Model Noot Seear Leaves Runway for Sexy 'Twilight' Role

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A new heartthrob has joined the likes of Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner in the 'Twilight' movie series. Model Noot Seear takes on the role of an irresistible, vampire seductress in 'New Moon,' and she reveals the challenges of her sexy character.

Seear plays Heidi who is a member of the elite group of Italian vampires known as the Volturi -- and she possesses the gift of seducing humans.

'New Moon' director Chris Weitz talks to Women's Wear Daily about casting Seear for the intoxicating role, “We wanted someone who had an unearthly and unlikely beauty, but could also convey humor and menace. ... It’s rare to find a stunningly attractive person who also happens to have the ability to act.”

“Modeling was great to me. I made a lot of money doing it,” Seear tells WWD of making the jump from modeling to acting. “[But] what makes acting different is that you get a voice. You’re not just a picture.”

She continues, "I was really scared because you’re not allowed to look in the camera [when filming a movie], but in the modeling world, you’re supposed to.”

Seear reportedly solved this problem by wearing heavy-duty violet contacts on-screen that impaired her vision. “I literally couldn’t see two feet in front of me. They would tell me, ‘Look at Kristen [Stewart],’ and I was like, ‘OK. Where is she?’”

Catch Seear and her other sexy costars in 'The Twilight Saga: New Moon,' rising in theaters on November 20.

Published 7/20/09 by the Insider

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  • in twilight dat boy was kinda cute i love dat picture
    Anonymous 8/14/09 Reply
  • Cnt wait for new moon im so excited for this one!!!! :)
    MorganW7 8/13/09 Reply
  • GOSH! now I know that modeling and acting has a really big comparison and difference... Maybe she's so addicted to the camera that she can't even stop looking at it??
    YkS 8/11/09 Reply
  • Seeing the rabid fandom that is Twilight makes me glad I didn't grow up in this generation (along w/ the other crap that is High School Musical, Jonas Brothers, & Hannah Montana). It's just sad that something so mediocre & talentless can attract so...
    Anonymous 7/24/09 Reply
  • I just saw the trailer for New Moon and I couldn't stop laughing.

    You girls are too easy to impress. Throw in some hot dude and it's an instant box office hit. Not even guys are that gullible as the Movie series tanked despite full frontal nudity...
    Anonymous 7/22/09 Reply
    • I couldn't agree more.
      Anonymous 7/22/09
  • have to say the TWILIGHT series is the hotest series in the entier planet


    i love u guys
    Anonymous 7/21/09 Reply
  • She's beautiful but I think McCord deserves better... the star of 90210 had a seductive beauty than her... what model agency she's at?
    ruelyn 7/21/09 Reply
  • omg i love him so much...oh yea they do look alike
    MonikaA2 7/21/09 Reply
  • Rob and Heidi sort of look alike dont you think...lol!!
    angelfaith1 7/20/09 Reply
  • Can't wait for New Moon!!! She'll make a great Heidi!
    I just got to visit Forks yesterday!!! Come see the pages I'll be using to scrapbook the whole trip! scrapbookingtales.mybisi
    Anonymous 7/20/09 Reply
  • Love u Rob:) Cant wait::)
    NeverLetGo 7/20/09 Reply