Irish Maven in town to promote DVD release of Breaking Dawn Part 2

In advance of the DVD release of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2, which arrives in stores on Saturday, three cast members from the film came to Cleveland today to talk to TV reporters and radio personalities and promote the release. They flew in from Los Angeles last night and leave for St. Louis this afternoon. On Friday night at midnight, they’ll make a special appearance at “a WalMart somewhere in Missouri” to be on hand for a pre-release event for the disc.

Patrick Brennan, Marlane Barnes and Lisa Howard — the trio who play the “Irish maven” in the film — only appear in the franchise’s final film. They were, as Brennan puts it, “the new kids at school” when they arrived on set. But don’t think their characters, which are only in the movie for a matter of minutes, are insignificant. “I go around and do these conventions and all these great fans come out, so I’ve been living it for the past couple of years,” says Brennan, who was joined by Barnes and Howard at the Renaissance Hotel for a quick breakfast before heading off to an interview with Fox 8’s David Moss. Brennan has his own fan club and some fanatic followers have even constructed a web site dubbed The Patrick Brennan Experience that’s devoted to the star. “It’s so strange,” he says, “because we have small parts but these fans embrace all the characters.” Barnes agrees. “It’s fun to be a rallying point for a much bigger thing,” she says. “You have to think not much about it. You have to go along with it. It’s not about me. It’s about this bigger thing and you have to let it wash over you.”

This article appears in Feb 27 – Mar 5, 2013.