Xavier Samuel: Don’t Mess Up Robert Pattinson’s Hair!

Think Fast: You find yourself in an impromptu vampire fist fight with none other than “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson…what do you do!? 

“Be careful not to mess up his hair,” says Xavier Samuel, star of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.” 

Samuel actually took home last year’s MTV Movie Award for “Best Fight” thanks to his brilliant fight scene with Robert Pattinson and Bryce Dallas Howard in the third Twilight film. 

“It was so hard to take [the fight] seriously because you’re pretending to yank each other’s heads off,” Xavier jokes to Hollyscoop. 

Off screen, the guys weren’t perfecting their sucker punches but rather, they were having impromptu guitar jam sessions. But do Samuel and Pattinson have any plans to turn their two-man guitar act into the hot new boy band? 

“Yeah, we booked all these cities,” says Samuel, “Its massive. I’m surprised you’ve never heard of it.” 

So sad, he’s only joking. 

But Samuel has hung up his pasty vampire make-up and is heading into horror territory. Horror films, that is. 

The rising Aussie actor stars in the new Paramount flick/horror film, “The Loved Ones.” 

Samuel plays Brent, a high-school kid terrorized by a secret admirer when he turns down her request to go to prom. 

Critics are calling the film, “16 Candles” meets “Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” 

Or as Samuel puts it, “[go see this movie] if you’ve ever wanted to feel terrified by the girl you dissed at prom as she points a power drill at your head.” 

Samuel says preparing for his role in the horror film was different than most film prep, he joked “I practiced my blood curdling scream in the bathroom mirror every morning.” 

“The Loved Ones” is being screened at midnight showings across the country on Friday, June 1st. Check outTugg.com for locations and to purchase tickets.

LA Times suggests Robert Pattinson, Xavier Samuel for Rolling Stones biopic

The LA Times is doing some casting suggestions for Mick Jagger and Keith Richards for a Rolling Stones biopic. See their suggestions for Keith (Rob) and Mick (Xavier) and other choices here.

When the Rolling Stones guitarist was working on “Exile,” he was recording in a big basement and not seeing much direct sunlight, so a pale, vampiric actor such as Robert Pattinson might be a good, safe choice.

Certainly this casting would please the ladies (but depress the Stones fans).

The magnetic Australian actor is best known for his role in “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” and at a certain angle is a ringer for Jagger.

And since Xavier Samuel proved in “Eclipse” that he’s a good fighter, he’d be able to accurately capture the tension between Jagger and Richards.

Here’s a snippet of the interview:

It must have been the biggest set you’ve worked on…
Well, I can’t imagine a film that’s generated that sort of response. It’s funny thinking that regardless of what work I do in the future, I know that I’ll never be a part of something that generates that particular type of response – it was really unique.It’s a credit to Stephenie Meyer, Robert [Pattinson] and Kristen [Stewart], and the rest of the cast, to capture something that is contagious and exciting and build that world in a way that’s compelling. I was really happy to have been a part of it… and just held on tight.

Did you spend much time with Rob and Kristen?
Yeah, it wasn’t like a closed shop. Even though that was a fear – well, not a fear, but you’re kind of hesitant on any job that you’ll into a situation where people have already established their dynamic and their own family. And to be an outsider walking into that – and also playing the bad guy! – you think ‘How’s this going to go down?’ But I couldn’t have been welcomed in warmer fashion. We went out to dinners and there was a really organic camaraderie that developed.