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Jackson Rathbone (aka Twilight's Jasper) just spilled major deets about one of the most important scenes in New Moon! That's right, we're talking the birthday scene! Check out what he said about the two worlds Bella must choose between and actually scaring Kristen while filming!

On the scene in the movie versus the book: "There a little bit more violence. It's definitely longer. It's really about the moment where Bella is realizing what kind of world she's into. We spent the entire time with Twilight delving into the vampire world, but now in New Moon, it's like you're in the vampire world, and what happens when you get a paper cut? What happens when everyone you love turns around on you and suddenly could kill you? She's in that world right now, and she's kind of scared by it. She's also getting into the werewolf world, and suddenly she's got these two new worlds on her -- and there's love in both."

On preparing for the scene: "I was going pretty method. We choreographed it -- so I wasn't too worried about attacking Kristen -- but I told the guys to hold me back, because you want it to look real. You want it to be as real as possible, because you want that to transfer on film, and you want the audience to feel that frightened sense that I gave Kristen. I felt really bad, man. There was a couple of moments where she was like, 'I thought you were going to hit me that time!' I come so close; it's pretty intense."

On the stunts for the scene: "It was a breakaway, actually. They wouldn't let me hit the actual piano. I did everything but the landing in the piano. I hit Edward, he knocks me back. It was funny, when we were filming, they had stunt guys following me with pads because I had to run into Edward, and then as soon as we connected, I had to jump myself back ... then they had a stunt guy crash into the breakaway piano, and then they cut to me coming up out of the piano and charging her."

Let's talk, what do you think about the Birthday Scene so far? Think it will a hit or miss? Comment now!

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