Meet the New Moon Wolf Pack

Meet the Native American actors who are Jacob's wolf pack in New Moon:

Four actors — Chaske Spencer, Alex Meraz, Kiowa Gordon and Bronson Pelletier, all with Native American heritage — join Taylor Lautner, 17, who returns as a hairier, scarier Jacob Black.

Among wolf pack job requirements: the ability to work half-naked no matter what the weather in the Vancouver, B.C., area, where the film has been shooting for several weeks.

"It's not pleasant for the actors," says director Chris Weitz. "But they have all been good-natured. They show up on location in drenching, cold rain, and I say, 'OK, off with the robes.' "

Michael Sheen to be Aro in New Moon!!

UPDATE: It's confirmed by Variety! Hurray!!

The Daily Mail is reporting that Michael Sheen has been cast as Aro in New Moon. Being a tabloid paper that has jumped the gun and been wrong before, I'll only fully trust it when we get word from Summit probably tomorrow, but color me THRILLED this Easter morning. The Easter Bunny has been very kind to me with this present today!!

Supposedly Chris Weitz, director of New Moon, really pursued Michael for the part. Reported by The Mail, he's getting 5 million pounds to play Aro. We all know that Michael has lots of experience with vampires, playing Lucian the Lycan in all three Underworld films. He even made love to one in a VERY memorable scene in Underworld 3 (due out on DVD May 12).

“Michael’s role is so important because he’s the head of all vampires,” Weitz told The Mail. “Aro is, on the surface, a very gracious and friendly vampire, but beneath that he is a tremendous threat.”

I'm doing cartwheels right now. Yes, Ben Barnes pursued the role, and would have been great, too, but Michael gives it that gravitas, and he's also sexy as hell.