“Twilight” mania took a bite out of East Hampton this weekend when two of its highly sought-after stars, Jackson Rathbone and Edi Gathegi, performed at WordTheatre’s Pushcart Prize Benefit at Guild Hall on Saturday.
Gathegi said “This is my first real time” being in the Hamptons. Though, he does admit he stopped by for “a hot minute” on New Year’s Eve in 2004, but doesn’t count it as a real Hamptons experience. “It’s gorgeous here! I love it!” said Gathegi.
Gathegi flew that day from Italy and was leaving at 6 a.m. Sunday morning to head back to New York City, but called his stop in the Hamptons “a nice buffer. It’s beautiful here!”
His co-star and fellow vampire Rathbone drove five and a half hours from Philadelphia, where he is filming “The Last Airbender,” the highly anticipated M. Night Shyamalan action/fantasy film based on the Nickelodeon cartoon series “Avatar: The Last Airbender” in order to read one of the Pushcart Prize winning stories.
Rathbone provided the after-party’s entertainment by performing a six-song set with his 100 Monkeys bandmate, Ben Graupner. Rathbone joked during the intimate performance that they were “down three monkeys”. The fan girls didn’t seem to mind as they took pictures and video of his performance.
Ania Perrin, a teenage “Twilight” fan, said she made her mother buy two $100 tickets for the event just to see Rathbone because “he’s just like really hot. And he’s a good actor.”
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And here is Susie’s review from the event and the performance by Ben G and Jackson! Photos she took are also in the gallery. And remember, do not post the photos without permission! Thanks!
All I can say is it was awesome – and bizarre – and hilarious…….and really, really bizarre!
First of all – Edi Gathegi is not only hilarious, but really sweet as well. His reading was awesome. John Heard – holy hell – I was literally laughing so hard it hurt, Brian Cox as well…….who knew a “table” could have so many meanings.
At the very end of the night (star closes the show right……either that or they put him there because they knew their driver would manage to turn a 4 hour trip into a 6 hour trip)…..Jackson reading “The Bank Robbery”. I have seen so much of Jackson the monkey musician the past two months I really enjoyed seeing him do something different. He channeled his inner Texan for the male voice of the story, and resurrected the “Amanda” falsetto for the female part…….any one ever doubt that was actually Jackson’s voice when he was “Amanda”…..no doubts – it was him – saw it live and in person. He really is unbelievably talented. He is the consumate performer who captures you and keeps your attention the entire time. He uses everything about himself to bring you into to what he is trying to perform – which you might notice if you can get past the way his eyes seem to draw your attention. Y’all know me – not a fangirl who is gaga over Jackson for his looks – but you can’t help but be drawn to him in a live performance.
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