Chaske Spencer
Locally raised actor Chaske Spencer will have a major role in "New Moon," the movie sequel to the wildly popular "Twilight" vampire series.Spencer will play alpha wolf Sam Uley. The movie is filming in Vancouver, British Columbia, under high security and secrecy because of concerns about crowd control. The series, based on a set of top-selling teen novels by Stephenie Meyer, is about a group of modern-day vampires living on the Washington state coast."It's really exciting," says Spencer's mother, Jan Spencer, a special education teacher at Tammany Alternative School in Lewiston, where she also is the Indian educator and drug educator. Her husband, Jim Spencer, is a counselor at Clearwater Valley Elementary School in Kooskia.Since finding out he was in the film, she's read all the books and seen the "Twilight" movie. She says it's exciting to see her son be a part of a pop culture phenomenon. Paparazzi uncovered the identities of the actors in the film earlier this week, she says. Before that the family was not allowed to talk about Spencer's role in the film.Spencer, whose first name is pronounced "chess-kay," was born in Oklahoma and spent part of his childhood in Lapwai, Kooskia and Montana. His heritage includes Sioux, Nez Perce, Cherokee, Creek, French and Dutch. In "New Moon" he will play a Quileute Indian shape-shifter, or werewolf. In Meyer's book, legend has it the Quileute are descended from wolves. The film is due to be released Nov. 20.Spencer got into acting at the age of 10, when he tried out for the Lewiston Civic Theatre play "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown." He was in the drama club at Clearwater Valley High School in Kooskia and started acting classes at Lewis-Clark State College before heading to New York City to pursue an acting career. He's had roles in the movie "Skins," a follow-up to the 1998 film "Smoke Signals," and the 2003 ABC-TV miniseries "Dreamkeeper."
You might recognize this guy...! Yup...we know him as James! I acted along side of him in 1994 in Bye Bye Birdie! So awesome that someone from CVHS is in the big time! Congrats Chaske!!
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OMG! That is super exciting! I just watched the movie yesterday in my new theater room! And I am just starting to read the last book in the series. You should read them - they are awesome! :)
ReplyDeleteof course i read this! i actually read all of your posts but rarely comment on anyone's because i'm usually out of time after i catch up on everyone (and perhaps i'm rude) anyway, i'm so excited! i watched the tv series he was in but this is waaaaay more exciting! he'll be perfect. fun to know a movie star, huh?! and especially since i'm such a fan of twilight! how you feeling? past the icky stage?
ReplyDeleteWow! I did NOT see this! I read that they had cast others for New Moon but didn't know where they were from. Very exciting! Unfortunately I don't think I ever knew him... but that is awesome for him! Thanks for posting this :)
ReplyDeleteOh and by the way, I agree on Clay Aiken. He is probably my most favorite AI alumnus as well. Oh wait...I love Carrie Underwood too and Daughtry and Kelli Clarkson and Josh Gracin....hahaha. But I do have all of Clay's CDs and if he isn't my favorite he's one of them! But that is so funny you love that clip too-it just makes me smile :)
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