotional 12.27.09 at 12:36 pm: “If you want to know what happens in the movie, just read the book.”
That is actually kind of genius.. LOL
6 BellasLoveFlippy TeamEmotional 12.27.09 at 12:37 pm: congrats!
Love your name.. when I heard the cheeseburger line in the Twilight commentary I couldn't stop laughing.. LOL
7 [cheesburgers and lobster]-rob 12.27.09 at 12:39 pm: thanks! hahaahha, me too! rob is a crack up thats forsure
8 BellasLoveFlippy TeamEmotional 12.27.09 at 12:40 pm: Oh and in Post Angeles when he says in this too funny voice: “Guys, let's be simple about this..” LMAO
9 [cheesburgers and lobster]-rob 12.27.09 at 12:47 pm: he was so self consious through the whole movie! rob is so adorable.
'what is a garden burger'
'little boufant'
'little peacoat'
oh there are soo soo many
10 kiraaa 12.27.09 at 1:03 pm: WHAT, HE'S HOME!
oh golly, i think it's time to get my stalk on …
11 BellasLoveFlippy TeamEmotional 12.27.09 at 1:07 pm: He's just sooo adorkable..
12 tua_cantante 12.27.09 at 1:39 pm: Hey Xavier–if you read the book you'd know that you're really not in it… LOL!
Sorry, that was mean. But I couldn't help it.
13 vampwannabe 12.27.09 at 2:00 pm: hahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry, your post is hysterical! soooo true! His character is in the book long enough to be torn into pieces. yeah…that's the extent of his character. ROFLMAO!
btw-can't wait to see scary/vampire Edward kill Victoria and Riley! yah for scary/vampire Edward!
14 tua_cantante 12.27.09 at 2:21 pm: Me toooooo! Kick a** Edward!
15 Wolfi ♥(TEAM LEAH & swirl)♥ 12.27.09 at 2:22 pm: Hey look who it is..its kristen and rob's love child!!..
seriously that boy has the whole jett look and rob hobo look!…lol
everytime i look at him i see kristen and rob!!…hehehe:D
16 vampwannabe 12.27.09 at 2:34 pm: woohoo!!!!
leg hitch/meadow/kick a** Edward…can't wait!!!
17 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 3:17 pm: ROFLMAO .. so why am I not imprinting on him?
18 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 3:20 pm: LOL
I don't blame him, he seems like a cool guy, but what is MR and DS's obsession with the Riley character?
Because the last time I checked, we don't care that much about Riley.
But, hey, Xavier's hot, so it couldn't hurt. LOL
19 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 3:23 pm: Best piece of advice ever. Like when I am in the movie theatre at the end of NM and these people start cussing because they wanna know what happens.
Uh … did you think to read the books?
20 SC~3rd_Wife(TeamSM) 12.27.09 at 3:30 pm: I just re-read Riley's 'big moment' in Eclipse, and I found that as I remembered he did have a line. So, here it is:
Riley screamed out a tortured plea, “Victoria!”
Then Seth proceeded to finish ripping him to pieces – LMAO!
21 vampwannabe 12.27.09 at 3:39 pm: LOL!!!!!!!!!!
22 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 3:42 pm: And there you go. LOL
23 twigirlfan 12.27.09 at 3:44 pm: LOL!!…you just made my day!
24 BellasLoveFlippy TeamEmotional 12.27.09 at 3:45 pm: Exactly..
They're reaction is what the crew wanted, but still, you really have this feeling like: “First go read the books, then you will know exactly what's gonna happen”
Although the ending is genius.. I mean, come on.. “Marry me, Bella” black–
25 britt366 12.27.09 at 3:51 pm: LOL i don't know why they make a big thing out of him!
jasper had no friggin lines in twilight! but hes more important then him???
26 tua_cantante 12.27.09 at 3:52 pm: Ha ha! LMAO!
27 Wolfi ♥(TEAM LEAH & swirl)♥ 12.27.09 at 3:54 pm: i dont know!..lol
you have to look into his eyes CF..hehe..thats the only way you can imprint on him!..lol
28 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 3:56 pm: According to MR, she wants the audience to “care” about Riley, so she included a whole back story on him and when Victoria turned him.
Umm .. MR … he dies at the end of the movie because he is Victoria's sidekick and wants to kill Edward and Bella.
WTF do we want to “care” about him?
29 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 3:57 pm: Oh, ok. I forgot about that. I am on it. LOL
30 vampwannabe 12.27.09 at 3:58 pm: the only 'back story' we need is the ACTUAL ''falling-in-love story' between E/B that was MISSING from twilight. that's the back story I WANT to see….ugh!
