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Since Jasper is one of my favourite characters from Stephenie Meyer’s books, I’m always a little bit disappointed with the amount of screen time he gets. Add to that the strange hair and minimal amounts of his southern accent we get to hear and it leaves me feeling let down. And watching interviews with Jackson Rathbone makes it worse, because he makes a fantastic Jasper. He recently sat down with MTV to talk about Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, and he seems very excited. He’s also really down to earth and grateful for all the amazing opportunities he’s had since starring in Twilight.

Talking to MTV Jackson said:

“I have not yet had a chance to meet Bill Condon, but I think it’s going to be an amazing experience to work with an Academy Award-winning director of his caliber,” he said. "Getting to work with these incredible directors that I’ve admired, ever since filming “The Last Airbender” with M. Night, even the first “Twilight” with Catherine Hardwicke. I really loved her directorial debut, [which] I think was ‘Thirteen.’ I thought that was incredible, and she co-wrote it with Nikki Reed, who’s a good friend of mine now. I find myself working with people I’ve dreamed of working with. It’s an amazing position to be in," he said. “It’s a privilege, not a right. … I’m basking in it, loving it, because as an artist, you get those moments, you live ’em up.”

When they asked about the fourth, and possibly fifth, film in The Twilight Saga it turns out he’s as clueless as everyone else:

“They’re keeping ‘Breaking Dawn’ under wraps,” he said. We’re all waiting on a script right now. It’s all up in the air — we don’t even know when we’re going to film."

Let’s hope for more Jasper in Eclipse and Breaking Dawn! Watch the full interview below.

[via MTV]