Vancouver Sun. Vampires and werewolves have different fitness needs, says local trainer Nathan Mellalieu.
“Vampires are designed to be elegant, I think,” says Mellalieu, owner of Studeo 55, where he says he and his staff worked out about 15 of the cast of Eclipse, the latest in the Twilight series to be filmed in Vancouver.
In addition to getting characters looking buff — including Edward Cullen (played by Robert Pattinson,) Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) and Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) — it was important to get them ready for action, he says
“Vampires are designed to be elegant, I think,” says Mellalieu, owner of Studeo 55, where he says he and his staff worked out about 15 of the cast of Eclipse, the latest in the Twilight series to be filmed in Vancouver.
In addition to getting characters looking buff — including Edward Cullen (played by Robert Pattinson,) Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) and Alice Cullen (Ashley Greene) — it was important to get them ready for action, he says
“They had to be prepared to do these epic battle scenes,” he says. “They needed to be able to jump and leap and swipe and throw and jab — all these dynamic, combat-based moves that were unique.”
Depending on an actor’s character, different exercises were needed. Vampires had to look “like supermodels with superpowers,” he says, while the wolves could be brawnier and bigger.
He walks through a martial arts area where he worked with Pattinson.
“With Robert, he loved the martial arts stuff, and he was quite talented at that,” Mellalieu says. “He’s got really great hand speed.”
Overall, Mellalieu says, the actors playing vampires needed moves that sculpted an elegant but strong physique.
“They still have to be athletic and explosive. So the styles of workout we used were either cross-fit-inspired workouts or martial-arts-inspired workouts.”
Thanks to Thinking of Rob
Depending on an actor’s character, different exercises were needed. Vampires had to look “like supermodels with superpowers,” he says, while the wolves could be brawnier and bigger.
He walks through a martial arts area where he worked with Pattinson.
“With Robert, he loved the martial arts stuff, and he was quite talented at that,” Mellalieu says. “He’s got really great hand speed.”
Overall, Mellalieu says, the actors playing vampires needed moves that sculpted an elegant but strong physique.
“They still have to be athletic and explosive. So the styles of workout we used were either cross-fit-inspired workouts or martial-arts-inspired workouts.”
Thanks to Thinking of Rob
