Hollywood’s New Rebel

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.”

Source: Nylon Guys