Alex Meraz, Gil Birmingham, Tinsel Korey and and Chaske Spencer attended last night in a screening of the ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ at the 6th Annual Red Nation Film Festival Closing Night Gala.

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Twilight Examiner got an exclusive interview with Edi Gathegi, Gil Birmingham and Justin Chon, in which they talk about what motivates them to go to fan conventions, “New Moon”, how it is promoting it and much more.

Q: With New Moon, you guys are doing promotionals that seem to be ten times more than with Twilight .. So how does it feel that this time around you guys as individuals are so much more important with the fans for the promotional aspects. So, how is that for you? Is it exciting, is it trying, or is it a part of you at this point …

Edi: I’d say it’s become a part of the job description now.

Justin: Yeah … but you know, you don’t really think about it too much. You just do it kind of … They ask you do to something and you just do it… It’s not that big of a deal.

Edi: Our whole lives are like you have an appointment on Thursday at two o’clock, you have an audition at x time, and you have press on this day …

Justin: Yeah …

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Gil Birmingham has updated his twitter with a behind-the-scenes photo of himself, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner which is now available in the gallery. Enjoy and follow Gil Birmingham on twitter here.

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Edi Gathegi, Billy Burke and Gil Birmingham have been announced to attend the Eternal Twilight 2: New Moon Rising later this year – a 3-day unofficial convention to celebrate the “Twilight” book series.

Eternal Twilight 2: New Moon Rising is Massive Events’ second 3-day unofficial convention to celebrate the world bestseller book series by author Stephenie Meyer, ‘Twilight’ and the series of films currently in production. This event will be held from Friday 16th – Sunday 18th of October 2009. This unofficial convention aims to bring together fans of the books and movies from all across the world to meet some the stars of the films and enjoy various events over the weekend.

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The Examiner posted and interview with Gil Birmingham aka Billy Black.

Because Billy Black is one of the few Quileutes who is not a werewolf, your role adds a different level of complexity. What did you add to your character in order to seamlessly connect with Jacob’s character as well as the rest of the werewolf clan?

Billy simply loves his son and his family (tribe). Billy is the wise tribal leader, who, because he isn’t a werewolf, understands the dangers and complexities of the “tentative” peace between the Cullens and the Quileute tribe. He knows the dangers that the Cullens present to Bella and others. Billy is the glue that holds the tribe and its traditions together.

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Twilighters Anonymous has an exclusive interview with Gil Birmingham, who plays Billy Black in Twilight

TA.com: How do you get into character to carry out your role as Billy? Do you find that you relate to the character of Billy in any way?

GB: I spent time studying the book and the character to understand the inner motivation of Billy and tried to get into his thought process and how he would look and react in various situations. Billy is the leader of the tribe, but is not a werewolf. Because of this, he brings a different perspective to the story, and it adds complexity to his character. I found that there was a lot of Billy in me, which projected in the film.

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