MSN Movies Twilight Blog Interviews Daniel Cudmore

MSN Movies caught up with Daniel Cudmore to chat about Breaking Dawn and other upcoming projects!

The Vancouver, B.C., native first hit the screen as Piotr Rasputin/Colossus in ‘X2′ (2003), but has since built up a decent body of work. He returned as Colossus in ‘X-Men: The Last Stand’ (2006), and then joined the ‘The Twilight Saga’ beginning with ‘New Moon’ (2009), then ‘Eclipse’ (2010), and is set to star in both parts 1 and 2 of ‘Breaking Dawn’ (2011 and 2012).

Cudmore has two upcoming films where he portrays mere mortals. ‘Rites of Passage’ (2011), a thriller which co-stars Wes Bentley, Christian Slater, and Stephen Dorff; and the action-comedy ‘The Baytown Disco’ (2012) withPaul Wesley, Eva Longoria, and Billy Bob Thornton.

Seeing more and more of Cudmore on the big screen won’t be a bad thing.

Q: A lot has changed for you in these two years.

DANIEL CUDMORE: I know, it’s been good.

Q: Really good. You are doing all this other work…really exciting stuff.

DC: Yeah, I’m trying to. I’m trying to branch out as much as possible.

Q: Would you say your role as Felix in the ‘Twilight’ series has really opened these doors?

DC: I think so. I think it’s, again obviously with this industry you still have to prove yourself with every job. But I do believe that it has actually helped me get into doors just with the huge hype and how excited everyone is for the films. It definitely has helped me get a foot in the door and prove I can actually do these jobs and these characters.

Q: You’ve got two new films coming out: ‘Rites of Passage’ and ‘The Baytown Disco.’ Very different films. So it sounds like you’re not getting typecast…

DC: No, that’s one of the things that I’ve made sure of I haven’t gotten. Because there’s sort of two sides of typecasting. There’s one is that you’re working, which is always a good thing. But two, it just sort of seems like it can get kind of boring and stifling for me and for an actor if you’re doing the same thing over and over again and not really challenging yourself.

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