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Kellan's EX3 On-set Interview with Collider

Collider Question: What was your experience like, filming this movie with that cast?
KELLAN LUTZ: To me it was just another dream come true. Doing Hercules, just acting-wise bring forth that character to the big screen was such a dream. But working with all these legends and my childhood heroes from the films that I would watch, and especially for the genre that I love acting in, the action genre, seeing all these guys, acting with them and seeing who they were on and off camera and just how comedic some are like Wesley Snipes and Antonio Banderas. How badass Jason Statham is but then how cool he is when the camera’s off and just down to hang, Sly, Arnold, how smart Dolph is—I’ve always heard all these stories and it was really great connecting with him. I was going to college for Chemical Engineering and I believe he was as well. We had a lot of great conversations. Randy Couture, this badass UFC fighter is the kindest guy in the world. Everyone, there’s a strong household of A-type personalities and commanding presences but everyone’s just really cool. It was really fun for me, I wasn’t nervous at all. I was a bit—I wouldn’t use the word giddy because that’s not such a masculine word but just full-on enthusiastic and excited to be shooting guns and blowing stuff up and just playing pretend, playing action hero with all these legendary action heroes.

Talk a little bit about who you get to play in the movie. You’re part of a “younger” Expendables.
LUTZ: My character, John Smilee—we went back and forth with creating a bunch of backstory with our characters because introducing so many of us, it’s hard to capture who they are and what their essence is within a couple pages of dialogue and scene coverage. Going back and forth, it was really imperative to see where John Smilee and all the characters start from. So they have kind of this up and down roller coaster development of the character throughout the script and with the other characters, and with the older guys. You see them budding heads just as a young guy will come in the older guy don’t like it. The younger guys get a bit cocky and then you see towards the end of the movie—no one really likes each other at the beginning and they’re forced to. Then at the very end everyone’s saving everyone else’s ass. Everyone shows that respect. The young guy showing respect for the older guy, the older guy showing respect for these new cats. My character doesn’t smile much, I really wanted to make sure he stayed kind of true to his last name—the Smilee. Where you would think, this character has come from the shit. He was overseas fighting for his country, some shit went down, he was like, “What’s the point of working for the government, working for anyone.” He probably was probably the head of some recon division team and got his team blown up. So really he has all this guilt on him, throughout the movie I never wanted to smile. It was kind of like our hook where they call me “Smilee” and nothing could get me to smile.

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New Interview & Photo: Kellan at Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort

TOURRETTES, France (AP) — After a Cannes whirlwind that included a tank ride and walking the red carpet to promote "The Expendables," Kellan Lutz was eager for a chance to unwind.

He got it as the luxurious Terre Blanche Hotel Spa Golf Resort in the Provence region hosted Lutz and other stars as a getaway from the Cannes madness. The 750-acre resort, which also has a vineyard, offered spa treatments and more, and provided culinary delights at a private dinner at there on Tuesday night.

"It's been exhausting in the best of ways," said Lutz, who planned to go to Monte Carlo, which is hosting the Grand Prix, after Cannes. "I just want to lay out by the pool, get a massage. I never treat myself. ... It's just a great little break."

Lutz was in Cannes for "The Expendables 3," which made arguably the biggest splash in Cannes. The all-star cast, which includes Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Jason Statham and Harrison Ford, rode down the famous Croisette in tanks, held a raucous press conference and walked the red carpet. It's out in the United States in August.

The "Twilight" actor called the experience surreal, particularly the Saturday morning tank ride, which drew a massive crowd.

"It was 10 a.m.. ... We're like, who's up at 10 a.m.? We had people running from where we started which was a mile away," he said.

Lutz said working with the veteran actors was "a dream."

"When you put them together, you would think that it would be an epic battle of who is bigger, who's better, who's stronger. But everyone complements each other significantly," he said. "I hope we get to do a fourth one and a fifth one."

