Idol Magazine sits down with Tyson Houseman

Idol Magazine sits down with Tyson Houseman



IDOL: Hi Tyson, so we know your character is one of the youngest out of the wolf pack, but you’re actually really young yourself as well aren’t you?


Tyson: I’m 19, so I’m older than a few of the other guys, but I’m still pretty young.

IDOL: Is this your first film acting role?

Tyson: It is, yeah, it was actually the first audition I’d ever actually been to in my life.

IDOL: You’re first film being Twilight is pretty big. What acting work did you do beforehand?



Tyson: I’ve done some theatre, I know there were some magazines that said that I was like a veteran of theatre, and I thought that was a little bit silly because the only theatre I’ve actually ever done is school plays.

I graduated high school and then I moved to Vancouver and then within the first 4 monthsI went to this open casting call and I ended up getting the part.


IDOL: Did you know about Twilight at the time?

Tyson: No I didn’t, I hadn’t read the books or anything, I didn’t see the films, I wasn’t a fan or anything like that.

IDOL: So you weren’t aware of the phenomenon?


Tyson: No I wasn’t at all, and when I went to the casting I didn’t even know it was for Twilight. They said that it was for a major motion picture, and they were looking for people who were native American between 15 and 25. And I was like, I fall in that category, so I’ll go check it out. And so I went down there and I ended up getting the part! I’m glad things have just managed to work out that way.

IDOL: So you graduated and you decided to go to Vancouver, was there a particular reason, were you pursuing your acting career?

Tyson: Um, sort of, it wasn’t really that I wanted to pursue an acting career, it was more wanting to take a year off. I planned to go to university originally, but I had no idea what I wanted to do yet, so I was like I’ll move to Vancouver and take a year off. But actually after I got the part I totally changed my plans, now I’m like living in Vancouver permanently, have an agent and work as an actor full time.

IDOL: Did you study acting before all this?

Tyson: Not a lot, I mean I took drama classes in high school and stuff like that. And when I moved to Vancouver I started taking a part time acting course just at an acting studio. But that was pretty much it. I’ve sort of fallen into it.

It’s always something I’ve enjoyed, I always have fun in my acting classes. It was something that initially scared me and I was nervous about it, and I sort of enjoyed that. I liked doing things that I was afraid of. So there was that aspect, but it was really fun, I liked it.

IDOL: What do you think you would have done if you hadn’t gone through the audition?

Tyson: I have no idea, I was considering going to university to take Philosophy.


IDOL: What a contrast!

Tyson: Yeah, I love to read books and stuff like that, so I thought yeah I’ll go to university to do philosophy, like I enjoy acting but realistically I never thought I could make a career out of it. I thought I’d be in Vancouver, and I’d be poor, and have no job, and the acting wouldn’t go anywhere, but things just didn’t turn out that way.


IDOL: Obviously, you’re very young. Most people maybe go into a big Broadway theatre show first, or go into TV production, but you’ve gone straight into Twilight. Do you feel a lot of pressure to perform as an actor for that?

Tyson: Yeah, it is a little bit overwhelming, I mean it was at first, but I’ve tried to gear myself to expect anything really, and just to hold on tight I guess, like a roller-coaster. And so far I’ve been able to take all of it really well. It’s been a great time, I’m really comfortable on set now, I think I handle myself well.

IDOL: How did it feel to come into a casts who already settled in their role in the previous movie?

Tyson: I thought it was really cool, like it was great working with people that had that experience. It gave me something to bounce off and something to learn from. So I was always learning, and I felt like all the time I had to keep my wits about me, because I know there was something to learn there. So I was like, here’s someone with real experience, I’ll feed off of their energy, and work with it.

IDOL: Have you had much media attention?

Tyson: There has been quite a lot of stuff happening lately. I mean the movies haven’t even come out yet. And it’s been really great so far. I’m not really prepared for what’s going to happen after the movies come out.


IDOL: Have you had any other auditions, or any other plans for films besides the Twilight saga?

Tyson: No plans yet. I’m really appreciative of everything that’s happened so far, I mean I plan to use this as a huge stepping stone to get to bigger things. But I’m obviously following a career in acting now, and I’m letting it take me wherever it will. So I have an agent now, I’m doing auditions now. I haven’t got anything yet, but it’s going to open a lot of doors.

IDOL: So now you know what path your following do you have an ultimate goal?

Tyson: I’d like to see myself getting an Oscar in the future. One day.