Jackson Rathbone - Jasper Hale

I like roles that I can sink my teeth into,' actor says from horror film's London set. Jackson Rathbone is drenched in blood from head to toe, and being dragged down a flight of cellar stairs. Somewhere, a million Twilighter hearts are weeping for the hunky young star of their favorite blockbuster. But somewhere else, horror maestro Clive Barker is smiling a wicked grin.

When MTV News recently visited the London set of "Dread," based on a short story by the twisted mind behind "Hellraiser" and "Candyman," things weren't looking good for the 23-year-old actor who shot to stardom last month portraying earnest vampire Jasper Hale. But, as Jackson was eager to tell us, life has never been better.

"This has been a fun movie to work on," he smiled, pretending for a moment that he wasn't soaked in Karo syrup. "It's my first leading-man role. I was always a character actor when I was in theater as a kid, and I've done a lot of character roles in television shows and whatnot. But this is a character that has a lot of development, a lot of progression. ... I like roles that I can sink my teeth into."

Like so many of his "Twilight" friends, Rathbone can now satiate his hunger as only a young star coming off a hot Hollywood film can. But rather than cashing in with generic romantic comedies or action flicks, he has chosen to partake in Barker's psychological thriller that tells the tale of Stephen (Rathbone), Quaid (Shaun Evans) and Cheryl (Hanne Steene), three college kids making a documentary about the origins of fear — until one decides that the only way to get to the truth is by extracting dread from those around him.

" 'Dread' is a Kinsey-esque study of fear," the star explained of the plot, which is already being loosely compared to the "Saw" films' exploration of the lengths people will go to for survival. "We're setting up this fear study, and what we do is we interview people about their greatest fears and their dreads. The film starts out in this sweet college and then gets darker as people start having to live through their fears. A lot of times, it makes them stronger or it breaks them. That's what this film is about: It's about facing your fears and seeing what happens."

And the bottom line, according to Rathbone, is that he had never read a script quite like it before.

"It's not that typical romance, love-triangle thing — which is what I'd really like to stay away from," Jackson laughed while discussing the decades-old story by Barker, as well as the film version being overseen by director Anthony DiBlasi. "I've always loved the horror genre. As a kid, I wasn't allowed to really watch TV, let alone horror. I come from a fairly conservative background, and so I had to sneak away to watch movies like 'The Terminator' when I was 10 years old, and when I was about 13, 14, a good friend of mine gave me a George A. Romero box set with 'Night of the Living Dead' and 'Day of the Dead.' I loved those movies, but I had to hide them under my bed as a kid.

"If my parents saw them, they would have grounded me for months," he remembered. "They didn't want certain images ingrained in my mind."

Now, Rathbone is hard at work bringing himself to death's door and hoping a portion of his sizable fanbase will similarly risk getting grounded to see the film when it comes to theaters next year. "I really have to give all props to my fans, because they've really been so supportive of me," he explained. " 'Twilight' has given me, and a lot of the other actors on 'Twilight,' a much wider fanbase, and they've been so supportive of us, and that's really what we need. As an actor, you need an audience to practice your craft. A painter can paint alone, a photographer can take pictures alone, a musician can play — but as an actor, you need someone to watch you, and we couldn't have a better audience. ... I've been able to do a lot more films because of them."

But whereas "Twilight" famously took the fangs off vampires and portrayed the Cullens as vegetarians whose bloodlust could be held in check by the occasional woodland-creature buffet, "Dread" seeks no such horror suppression. "Several of us go through a lot of prosthetics in this film," Rathbone explained. "It's really good. I mean, it looks real, and it's fairly horrific.

"And when you're off camera, it's fun to chase someone around covered in blood," he joked. "That's a lot of fun."

But don't think that all this blood and gore will make "Dread" a completely different film than "Twilight," as Rathbone said both films share similarly shadowy undertones. "There's something about playing darker, like a vampire, or somebody like Stephen who's just kind of wrapped up in death," he compared. "With Stephen, it's the death of his brother, and he's trying to get over that. With Jasper in 'Twilight,' it's about controlling the urges to feed and trying to establish that humanity. I think that's what I really love about playing a darker character, finding the humanity. Because we all have dark sides of ourselves, and if we let that control us, then we're never gonna be happy. It's about finding the balance."

Based on Rathbone's diverse marathon of filming a "Donnie Darko" sequel, "Dread" and "New Moon" back-to-back-to-back, as well as his continued participation in the band 100 Monkeys, finding a balance doesn't seem to be a problem for this fast-rising star.

