Q: Was there a wolf boot camp for this or do your abs just naturally look great?

Spencer: No, they made us work out. It was an hour of training, they got us a trainer. We went in, it was a guy who helped out on 300. They threw us into the training for maybe an hour and ten minutes, and it was a lot of circuit training and muscle confusion. We also ate a lot. We ate six meals a day, three protein shakes a day.

Meraz: And thanks to Chaske, we also ate a lot of apple pie.

Spencer: Yes. Dessert, too. Yeah, I was a bad influence.

Pelletier: We did strength training, conditioning, weight training, lots of cardio. It was pretty intense.

Meraz: It was definitely crucial to the bonding, too. That’s really what helped out with building the chemistry on set and even during filming, I think it really helped out a lot. We had a blast. We supported each other, we even made fun of each other – you know, like who could do the most push-ups or whatever. It really helped out with our characterizations.

Spencer: I think the chemistry, you’ll see it on the screen. We all get along, and that’s really cool and surprising, because in some films you just don’t get along with the other people, but this time around, they picked the right people.

Meraz: I love you, man! I love you, Dad!

Pelletier: Definitely like a band of brothers, that’s for sure. …

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DENVER – Just days before the new Twilight movie “New Moon” hits theaters, two actors from the film stopped by 9NEWS to talk about life behind the scenes.

Alex Meraz who plays the werewolf, Paul, and Kiowa Gordon who plays his pack brother, Embry Call, say the real life actors are much like the tribal brothers in the movie.

“We definitely have bonded and we really are a pack. That’s the good thing about these films is that it’s really rare that you get to work with people you enjoy. We even text each other to make sure we’re doing well. We’re like real brothers,” Meraz said.

The actors who play the wolf pack spend much of the movie shirtless and Meraz says a lot of the work for the movie was in the gym.

“The workouts, we called them the three ‘Ps.’ It was protein, push-ups and pushing each other. It’s kind of what we did to get each other through the workouts to get us in shape to do all these shirtless scenes,” he said.

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The Swans Have a Not-So-Extreme Makeover

As any good Twilighter knows, the original film was shot in Portland, Oregon, but the sequels were moved to Vancouver, necessitating re-creations of such key locations as the Cullen house and Forks High. When production designer David Brisbin oversaw the “rebuild” of Charlie Swan’s house, he studied the original location obsessively and created exactly what he had seen — with one key addition. Take a look at the “New Moon” trailer and you’ll see a scene where Jacob leaps parcours-style up a tree and into Bella’s bedroom window. In the original “Twilight,” that bay window wasn’t there; Brisbin, however, felt that the moment was important enough to make the tweak.

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Actor Chaske Spencer stands 6-foot-2 and put on 15 pounds of muscle to play Sam Uley in “New Moon.” Kristen Stewart is 5-foot-5 …

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What was your favorite scene to shoot?
AM: The cliff diving scene was the most fun because the whole Wolf Pack was there and we were jumping off these 50-foot scaffolding things onto an air mattress. It was pretty exciting to be able to do our own stunts.

What was it like filming the third installment, Eclipse?
AM: It was no pressure. The pressure was doing the job on the first one, trying to understand the character. On this one, I felt a little bit more comfortable with what I was doing. I already knew the cast, so it was a lot easier.

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Little Gold Men: Can you tell us a little bit about your Native American descent?
KG: Our tribe is called the Hualapai, and we are in Northern Arizona. We sit on top of the Grand Canyon and used to live there [on the reservation] about ten years ago. We take frequent trips back.

New Moon is your first film. What was the casting process like?
KG: They had an open casting call here in Phoenix, and I auditioned. I was going to
church with my mom out in Cave Creek, and Stephenie Meyer goes to church with her. She kind of helped me out on that one.

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“I decided, all right, the Wolf Pack stay up all night looking for who’s killing people on the res, so we don’t sleep very much. So I thought it would be a great idea if I stayed up for 10 days straight.” What should have been a simple scene — a confrontation between Bella (Stewart) and the Wolf Pack — became, in Meraz’s mind, his “Brando moment.” Wanting to try something different, the actor played the scene overly aggressive: screaming, grabbing Stewart by the throat, hurtling his line at her.

“[Director] Chris Weitz comes off-set like, ‘Yeah, I like the energy Alex, but just take it down a little,’ ” Spencer chimed in: “Meanwhile the producers are freaking out back there.”

” ‘Cause nobody touches Kristen Stewart,” joked Meraz.

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MTV: Break down the wolf pack for us.

Gordon: Alright, the head is Sam Uley — he’s played by Chaske Spencer, who is a great guy. He’s the leader of the pack, he runs us and helps us go through our phase. Next is Jared — he transforms next, and he’s the fun boy, the jokester. He’s played by Bronson Pelletier, and he’s a funny guy too — he’s awesome, we became really close. And Alex Meraz plays Paul — he’s the hotheaded, ferocious guy that always wants to be in the middle of the action, and he’s the go-to guy if Sam needs something taken care of.

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Surreal is a word Gordon used to describe his experience. And no wonder; he was a virtual unknown when he landed the coveted role. Prior experience includes bit parts in Rick Shroder’s “Black Cloud” and PBS Pictures’ “Skinwalker.” “New Moon” is his big break. Would you believe he got a “C” in his acting class at Cactus Shadows High School in Cave Creek, Ariz., his hometown? Fellow werewolf Meraz also lives in Cave Creek.

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