We had the pleasure of sitting down with Daniel Cudmore (who plays Felix in The Twilight Saga films) while he was in Atlanta recently for a Twilight event. He chatted with us about what it was like on the set, what we can expect with Eclipse, and what it was like to get Robert Pattinson the smack down in New Moon.

Did you just get to Atlanta today?

Daniel Cudmore: I got in last night.

Have you had time to do anything here?

Daniel Cudmore: No! No...actually I went to Turner Field today, and they were gracious enough to extend a softball for, sort of, alumni, and some musicians and actors. So we got to run around and play a little softball on this smallish field. Smaller. And yeah, it was fun. Felt like a fish out of water there.

So let's get into the Twilight questions! When you went in to audition for the role of Felix, was what you went in for or were you looking at other parts?

Daniel Cudmore: No! It's funny, because I went in to audition — in New Moon, I went in for the character who flirts with Bella outside the bar on the motorcycle. And just went in and had fun with it; I'd just found out I didn't get a role in a movie, or in a TV series pilot that I was really, really hoping to get between me and another guy. So, I was kind of bummed, but I was like, "You know what, this is that sort of life." And this kind of came up out of nowhere, and I auditioned for it, and then ended up getting a call-back to come back for Felix, but not knowing it. I thought it was still for the same guy, so I had to prepare. I worked over the weekend, like, "How am I going to change this?" 'Cause this was a small audition. How am I going to change this to really make an impact? And then I get to the audition and they're like, "Oh, yeah. So this vampire's like—" and I was like, "What? Really? It's a total—OK. Oh, these are new sides? Oh fun; OK thanks for three pages right away." 'Cause I had, like, five minutes to just do it and something worked. I guess just the spontaneity of it; it just happened.

We asked some fans on Twitter to submit questions for you. One of them was: if you could have any other part in the series, which role would you chose?

Daniel Cudmore: Bella.

Bella? [Laughs]

Daniel Cudmore: Yup. Totally. I want to be in that love triangle. I don't know, everyone kind of...I think I really like the werewolves. I think they're a lot of fun. Mostly I think it's because — I mean, the characters that are written are all kind of goofy and fun kind of guys, and then all the guys who were cast are like really, really cool, down-to-earth, fun dudes. I think I would like to join in there, but I think I'm a little too pale to be part of the wolf pack. I'd be like, the one albino wolf.

That's what makeup is for!

Daniel Cudmore: That's right! I could just get painted up.

The fight scene with Robert was pretty intense in New Moon, how was the fans' reaction to that scene? A lot of them seem pretty defensive of Robert.

Daniel Cudmore: Right! And I think in that aspect, I had done my job. You know? That was what I was thinking. I'm like, you know, if I am hated by Rob fans, then I've done a good job with the fight scene. And that's what I got out of it. But it was a lot of fun; it was really cool to work on that with Rob 'cause he was so game for it, and I was so game I wanted to do everything I could of my own because I know how, sometimes, with those type fight scenes, you're trying to integrate the stunt double and he has to hide his face sometimes. It just doesn't work as well. And, so, luckily, JJ Makaro, who was the stunt coordinator, just came up with a great fight scene and we just worked it and I think it just worked really well.