Priest<\/em>. <\/p>\nFor today, however, Wonderland finds him reflective and refreshingly honest about the brutal here today\/unemployed tomorrow nature of his business. Settling down with a light beer (abs like his don\u2019t just happen), the 28-year-old father of one talks nude scenes, nerves and domestic bliss.<\/p>\n
So why are we meeting here?<\/strong> \nI thought you chose it! I\u2019ve been here a few times but it would not have been my first choice. <\/p>\nYou don\u2019t go out much?<\/strong> \nAt night, no. During the day … no [he grins]. I live in my car, but that\u2019s not really going out \u2013 that\u2019s going out to try and find another job. Actually, lately I\u2019ve had to drive around everywhere trying to find suits \u2013 we had two weeks of Burlesque premieres coming up and I had no suits.<\/p>\nAre you a clothes guy?<\/strong> \nWell … casual clothes. Good jeans I love \u2013 my favourite brands are Simon Miller and RRL. \n \nHow much is too much to spend on a pair of jeans?<\/strong> \nIf I see a three at the front, that\u2019s getting there, but $200 I can fork over.<\/p>\nDo you miss partying?<\/strong> \nHow long can a person do that? I moved out here to LA when I was 19 \u2013 I\u2019m 28 now, and was 23 when I met my fianc\u00e9e … As soon as I met Dominique that\u2019s all I wanted, and having a child puts everything into perspective. I wouldn\u2019t trade it for anything in the world. It\u2019s exciting and fun every single day. We\u2019ve been together for six years \u2013 that\u2019s a long time.<\/p>\nEspecially in Hollywood.<\/strong> \nRight, Hollywood is like dog years. People always say, \u201cOh, you have to work at your relationship.\u201d That sounds exhausting to me. <\/p>\nHas the job search got any easier for you?<\/strong> \nIt kind of goes up and down. Yesterday I had an audition and I got out of the room and realised I\u2019ve been auditioning for seven or eight years, and I still have no fucking clue how to do it. I know all of my problems now, but I just can\u2019t change them.<\/p>\nWhat\u2019s your biggest problem? \nProbably insecurities and nerves. Trying to do it right. It\u2019s just exhausting. <\/p>\n
What\u2019s been the best day at the office so far?<\/strong> \nSo many. One of the coolest things for me was my first day of work on Trespass<\/em>, that I finished a few weeks ago. We were rehearsing a long scene and it\u2019s with Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman. I had such a surreal moment where I was like, \u201cOh my God.\u201d \n \nHow was the whole Twilight<\/em> experience for you?<\/strong> \nThat was another one \u2013 the premiere for Twilight just blew me away, it was so exciting. There were thousands of people there. \n \nWere you sad not to be able to carry on though the franchise?<\/strong> \nNo … I would have gotten bored. I had to go with my gut on that.<\/p>\nNow, to Burlesque<\/em> \u2013 is it a Chicago<\/em> or a Showgirls<\/em>? <\/strong> \nIt should be a Chicago<\/em> \u2013 it\u2019s a very fun and entertaining movie. People have said there are clich\u00e9s \u2013 fine. There are clich\u00e9s in every movie. You take it for what it is \u2013 fun entertainment. \n \nHow was it filming your nude scene?<\/strong> \nYou see my butt for three seconds, if that. \n \nYeah, but with freeze frame and YouTube, that\u2019s a lifetime of viewing.<\/strong> \nI know! It\u2019ll turn into a 40-minute video of my ass. But it was OK. It ended up feeling so normal when we were doing it. Just part of the job.<\/p>\nPlenty of butt push-ups leading up to it?<\/strong> \nNo! I guess I didn\u2019t realise it was just going to be my ass right there. When I watched the playback I realised I should have done something about it. Hopefully people don\u2019t zoom in.<\/p>\nWould you be happy to chubby up for a role?<\/strong> \nAre you kidding me? I\u2019d love it. I\u2019d be living at McDonald\u2019s, eating candy. That\u2019s very appealing to me.<\/p>\nPhotography: Doug Inglish \nFashion: Martina Nilsson \nWords: Tony Horkins<\/p>\n
This article first appeared in <\/em>Wonderland Issue 26, April\/May 2011<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a man who specialises in playing bad boys \u2013 tracker vampire James in Twilight, a pugnacious Ryan in Never Back Down and the murdering Volcheck in The O.C. \u2013 Cam Gigandet is surprisingly approachable. When he meets Wonderland in L\u2019Ermitage Hotel, Beverly Hills, he\u2019s falling over himself to apologise for being 15 minutes late […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3632],"tags":[385,379,389,390,383,382,381,388,384,386,391,387,380],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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