Antonina, on się nie nazywa JASON, tylko JACKSON, ale okay, zgadzam się wszystkimi, ze jest słodki ^^

A ja nie mówię "OMG", tylko
O M J = Oh My Jasper
Ale wy to rozumiecie, prawda...???

Dread można już w necie znaleźć - wbudowane holenderskie napisy (przynajmniej moja wersja tak ma), brak polskich.

My love, My life Celebrates his 24th Birthday.

Celebrating his birthday Las Vegas style, Jackson Rathbone was spotted at The Bank at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Resort on Friday night (December 1 Cool

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The “Twilight” stud, who turns 24 on December 21, looked to be enjoying his birthday party which was complete with a huge man in a banana suit cake.

In other news, Mr Rathbone and his band, “100 Monkeys,” recently released their new album titled, “Grape.”

Of “Grape” the Jasper Hale actor tells, “We wrote songs as we caravanned cross-country, we recorded songs standing in piles of pillows in the middle of a living room, and we worked with countless amazing people to make it all happen.”

“100 Monkeys” will be setting out for a 100-city tour the day after Christmas.

Dzisiaj 21 grudzień, czyli 25 urodziny Jacksona! icon pidu

wiem, wiem, sto lat dla niego ^^

Również życzę wszystkiego naj
:))) :))) :)))

Haha, to jest manipulacja, ale fajna Wink

Hey folks! Happy Holidays and a happy new year from JRO! Hope y’all have an amazing time with your families and friends these next couple of days! Thanks for all the support this past year, it’s been great! Here’s to another amazing year for Jackson and JRO in 2010!

jrc.

Wywiad z rodzicami Jacksona

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-f9tOPP1A&feature=player_embedded

ja się właśnie wzięłam, za ściąganie wszystkich filmów z Jazzem.
Z przerażeniem stwierdzam, że facet ma ciągotę do horrorów -.-'

Tak przeglądam fotki i patrze - wielki banan. Ale miał zarabisty torcik :D

cudowne fotki ^^ A ten trailer... wow zapowiada się fajny film. Jackson wybacz mi, ale nie mam teraz fotek z tobą do wstawienia :(
Ale te, które widzę są cudowne, z tym bananem, ech zazdroszczę mu.
Ale mam coś, jego występ w 2003 ;) Ładnie
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Agathe Rathbone napisał:

ja się właśnie wzięłam, za ściąganie wszystkich filmów z Jazzem.
Z przerażeniem stwierdzam, że facet ma ciągotę do horrorów -.-'

Tak przeglądam fotki i patrze - wielki banan. Ale miał zarabisty torcik :D

Co do filmu Dread (nie chce za dużo spojlerować) ale film naprawde wbił mnie w fotel. Bynamniej dlatego że nie spodziewałam się takiego przebiegu akcji. Liczyłam na Happy End, albo coś podobnego. Ale kurcze, sądziłam że oni wszyscy przezwyciężą swoje lęki ale nie aż w tak drastyczny sposób. Jeszcze te ostatnie słowa tego bohatera i to jak patrzył na śmierć Stephena. Naprawdę nie tego się spodziewałam. A sam Jazz zagrał bardzo dobrze - bynajmniej mówił więcej niż w Twilight i dobrze odegrał Stephena :)

volturiana napisał:

A sam Jazz zagrał bardzo dobrze - bynajmniej mówił więcej niż w Twilight i dobrze odegrał Stephena :)

No własnie liczyłam na to, że się chłop odezwie.
z takim głosem... ahh. ;P

Gość

New Promo pics of Jasper

Łohooł.
Świetne foto :D

Kiedyś słyszałam plotkę, że na plakatach Eclipse, Jazz ma być bez koszulki i ujawnione te jego "blizny"
Ciekawe, czy to prawda.

Oby to była prawda ^^. A to zdjęcie promocyjne z Jasperem jest świetne. powiesiłabym sobie takie na ścianie w formie plakatu :P.

Przymierzam się teraz do oglądania Dread, bo jeszcze nie oglądałam.

eyes napisał:

Oby to była prawda ^^. A to zdjęcie promocyjne z Jasperem jest świetne. powiesiłabym sobie takie na ścianie w formie plakatu :P.

Ja też, ja też!
cały czas szukam plakatu, na któym widać ten jego tatuażyk, "i'm lost"

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Gość

100 Monkey's at Beauty Bar Las Vegas 01/01/10

OKULARY?!

Powiedzcie, że to ja mam zwidy, a nie on ma jakies druciaki na oczach?

Matko.
A może to ja gdzieś przegapiłam to, że on ma wade wzroku?

NA tym 1 zdjęciu, wygląda cudownie.