31 vampwannabe 12.27.09 at 4:03 pm: genius! luv that ending:)
32 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 4:10 pm: I agree. Jacob and Bella got the spotlight in NM, which was great and not taking anything away from that. But now I am ready for Edward and Bella to be happy and sizzle.
33 britt366 12.27.09 at 4:18 pm: can't effing wait for my fav book to come alive in front of me!! ITS GANNA BE AWSOME. ok i need calm down…
34 SC~3rd_Wife(TeamSM) 12.27.09 at 4:20 pm: Jasper in TL…
“It's a pleasure to meet you”
“Oh, I think we can handle that!”
“I've had to fight our kind before. They're not easy to kill, but not impossible.”
Then there was the whole scene with Alice's vision of James changing course.
I was prepared to put like two lines down and thought it would be funny, but I pulled out my DVD for you and was surprised to find so many lines by Jasper – I almost forgot! Even though he only had literally two lines in New Moon, I thought he was a better Jasper in NM. I hate to say this but I doubt Jackson read the whole saga until after filming TL – he doesn't have the old Southern drawl in TL.
I really love this one, “I vote yes. It would be nice not to want to kill you all the time.”
35 NTJB-TeamJazzica LMFAO!! 12.27.09 at 4:26 pm: Did you get my email?
36 DDB_DazzledByRob 12.27.09 at 4:27 pm: He went as a Canadian for Halloween?? Xavier you would have looked way better as a Playboy bunny!! Trust me…
37 vampwannabe 12.27.09 at 4:33 pm: you said it! bring it on!
38 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 4:37 pm: I love blonde Kristen BTW. Is that from In the Land of Women?
39 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 4:37 pm: Yes, I sent you one back.
Is that a gun in your pants or are you just happy to see me big boy?
40 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 4:39 pm: I know, I loved the ending. I always wait for the audience's reaction now. It is funny hearing the eff words in stereo. LOL
41 NTJB-TeamJazzica LMFAO!! 12.27.09 at 4:40 pm: Lol. Yeah, I will miss these types of comments in a couple minutes. I'm changing my avi back to unicorn Rob lol. I felt weird exploiting his “gun” like that.
42 BellasLoveFlippy TeamEmotional 12.27.09 at 4:48 pm: I'm going on Wednesday again and I'm going to be waiting for that ending as well as THE moan.. I'm missing the moan..
43 CF/Say 'Ello 2 My Lil Friend 12.27.09 at 4:50 pm: “exploiting his gun” Pfft .. he just puts it out there for everyone to see. His fault.
But unicorn Rob is very nice.
44 NTJB-TeamJazzica LMFAO!! 12.27.09 at 5:02 pm: Lolz. Yes it is.
45 Twilight_In_Phx 12.27.09 at 5:20 pm: Yesterday I had followed a twitter convo on if an Eclipse trailer existed yet; especially in lieu of someone stating they had seen one at a theater. An article was written up generalizing his statements:
http://www.pronetworks.org/index.php/independen...
46 rpattzgirl 12.27.09 at 6:35 pm: Ahh, sweet Xavier… He is really very sweet & charming..
But we all know there are different things going on in the movie that are not in the book..
All I can say is give us an effin trailer and we'll decide for ourselves!
47 ICB *Sethward Saves the Day* 12.27.09 at 6:56 pm: agreed.
48 ICB *Sethward Saves the Day* 12.27.09 at 7:00 pm: i luv the part in the book where he starts talking to victoria in (what i pictured as the super duper sexy seductive robward voice) and tries to make her stay and fight him instead of running scared…i swear i can see that whole scene in my head…i cheered when her fiery tangle or red locks hits the ground.
49 vampwannabe 12.27.09 at 7:59 pm: is NM still playing in your area? It's not playing here anymore.
50 JT 12.27.09 at 8:25 pm: Nice article. Thanks for sharing, I feel enlightened.
“Personally, I'd like to see one sooner rather than later. In some cases there is such a thing as burnout when a film has too much hype too soon. But this is the Twiverse, and things work differently here.”
LOL he got that right! Bring it on!!
BTW this is my 1st post!! YAY
51 stopdbreathn 12.27.09 at 10:20 pm: I so hope your wrong about a back story about Riley. Who gives a crap. I am sick to death of this chick taking over SMs story and turning it into what she wants it to be
(HEY DAVID – CUT THE RILEY BACK STORY OUT OF THIS FILM PLS – Fill the space with something else like – oh I dunno – Leg Hitch?).
