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Shiloh Fernandez might be able to walk around unrecognized now, but we’re betting all that’s about to change very soon. With leading roles in the big-time remake Red Riding Hood as well as the indie flick Skateland, the actor’s about to shoot into the spotlight. Nylon Guys NEditor-in-Chief Marvin Scott Jarett shot the 26-year-old in LA and Executive Editor interviewed him at the Getty Museum, where they talked about life outside of Hollywood, his favorite parts, and how he narrowly avoided being cast in Twilight.

How he got cast in Skateland: “It’s always better to say ‘This is why I like this, and this is how I connect to it.’ It’s a kid right out of high school, who doesn’t have a whole lot of direction-he’s just kind of hanging out with the same kids, staying in the job he had in high school. I feel like that could have been me if I hadn’t been pushed to go to college.”

On his cancelled CW series: “The CW-didn’t want me- I think I’m a little too strange”

On his audition with Kristen Stewart for Twilight: “She was sitting on the kitchen counter biting her nails and kicking her feet and I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’ ‘Do you know how to speak?’ ‘Can we communicate about this?’ So i ended up ignoring her and talking to Catherine. What I didn’t realize of course was that she has a big say because she’s the lead girl and you have to have chemistry.”

On acting: “I try as much as I can to separate my job from my life and happiness. Because if it comes together, that’s when people get crazy…I kind of like the starving artist feel. That’s who I am right now.”

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Shiloh Fernandez was primed for the Catherine Hardwicke star machine years before the Thirteen (2003), Lords of Dogtown (2005), and original Twilight (2008) director cast him as the romantic lead alongside Amanda Seyfried in next month’s Red Riding Hood, Hardwicke’s latest gothic adolescent dream. The 25-year-old actor from Ukiah, California, possessed a suitably angular melancholy that almost won him the Edward Cullen part made famous by Robert Pattinson, a peculiar distinction that is now an inevitable talking point in his young Hollywood career (perhaps less inevitable is his now-not-so-peculiar name, which he shares with the first result of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie’s blended DNA). But Fernandez’s ascent has been less direct than other up-and-comers, a trajectory that has included turns as a dishwasher, a teenage American Apparel model (and—later—stock boy) hand-picked by the company’s CEO, Dov Charney, and an almost-familiar face on shows like Cold Case, Jericho, United States of Tara, and Gossip Girl and in films like the thriller Red (2008) and the musical Cadillac Records (2008). In addition to Red Riding Hood, Fernandez stars in the coming-of-age-in-the-’80s independent Skateland; and he just lined up his first film role that requires an accent, a British drama called The Beloved. He is also rumored to be playing the lead in a new, young Hollywood remake of 21 Jump Street, the ’80s high school–cop show that launched Johnny Depp. And then there is “Mr. DiCaprio,” as Fernandez refers to him, who is a producer on Red Riding Hood and made himself available to Fernandez as a sounding board. In other words, the transformation has begun.

MARK JACOBS: You’re not the clean-cut heartthrob.
SHILOH FERNANDEZ: Thank you. [laughs]

JACOBS: That’s a good thing, wouldn’t you say? I think of you as a little better and a little greasier.
FERNANDEZ: Yeah, I’m definitely shocked that people are saying, “You’re the romantic lead in this film.” That’s surprising to me. I don’t see myself that way at all.

JACOBS: How would you describe your character, Peter, in Red Riding Hood?
FERNANDEZ: They were having every boy audition for both roles, for Peter and Henry. Henry’s wealthier, the son of the blacksmith, who Red Riding Hood’s parents arrange her engagement to. He’s a really good guy but just doesn’t get the girl. Peter is more of the mysterious hero. I had to think about why I was attracted to Peter and not Henry, when I’m probably more like Henry. I’m not the guy who always gets the girl. I’m not the hero. But the role that appealed to me the whole time was Peter. He’s a migrant worker who works hard and has love for this girl that’s never-ending. He tries to do the right thing throughout the whole film. Somebody who works that hard to be a good person, who’s maybe not innately that way, fascinated me.

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I added scans of Shiloh in the March issue of ‘GQ’, courtesy of Boy Culture.

Shiloh is featured in the new issue of ‘Total Film’. Thank you so much Lorna for donating the scan!

Playing the two young men fighting for the heart of Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) in Warner Bros.’ new fantasy thriller “Red Riding Hood” are newcomers Shiloh Fernandez as Peter, Valerie’s true love; and Max Irons, making his feature debut as Henry, to whom she has been promised.

Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie’s older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast—one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect…and bait..

“Red Riding Hood” is the first big break for both Fernandez and Irons, but Seyfried has nothing but praise for her co-stars. “Max has never done a film before and this is Shiloh’s biggest role,” she says. “They’re both so grateful for getting the opportunity to be in a really cool project. And they’re just so focused and so present. In some ways we’re playing younger versions of ourselves so all the emotions are really close to the surface.”

Fernandez read for the roles of both Peter and Henry, but was immediately drawn to the former. “I think we’d all like to see ourselves as the character that fights for the girl,” he says. “Peter’s a really good person no matter what’s happened in his past that has made people believe that maybe he’s dangerous or not very trustworthy. Henry loves the girl too, but she doesn’t want to be with him. And I realized that, yes, I may be more like Henry, but I want to be Peter. I want to be the hero.”

The young actor knew director Catherine Hardwicke from having read for a role in “Twilight.” Though he ultimately didn’t appear in the film, he stayed in contact with the director and was thrilled with the opportunity to work with her on “Red Riding Hood.” “She’s awesome,” Fernandez says. “She’s just really fun and incredibly creative.”

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Source: MB

I added 7 new “Skateland” stills.

The 25th South by Southwest Film Festival, March 11-19, announced its lineup of 130 films on February 2. The event will feature 60 world premieres, including Outside Industry: The Story of SXSW, the chronicle of an unassuming idea that has grown into the leading music industry event in the world.

The festival will open with Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke, who made the first film in The Twilight Saga, this medieval story incorporates a werewolf into the classic fairy tale.

The 25th SXSW Festival & Conference runs March 11-20 in Austin, Texas, with an interactive section March 11-15 and a music section running March 16-20. By day there are panels on a range of topics and special speakers. At night, the extravaganza features 2,000 bands from around the world performing at venues across the city.

Source: Independent

I added scans of Shiloh in the March issue of ‘Nylon Guys’, courtesy of FolsomBoogie. Thanks to Anna for the tip!