Cam Gigandet

About shooting on psychological thriller ‘The Experiment’

admin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:18:09 +0000

Over the years, we’ve seen our share of good American remakes of foreign films (“The Ring,” “Insomnia”) as well as some not-so-good ones (“The Eye,” “Dark Water,” “The Lake House”) that left a bad taste in our mouths. Recently, Cam Gigandet wrapped up his work on another high-profile translation to our shores, this time of “The Experiment,” and he promised us it will fall into that earlier category...

Unbelievable things for ‘Priest’ adaptation

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:43:13 +0000

Around these parts, we’re really looking forward to “Priest,” the currently-shooting adaptation of Min-Woo Hyung’s graphic novel series about mankind’s battle against fallen angels, starring such notables as Paul Bettany, Stephen Moyer, Maggie Q, Karl Urban, Christopher Plummer, Brad Dourif and Madchen Amick. It also stars one of our recent on-screen faves, the fast-rising Cam [...]

Got to ride a motorcycle on ‘Priest’

admin — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:11:39 +0000

“Right now I’m shooting a movie with Paul Bettany that’s called ‘Priest,’ which is going to be an unbelievable film,” Cam Gigandet explained when he stopped by the MTV studio last week. “The sets are just unbelievable—and we ride around on motorcycles.” With any luck, Gigandet joked, not only will he and Bettany look cool as they [...]

On Pandorum and fatherhood

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 12:44:48 +0000

He’s one of the hottest up-and-coming stars in Hollywood, and now “Twilight” star Cam Gigandet is back in theaters again as one of several psychologically fragile astronauts in the sci-fi thriller “Pandorum.” But to hear him tell it, Cam’s new bride is the one who had the most eventful existence during the film’s Germany shoot. [...]

Post-’Twilight’ and ‘Pandorum’

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:32:09 +0000

For years Cam Gigandet was a hard-working actor taking roles on TV shows like Jack & Bobby and The O.C., competing against hundreds of other blonds who were easy on the eyes. Then he slammed Robert Pattinson up against a wall in a little movie called Twilight, and things started changing quickly. Gigandet is quickly [...]

Calling ‘Pandorum’ a mind movie

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:08:09 +0000

SANTA MONICA, California — He’s smart, he’s sexy, he’s charismatic — and if Cam Gigandet‘s recent film output is any indication, there’s a rosy future waiting for the other “Twilight” saga stars once they’re done filming sequels. Now, Twilighters jonesing for their Gigandet fix can get another dose this weekend, when Cam goes into outer [...]

To Get ‘Sexy’ With Christina Aguilera In New Movie

admin — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:10:41 +0000

SANTA MONICA, California — One is a living legend in music and movies, the other is a living legend about to make her movie debut. Now, Cher and Christina Aguilera are being joined by a red-hot “Twilight” star who will be appearing in his first musical opposite the two famous females: Cam Gigandet. “I’m shooting [...]

Pandorum: ‘Twilight’ Star Cam Gigandet Naked

admin — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:55:40 +0000

Paul W.S. Anderson was finishing up post-production on his franchise-melding sci-fi flick, “AVP: Alien vs. Predator,” when he sat down to read a script that very much reminded him of one of the progenitors of his film: Ridley Scott’s 1979 deep space horror classic, “Alien.” The script was simply terrifying, Anderson told MTV News in [...]

Cam Gigandet Battles Twilighters

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 19:26:08 +0000

Cam Gigandet Battles Tween Twilighters To Prove His Fighting SkillsOn FunnyOrDie.com, the Twilight villain campaigns for a second MTV Movie Award for Best Fight. Cam Gigandet hasn’t met a group of rabid “Twilight” fans he can’t take in a fight, and he proves it in his new video on FunnyOrDie.com. In the clip, a group [...]

‘Twilight’ star Cam Gigandet is a first-time dad

admin — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:21:12 +0000

Cam Gigandet’s girlfriend, Dominique Geisendorff, gave birth to a baby girl on Tuesday, April 14th. “There is no name yet,” an insider told In Touch Weekly. “She is perfectly healthy, everyone is doing fine!” This is first child for the «Twilight» star and his girlfriend. A rep for Gigandet had not responded to MTV News’ [...]

Twilight Time

admin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:48:48 +0000

The 54-minute, seven-part documentary divulges stunt secrets. Green-screen technology was not used for any of the film’s action scenes. Actor Cam Gigandet, who plays villainous vampire James in «Twilight,» did much of his own work in the rousing final fight scene, and stunt doubles were used for the breath-taking shot of Edward and Bella atop [...]

Scenes for ‘Kerosene Cowboys’ filmed in Fernley

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:00:10 +0000

The action-thriller movie «Kerosene Cowboys» was filmed in Fernley Justice Court, featuring actors Cam Gigandet, Shane West, Bill Pullman and Mario Van Peebles. On Saturday, the court house was turned into a movie set, complete with cameras, lights, boom microphones, and 80 cast and crew members. According to Van Peebles, who is also directing the [...]

Kerosene Cowboys wraps filming in Reno

admin — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:54:34 +0000

Filming finished Tuesday on “Kerosene Cowboys,” film directed by Mario Van Peebles in production for the past week at the Reno-Stead Airport. The movie is about a squadron of Navy pilots ordered to sneak into the Middle East on a covert military mission, based on a series of novels by former naval aviator Randy Arrington. [...]

Fast facts about Cam Gigandet

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:28:43 +0000

He’s accident prone … “I’ve broken seven bones in my body, all on my right side. The last was on 4 July (2008) when I cracked my fibula in a water-skiing accident.” He hates gherkins … “Those little picckles in a McDonald’s burger? Ew!” He loves the cinema … “One of my all-time favourite films is [...]

Excerpts from Cam Gigandet’s interview for Men’s health

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:55:21 +0000

On being cast in “Twilight:” The people who read it, the fans, there’s such an intensity there, that it’s not just, oh, I’m addicted to these books. They have dreams about it! There’s such a commitment to it. That’s where the pressure comes from. It’s not the amount of people that love it, it’s the [...]