So Good Looking It’s Scary

Trick or treat everyone! The theme for our October is “Boys in Scary Situations”.  Appropriate for Halloween month, don’t you think?  It also seemed appropriate that we profile the other “Winchester Brother” Jensen Ackles as season 5 of Supernatural starts off with a bang.  Tom Dekker is going to be running from Freddy Krueger this Spring.  Can’t wait for that!  And of course we just had to talk about Cam Gigandet from Twilight and Pandorum.  Jesse Eisenberg may be the odd man out, the nerd of the group. But none the less, he’s adorable.

So get out there and vote for your favorite zombie killer, demon hunter, cyborg destroyer or vampire.

Stay tuned – November will be New Moon Month!

Cam Gigandet

When I was asked to research Cam Gigandet in order to make his profile I had only his character as James in the Twilight movie as reference. (The performance was good in my opinion, albeit brief, the movie was also passable –unlike the book- but that’s beside the point). And then I got immersed in the world that was Cam. Going over interviews and learning that he had to train in ballet for his character in Twilight to improve his agility just made me respect him all the more.

This strapping, twice tattooed 27-year old Tacoma, Washington native began working in television in 2003, a mere two years after graduating high school. Some of the more notable TV work includes “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, “The Young and the Restless”, followed by participating briefly in the series “Jack & Bobby”. He also joined the cast of the popular “The O.C.” in which he played bad boy Kevin, the heartbreaker. He even killed off Mischa Barton (bonus points, hahaha).

His now very active movie career started off slowly in 2004 when he starred in the thriller Mistaken. Then in 2007 he participated in the movie Who’s Your Caddy. But it was the 2008 movie Never Back Down, co-starring along with Djimon Hounsou and Sean Faris, when Cam played bad guy Ryan McCarthy and showed off his black belt in Krav Maga (an Israeli Martial Art) that quicken the hearts of many a young and not so young women. For this movie he won an MTV Video Movie Award for best fight. Then of course there was that whole Twilight thing. Earlier this year we were trick and treated by him in the movie The Unborn (now available on DVD) along with Gary Oldman. Looks creepy huh? And at the end of September Cam’s new movie, Pandorum premiered with Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster (read Angel in X-Men); yet another thriller with a touch of horror/sci-fi. The plot seems interesting though so far the reviews are split. Psstt, he does a nude scene in this movie.

But good things are coming in the near future as Cam dabbles for the first time in drama in Five Star Day. The story actually seems very down to earth and something that happens to everyone. His horoscope promises an amazing 5 star day but everything that could go wrong, does. Sounds an awful lot like Murphy’s Law to me (Murphy and I are like THIS you see). In 2010 we will see him in Kerosene Cowboys, playing the starring role as a dishonorably charged NAVY pilot that is given the chance to clear his name. Lets hope that it’s half as cool as Top Gun, although a lot of young men, with military fit bodies can’t be all bad… right? Can you say Shane West? Next we have The Experiment in which he co-stars with along with Forest Whitaker, Adrian Brody and hottie Travis Fimmel (google this guy, he’s too hot), yet another drama/thriller about a psychological experiment in which several volunteers portray the roles of guards and prisoners. Sounds like an interesting idea for a reality show if you ask me.

Then there comes the comedy Easy A. The plot is not too riveting in which a high school student uses the rumor mill to climb socially. But hey his characters name is Micah, and me being an Anita Blake fan at least I have to hold out hope that this doesn’t suck. Afterward he’s in The Roommate in which he’s immersed in between two females that share a dorm and then some crime or mystery ensues.

Currently he is filming the movie Priest, from the comic book by the same name in which Priest Ivan Isaacs, played by Paul Bettany, disobeys the church in order to track the vampires that kidnapped his niece. Let me just say: VAMPIRES!! The comic book is a post apocalyptic horror thriller blending Wild West elements with the supernatural. Karl Urban joined the cast in which he portrays the lead bloodsucker. Be still my fangirl heart, Karl… as a vampire… swoons. Oh right, sorry… now back to Cam

For 2011 we have 3 movies:
Making Change, based on a true story about a homeless newspaper with the same name, the exposes controversial legislation and takes up the fight against the government that wants to treat private citizens and churches into criminals for giving away food in public.

Pinkville, about an investigation of the My Lai Massacre, he shared the credits with Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum and Jason Behr… nice on the manflesh selection. This is being directed by Oliver Stone.

Kid Cannabis, a story based on the true story of Nate Norman, a 19 yr old that grew a multi-million dollar marijuana ring, written and directed by John Stockwell.

This guy’s been busy! Hope all the information didn’t overwhelm you, but this guys future’s so bright, he’s gotta wear shades… and THAT is why he’s featured in this month’s Ones2Watch4.

Official Sites:
Pandorum
Pandorum on Facebook

Fansites:
Cam Gigandet Online
Cam Gigandet (French/English Site)

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Twilight

Release Date:  November 21, 2008

Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a bit different, never caring about or fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix, Arizona high school. When her mother Renee (Sarah Clarke) remarries and decides to move with her new husband to Florida, and Bella decides to go live with her father, Charlie (Billy Burke), in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Intelligent and witty, his piercing eyes see straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than any cheetah, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands, and he hasn’t aged since 1918. Most importantly, he’s a vampire. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. He doesn’t drink human blood (they’re vampire “vegetarians”), which is rare among the vampire population. Instead, they go on regular “hiking” trips, where they feed on prey such as grizzly bears and mountain lions. For Edward, Bella is the thing he has waited ninety years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. And what will they do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi), and Victoria (Rachel Lefevre) come into town and James sets his sights on Bella? Will true love prevail when Edward is forced to save her life and conquer his thirst? The true question is, When you can live forever, what do you live for? Read more