Shawn Carter Peterson (Wes) Enjoyed Reading 'The Host' On Set

Jamie Ruby from SciFi Vision had the opportunity to speak to Shawn Cater Peterson (Wes) about The Host, including  his audition, reading the novel on set, his favorite scene to film, and getting close to his co-stars.

On his audition:
"I put myself on tape for one of my representatives and I auditioned for one of the two leads, actually, the Kyle character. And then they liked my audition and they asked me to come to meet with Andrew Niccol and the casting director, and they were considering me for Wes. So I went in and got to do it live and memorized for them, and got the job."

Reading the novel on set:
"I read the book during the shoot, because it was a nice long shoot so I had a little time to get down with it."

Favorite, or rather, second favorite scene to film:
"I can tell you my second favorite scene to film, which was a rescue scene that I did with Jake Abel. We were rescuing Boyd Holbrook's character (Kyle), he was with Saiorse. And there's a big, huge underground river that they built, which was pretty, pretty awesome. And when it was time to get it shot they rushed thousands and thousands of gallons of water."

Getting close to his co-stars:
"I actually got really close with Boyd Holbrook, who's really, really cool. He and I were really cool. Frances Fisher, she was like the matriarch of the group, just like she was when she played Maggie in the film. She was really, really down to earth and really, really cool. So we would all kick it in between teaks. It was like a big family."

Check out the entire interview here.

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New Picture of Shawn Carter Peterson on Set

Frances Fisher strikes again! Fisher has been sharing pictures from the set for months and her latest includes Shawn Cater Peterson (Wes) and William Hurt (Jeb).

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Shawn Carter Peterson (Wes) Felt Like He Was "Playing Star Wars" While Filming 'The Host'

Shawn Carter Peterson took some time to discuss The Host and his character, Wes, with Blast. 

On Wes:

"Wes is a pretty cool character. He's one of the guys who is always around, he's always there to help out."

His favorite scene to shoot:

"The character displays his dependability in one of Carter Peterson's favorite scenes that he shot, in which Wes and Ian rescue Kyle from drowning. The producers didn't make it easy on the cast, setting up an actual underwater river."

"It was hard! We had to really go for it. It was fin, yet stressful, yet scary, yet fun." 

On the sets:

"It was pretty awesome to see. This is big kid playtime! I felt like I was playing Star Wars."

"We saw most of [the set]. The silver chrome cars and helicopters and motorcycles were all real. The hosts actually wore silver contacts.  

Check out the entire interview here.
Cast image shared by @Frances_Fisher

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