- Born
- Birth nameEdi Mue Gathegi
- Nicknames
- Ed Lo
- Edi G
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Edi Gathegi was born on March 10, 1979 in Nairobi, Kenya. He is an actor and producer, known for StartUp (2016), Princess of the Row (2019) and For All Mankind (2019).
- ParentsJohn N Gathegi
- RelativesBetty G(Sibling)Nate Dawg(Sibling)
- Edi was born in Kenya but raised between California and Florida.
- Edi's father is Dr. John N' Gathegi (Ph.D and JD from the University of California at Berkeley), and who is a Professor at the University of South Florida.
- Edi attended the graduate acting program at New York University.
- Has an older brother and a younger sister.
- Enjoys playing different characters.
- I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination. I also have the belief that we have all emotions in us and that we each have darkness within us. It depends on what we choose to access. I have found that because I am generally a happy person, it is kind of fun for me to explore that darker side. Villains are fun to play.
- I am managing my expectations. I am hearing every day how big this film [Twilight] is going to be, and believe me, I want it to be huge. The best I can hope for is that I begin to work really consistently on a bunch of high-profile projects as a result of this movie. That is the ultimate dream.
- [New York or L.A.?] That is a tough question. I prefer New York, to be honest. New York is the only city that I have ever lived in that I have felt at home.
- Yes [I met Stephenie Meyer]. Stephenie is a doll. I totally adore her. I did not meet her on set, but we ended up meeting at a dinner that the studio threw for the producers, the actors, the lot, and Stephenie. I ended up sitting next to her for the majority of the night and got to know her. She is just as great in person as she is in her interviews, and I am so happy that this success has fallen in her lap because she worked hard for it.
- There were several stages of preparation that I went through [for my role in Twilight]. There was a physical preparation-I wanted to make sure that I resembled a vampire that could exist in the world that Stephenie Meyer created. For my character preparation, I knew that it was going to be a challenge to learn a slight French accent, so I felt that it was a smart move for me to learn as much French as I could and then just tone it down. I just sort of immersed myself in all things French. I even tried to get myself a French girlfriend, but that didn't work out.
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