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Kellan at the 'Expendables 3' Cannes Press Conference (May 18, 2014)

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Interviews and Pics from 'Tarzan' Dublin Press Junket (April 24, 2014)

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Independent Kellan Lutz has revealed he had to change Tarzan's famous cry for his new movie as the original call is trademarked.
The Twilight hunk plays the king of the jungle in a new motion capture animation of the film. But the 29-year-old could not re-enact the primal cry made famous in original Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller as the rights are owned by the estate of Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Kellan said: "Everyone knows the Tarzan cry, but what I didn't know was that we weren't going to be doing it the same because it's trademarked. So we had to change it a little bit.

"So for about a month and a half of shooting we didn't have the specific cry nailed down. And then on one of the last days they finally perfected the one that they wanted and they were like, 'here this is what it is, listen to it.' And then I only did it one time that I did it. And I don't remember it. It's very similar, but we couldn't do it just the same."

The Hollywood heartthrob also admitted he ended up aching after learning to walk and run on all-fours like an ape.

Kellan admitted: "I didn't realise how difficult it was gonna be. I went to the zoo and studied the movements of apes and chimpanzees, studied the vocal calls they have, their language.

"Every animal walks in a distinct different way. Humans we lead by our chin or our stomach or our chest, we pull out from the heels, push off with our toes.

And Tarzan is such a flexible, athletic... he's a bit of a ballerina in that sense because he's so graceful. So I had to change my walking movement to more like boxer stance, where you're always on your toes ready to pounce, ready for action.

"I loved it but I've never been more sore, especially running on all fours I'm not super flexible, I should have done more yoga growing up!"

Tarzan is released in cinemas on Friday May 2.

Movies.ie Fashion Model, Vampire, Lord Of The Jungle... just three titles that might cover the career of actor Kellan Lutz. The chisel jawed model became hot property when he played Emmett Cullen in the Twilight saga. This summer he rubs shoulders with Sylvester Stallone and company in THE EXPENDABLES 3 and this month he appears in a new version of TARZAN. The actor was in Dublin last month for the premiere of the new motion capture animation. Movies.ie went swinging with him afterwards.

You're no stranger to playing a beloved literary character, did you feel a different sense of responsibility with TARZAN than you did on TWILIGHT?
Kellan Lutz: Not necessarily a responsibility, because that's how I live my day to day life. I am very much a professional and I do my homework. I show up on time and I am well prepared. I do the best of my ability in portraying and honouring these characters. I want to honour them, much like any character I play. Most importantly, I was hired because of what I did, and I just wanted to make it my own.

What was the attraction of playing an iconic character like Tarzan?
KL: I love Tarzan. Growing up and as a little boy, I think every kid wished he was Tarzan; he's raised by apes and to just be that kid in the jungle. Going after this film, I did whatever I could; you take your meetings, you audition... I wore my underwear with a wig and Reinhard [Klooss], our director, loved what I did.

This version of TARZAN adds new elements to the classic story, this time around Tarzan has to protect his jungle home from a new threat in the shape of a corporation looking for a new source of energy, was this part of the draw for you?
KL: I am very much an environmental activist; I work with a lot of charities to protect the rainforest and to stop the poaching of the tigers and apes, and just really trying to save our Earth. We are blessed to have these creatures and we are responsible for them. I wondered how we were going to make [the film] unique, make it different because the story of Tarzan has been told time and time again, and there was the Disney version already that was animated. When I read the script and saw how passionate Reinhard was, and seeing where he wanted to go with the story - protecting the jungle - it felt like home. I am passionate about the character, I am passionate about what the cause is and the story that is being told, and the effect it will have on kids and adults in the audience. It's very modern and contemporary, and relative to the times that we live in.

The Dublin premiere of TARZAN is in aid of Ape Action Africa, why did you decide to support this charity?
KL: It's such an important cause that people do not understand. It's not ignorance, because they just don't know about it, so it's a lack of education. What I want to do is educate fans who will see these movies; use my platform, use my voice and go down there when I can. They are saving these apes who are being trafficked and sold for their meat. They are going to be extinct in 20 or 30 years at the rate they are going. There is bad going on everywhere and what this organisation is doing is trying to stop the poaching, stop the trading, provide these animals their environment, and educate people, let them know what's going on and how they can help. It's a small fund right now, so the more backers we get, I am proud to be part of it, I am proud of everything they are doing. That's why I am glad... It's reflective [of ‘Tarzan'] and it's great to have organisations like this who stand behind what we are doing with the movie and we can stand behind them. It's very complimentary.

