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Edi Gathegi talked to MTV reporters earlier this week to comment on the filming of the upcoming Twilight movie, New Moon. "I'm going up to Vancouver for some preproduction stuff and rehearsals. The entire cast is going to be up there," said the actor. "We're going to be doing a whole bunch of fun stuff. I've read the script — it's very good," Gathegi explained while praising the talents of returning screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg. According to Gathegi the script compared to Stephenie Meyer's 563-page novel is "a lot more active — in the best possible way — than I thought it was going to be."

Although New Moon is brimming with failed romance, depression, and thoughts of suicide, and life altering situations, Gathegi insisted that the second story is better because anticipation becomes reality. "I'm actually one of the people that think that 'New Moon' is pretty active. There's a fraction of people who think it's slow because [Edward Cullen] is gone for a long time, and [Bella] is going through depression — but I think it's more active than 'Twilight,' " he stated. "In 'Twilight,' it's the anticipation every day. The anticipation of 'What is he?' And then you discover what he is. 'New Moon,' I think, has a little more forward movement; which is great for a movie. And I love what I get to do in it," he saiwhile sporting a wicked grin. "I definitely get to sink my teeth into something."

Edi Gathegi also talked about his pledge with fellow actor Taylor Lautner to hit up the gym for New Moon: "He does not let up. I ask, 'What do we do?' [and he replies] 'Everything! The whole routine,' " Gathegi said of their regimen. "I could say that he's definitely one of the most committed people that I have ever seen at the gym. I think I might have been like him when I was younger — I go off and on, even right now. This kid just stays at the focus point. [Lautner] does free-weights: bi's, tri's, shoulders, legs," Gathegi marveled. "He's ready [to play the older Jacob Black]. His job depends on it, and he has to be this way and get bigger for the rest of the series. I mean, this kid is incredible!"

The biggest news for Gathegi these days, however, is that the movie version of Laurent won't go down without a fight. "[In the novel] they talk about me getting chased and destroyed by the werewolves — and in the movie, we'll see what they have me do," he revealed cryptically. "We might show it."