| Twilight's Jackson Rathbone strikes up a new tune |
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| Posted on Thursday, 27 November 2008 by Don |
While most of the stars of Twilight are likely to be inundated with offers, Jackson Rathbone had already figured out what he'll be doing for the next few months: pursuing his musical career. Jackson, who plays Jasper, and his jazz/rock band 100 Monkeys are set to release their first EP and album, and will have a regular gig at the L.A. bar called the 24K Lounge. Not that he'll be neglecting acting. The 23-year-old plays a hippie in the Rob Schneider comedy Big Stan, now screening here; he's completed the Donnie Darko sequel, S. Darko, as a nerd who falls in love with Darko's younger sister; and he's been in London shooting the Clive Barker horror film Dread. Born in Singapore and raised in Texas, Rathbone (pictured with co-star Ashley Greene) loved playing Jasper, a vampire from the Civil War era who has the peculiar ability to control the emotions of people around him. "I tried to keep it very stoic, calm and centred, to keep up the values that I believed Jasper was instilled with, when he was a kid," he says. "I think those were fairly similar to the ones I grew up with." As for juggling two careers, he says, "I’m an actor, first and foremost, but the music, for me, is my soul. I could never give it up. I love performing."  |
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