TARZAN is now showing in Irish cinemas

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The Sun's Live Web Chat with Kellan

For those with a Sun Website Membership, the web chat with Kellan that streamed live yesterday is now available to watch online HERE

The hunk, who sprang to fame in the Twilight films, stars as the loincloth-wearing jungle-dweller in a new animated version of the classic tale.

And you're in for a vine old time as he is set to answer your questions from the hotseat at 3.15pm.He has also starred in the TV series 90210, as well as playing Greek gods Poseidon and Hercules in respective epic movies, The Immortals and The Legend of Hercules.

And this summer he’ll be joining a stellar cast – including Mel Gibson, Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Antonio Banderas – in action film The Expendables 3.

You can add your questions in advance using the commenting box below, add them live from 3.15pm tomorrow or tweet using the hashtag #SunKellan.

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New Kellan Interview: 'Expendables 3' Bulgarian Press Conference

When Stallone enters the conference room we've assembled in, you can tell he's exhausted, a trait that he shares with his character Barney Ross in the storyline for The Expendables 3. As the film opens, Barney's actually considering wrapping it all up, which is why there are so many younger faces in the cast this time around.

"Barney wants to retire them," Kellan Lutz says about the film's original crew. "They're getting old, so he wants to come after some new blood, wants them to think smarter. The younger generation is more tech savy."

In a coincidentally meta way, Lutz's comments on how the "new crew" gets connected into the plot of the film similarly reflect the real life reasons that the cast was added to the movie.

"Our stories, by and large, have been pretty much told," Stallone said. "So now we have to branch out and investigate other people's lives. You can only have so many times you go to that well and after a while you say, 'I'm sick of the taste of this water, give me something else.' Well you bring in a new spring and that's exactly what's happening, you have to do it all the time."

Lutz plays the role of Smilee in the film, the defacto leader of these "Young Expendables," and a character he says feels a lot like the young version of Stallone's Barney Ross. 

"There's a scene that Sly and I have that he really gets through to me, when I have such a front on, and he actually speaks the lingo that I need to hear. As much as I throw him back and say F*ck off, he really gets to me and makes sense about what I'm doing with my life."

New Interviews: Kellan Talks about New Abbot + Main Collection

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New Photo: Kellan Talks about New Abbot + Main Spring Campaign in OK Magazine

Kellan talks to OK! about his guitar skills and the new Abbot + Main Spring Campaign that will launch on March 17th!

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Guitar Hero - Malibu, California - December 2013

"I was messing around with chords and melodies," Kellan Lutz tells OK! of this photo, shot for the spring campaign of his Abbot + Main line, which launches March 17. "The first song I learned was John Mayer's 'Your Body Is a Wonderland' - ha!"

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Kellan Loves Watching Shark Tank

Kellan Lutz is an inventor.

'The Legend of Hercules' hunk is obsessed with TV show 'Shark Tank' - where entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of potential investors - because he loves seeing people's creations as he says he has several of his own in the pipeline.

He said: ''I love [TV show] 'Shark Tank', I watch that religiously. I'm obsessed with inventions and this year I have a few patents coming out. You'll see!''

The 28-year-old actor - who has recently been romantically linked to Miley Cyrus - prefers doing active sports to spending time working out in the gym to stay in shape.

He added: ''I don't go to the gym that much. I find more fun ways to work out: Playing basketball, playing volleyball and snowboarding.''

Kellan is also a fan of literature and is a particular fan of Francine Rivers' 'Redeeming Love' because he related to the subject matter.

He explained to America's OK! magazine: ''This is an amazing book. God tells a man to marry a prostitute, and he goes after her, and she doesn't feel worthy. I've been with women who don't feel their self-worth, and all you want to do is save them.''

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