The reason we are all so (psychotically) addicted is because it is BRILLIANT just the way it is written. Why can't they get that concept! If they'd just stick to the bl**dy books they would make a gazilliion more dollars. I didn't like NM(movie) very much cos B & Es re-union and the 1st proposal so missed the emotion that went with it in the book, BUT, I have seen it about 8 times already, so just imagine if I had of thought it was brilliant!!!!!!! I'd be at the theatre EVERY SESSION!
Stress Stress Stress.
52 flounderthefish 12.27.09 at 10:43 pm: I dont want to see Rileys backstory or how Victoria hook up with him…..how they created newborns……Unless we have 4 or 5 hr movie….
It will be interesting to see these stuffs if we have a lot of time…. for a 2hr or 2.5 hr movie I want to see more important stuffs….and there are plenty of them…
The scenes I want see of V/R are the fight scene…. and how Riley visits Bella roon and steel things..
I cant think of any scenes in Eclipse that worth compromising to include more scenes of V/R…..Sorry Bryce Dallas Howard and Xavier
53 BellasLoveFlippy TeamEmotional 12.27.09 at 11:43 pm: It's playing until Wednesday.. I'm actually going on that very last day..
Then it's gonna be waiting for an Eclipse trailer and the NM DVD to come out!
54 ishta 12.27.09 at 11:45 pm: because it is a good idea, Victoria is the bad guy and Riley is a fool in love.
55 ishta 12.27.09 at 11:48 pm: keep it, we have to know who the character is, that makes the fight better. Slade is good at what he dose
56 I♥TayDaniel(TeamELFitUpANotch) 12.28.09 at 12:33 am: sorry, but if Xavier passed by me on the streets i wouldn't even recognize him.
& MR making Ryan's part bigger means less time of the real events that happened in the book actually being in the movie. So it's BS!
*throws darts at MR's head*
57 McVampy - TEAM BOUFFANT 12.28.09 at 12:41 am: LMAO !!!!!
oh tua… good call.
i must say.. i LOVE xavier samuel… fine peice of meat AND from australia (woo go australian actors making it big in hollywood)
however.. im not really interested in this riley business.. who cares about him, his a minor character!
but glad he is getting his shot.
58 McVampy - TEAM BOUFFANT 12.28.09 at 12:41 am: where the HECK is lina cullen !?!??!? been too long.
miss you girl !
59 Team BritishInvasion&Emotional 12.28.09 at 1:52 am: While you throw darts I'll shoot flaming arrows Lmao
60 I♥TayDaniel-TeamKissitUpANotch 12.28.09 at 2:01 am: lmao that's right the witch is going to BURN!!!
muhahahaha
61 Team BritishInvasion&Emotional 12.28.09 at 2:06 am: Mind if I join you on your evil laugh
lol
62 I♥TayDaniel-TeamKissitUpANotch 12.28.09 at 2:09 am: lmao no, go right ahead.
*continues evil laugh & BritishInvasion joins in*
63 Team BritishInvasion&Emotional 12.28.09 at 2:20 am: Why is it that when you laugh you only feel great when its evil
lol
64 I♥TayDaniel-TeamKissitUpANotch 12.28.09 at 2:34 am: uh…maybe it's b/c being evil is fun? lol
idk i feel great regardless when i laugh…but the evil laugh does feel better lol
65 juliet_bella 12.28.09 at 7:08 am: NO, it wasn't mean…I TOTALLY AGREE! what a jackass to respond like that. even rob that is like…how should i put it…kinda lacks of words…gives a better description.
stupid xavier! go back to australia and stay there.
66 tua_cantante 12.28.09 at 12:39 pm: Hey McVampy! I do think Xavier is hot–I just can't get over the fact that MR is going to show his “backstory”. Just think: all the time that's wasted when we could be seeing Bellward!
67 McVampy - TEAM BOUFFANT 12.28.09 at 12:40 pm: Yeah I know I do agree with ya!
Who needs a backstory of a minor character. We need a new screen writer for shizz!
Sent from my BlackBerry® from Optus
68 mschicklet 12.28.09 at 4:22 pm: Well that's good news. I hope he's right.
69 mschicklet 12.28.09 at 4:23 pm: Jasper said “It's a pleasure to meet you” during the Cullen house tour scene.
70 britt366 12.29.09 at 12:08 am: yea… well I think so…. I can't remember any other movie she was blonde in lol
71 Alice Whitlock 111 01.02.10 at 2:00 am: Oh my God is he in Adelaide? I just came back from there last night! Damn, I could've seen him!