'Eclipse' Star Makes Plea For MTV Movie Awards Votes!
Jackson Rathbone tells Twilighters, 'We've got a lot of heavy competition this year.'
By Jocelyn Vena, with reporting by Eric Ditzian
Jackson Rathbone
Photo: MTV News
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California — Hard-core Twilighters don't need a reason to vote for "Eclipse" at the 2011 MTV Movie Awards, but if you're torn, co-star Jackson Rathbone has some great reasons why you should help the third movie in the "Twilight Saga" take home some trophies at the show on Sunday.
"We've got a lot of heavy competition this year — some Oscar winners, some amazing films, some amazing actors," Rathbone said, reaching out to Movie Awards voters this week. "We're just lucky to be in ... contention, but y'all can help us out and go online and vote."
"Eclipse" is up for eight awards at the big show, including nods in categories like Best Movie, Best Female Performance, Best Male Performance, Best Breakout Star, Best Fight and Best Kiss, which has Kristen Stewart nominated for kissing both Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson (Le scandal!).
And Jackson had one more push for the flicks. "Go out and vote and help us out. We need your votes," he added.
The "Twilight Saga" has had a quite a streak in recent years, taking home nearly 10 Golden Popcorn statues in all. And there's a good chance the latest film will do well this weekend, when it will be up against a slew of other big flicks like 'Inception" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1," and "Eclipse" stars will compete against A-listers like Emma Watson, Zac Efron, Emma Stone and Jesse Eisenberg, to name a few.
"Twilight" director Catherine Hardwicke recently told us she was excited to learn that the David Slade-directed film is nominated for so many Movie Awards. "I think it's great. I love it that people are so passionate about it and that people are really into it and following the characters," she said when we chatted with her about the June 14 DVD release of "Red Riding Hood."
"I think it's a great tribute, obviously, to what [author] Stephenie Meyer created. ... Rob and Kristen and everybody's been able to just keep it going and keep people loving it all this time, and, of course, all the directors, everybody. I think it's awesome. It's great."
Hosted by Jason Sudeikis, the 20th annual MTV Movie Awards air live on Sunday, June 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, from the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, California.
Will wizards, vampires or dream thieves steal the 2011 MTV Movie Awards? Find out June 5, when the 20th annual show airs live at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Tune in at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT that night for the "America's Best Dance Crew" finale and Movie Awards pre-show, loaded with live action from the red carpet, exclusive movie clips and a special edition of "After Hours." To get into the magical movie mood, it's Sneak Peek Week — five days of exclusives and interviews with the casts of "Fright Night," "Horrible Bosses" and more. Check out everything there is to know about Sneak Peek Week, the Movie Awards and the pre-show at MovieAwards.MTV.com!
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