PHOTO BY MARVIN SCOTT JARRETT, STYLED BY DANIELA JUNG, HAIR BY TED GIBSON, MAKEUP BY JULIE HARRIS, NAILS BY SUE NAM. SHOT AT CANOE STUDIOS, NYC.
NYLON X ASHLEY GREENE
We're (still) in love with our August cover girl!
The success of Twilight may have transformed Ashley Greene's life and career, but now she's ready for something new. Mikael Wood interviews the 25-year-old actress about her latest projects, including the ghostly thriller The Apparition.
On trying to de-stress before auditions. I got [to my casting], and there were cameras all around me. Everyone's so obsessed with celebrity, I think more than ever before. It's the instant gratification of it -- the tabloids an the Internet and the camera phones. We're just so infatuated with it that basically everyone is a stalker. I was like, "Just let me do my damn job!"
On believing in ghosts (or not): That was one of the more difficult aspects [while filming haunted house thriller The Apparition], because I try to make everything as realistic as possible; I want to experience what the character is experiencing. So to make myself believe there was something after me...it was a dark time.
On keeping her waitressing gig after booking Twilight: I was working at the Belmont Cafe in L.A., got the call, and two weeks later was rehearsing. Right when I was cast, my IMDb STARmeter [a chart that tracks actors based on how many searches are done on them] went through the roof -- all of ours did, and we hadn't even done anything yet!. I asked my boss if I could have my job back after the shoot. He was like, "I don't think you'll need it but OK."
On drawing from life experience for characters:
Growing up, I didn't have a hard life. Luckily, people are not the greatest in L.A., so once I got here and my heart was broken and people stabbed me in the back, I could use that to feel vulnerable.
On being typecast post-Twilight: It's not like, 'Oh, you're the quirky best friend-slash-sister'. There's no stereotype with Alice. And she doesn't really look anything like me, with the pixie cut and the white makeup. So to be put in a box, I'd kind of have to do it myself. And I'm not going to do that.
For more on Ashley Greene, get the August issue of NYLON Magazine!
On trying to de-stress before auditions. I got [to my casting], and there were cameras all around me. Everyone's so obsessed with celebrity, I think more than ever before. It's the instant gratification of it -- the tabloids an the Internet and the camera phones. We're just so infatuated with it that basically everyone is a stalker. I was like, "Just let me do my damn job!"
On believing in ghosts (or not): That was one of the more difficult aspects [while filming haunted house thriller The Apparition], because I try to make everything as realistic as possible; I want to experience what the character is experiencing. So to make myself believe there was something after me...it was a dark time.
On keeping her waitressing gig after booking Twilight: I was working at the Belmont Cafe in L.A., got the call, and two weeks later was rehearsing. Right when I was cast, my IMDb STARmeter [a chart that tracks actors based on how many searches are done on them] went through the roof -- all of ours did, and we hadn't even done anything yet!. I asked my boss if I could have my job back after the shoot. He was like, "I don't think you'll need it but OK."
On drawing from life experience for characters:
Growing up, I didn't have a hard life. Luckily, people are not the greatest in L.A., so once I got here and my heart was broken and people stabbed me in the back, I could use that to feel vulnerable.
On being typecast post-Twilight: It's not like, 'Oh, you're the quirky best friend-slash-sister'. There's no stereotype with Alice. And she doesn't really look anything like me, with the pixie cut and the white makeup. So to be put in a box, I'd kind of have to do it myself. And I'm not going to do that.
For more on Ashley Greene, get the August issue of NYLON Magazine!
This story was published on July 23, 2012.
CONTENT RATING:
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JB
07/23/2012
I'm always on the look out to see who is August's denim issue's cover girl as it is my fave issue and my month! I still haven't forgiven Nicole Richie on 2007, but Mischa, Sienna, Drew, Olivia and Ashley I do approve.
anna
07/23/2012
OOOHHH! you made my day!! ashley green is the perfect cover girl. cant wait until my issue is delivered!
anna
07/23/2012
OOOHHH! you made my day!! ashley green is the perfect cover girl. cant wait until my issue is delivered!
sarah
07/24/2012
Love this girl, now that's someone to look up to!
Hector M
07/24/2012
I love the fact that she really is focused on booking jobs and making this into a career rather than becoming a celebrity. I wish the cover was different though. But no matter! I look foward to buying it! The Mischa Barton cover was the best!
sofia
07/25/2012
i'm not big on ashley, but i'm really digging the styling (as always!). i need that ralph lauren shirt in my life, like, now.
Kosi
07/26/2012
I am so over NYLON recycling cover girls! how about giving the tons of other talented girls in hollywood a shot! Put LANA DEL REY on the cover!!!
JULIE
07/28/2012
no, not a fan of this one, i am really wondering: what is she doing on nylon's cover? is this another one of your "hilary duff, vanessa hudgens" moments nylon love ? but styling-wise, i'll give it to you, she looks good. crossing my fingers for the next issue
Vanessa
12/28/2012
Ashley seems so fake. just because participle in twilight and its role is secondary! It is supposed to have a career.
See if your movies in 2013 will blockbuster
The apparition was a disgusted look at the Box Office!
Nylon hopefully better next year Choose your cover girls!
People who have a career going up!
I would like to Dakota, Jennifer L. , KStew
for example!
Carla
12/28/2012
The photos were heavily retouched Ashley know that your legs do not look well.
Just 'cause the cast of Twilight so she thinks it's a superstar! Please!
its 5 minutes of fame are over
Nylon in 2013 please take your cover girls like: Kristen Stewart, Jennifer L, Bella T. , Ashley Benson if they are worth buying your magazine.
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