11/25/2009 6:00:00 AM 'I used to come to this theater to see movies' ‘New Moon’ actor returns home to greet fans
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Kiowa Gordon hands a "Twilight" shirt to a fan Monday night at Brenden Theatres. His mother, Camille Nighthorse, watches. More than 500 people waited in line to see him.
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Kiowa Gordon, who plays a werewolf in the latest "Twilight" movie, said he used to see movies at Brenden Theatres after his family moved to Kingman in 1995. Pictured from left to right are: theater Manager Dina Trevino; Gordon's mother, Camille Nighthorse; Gordon; and theater owner Tom Daugherty.
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KINGMAN - Hundreds of teens - and a few brave parents and grandparents - packed Brenden Theatres on Stockton Hill Road Monday night to meet one of the stars of this fall's biggest blockbusters.
"I don't really know what to say to someone so big on the scale," said 12-year-old Nicole Rice, who was in line with her friend Morgan Walker. "I'll just say 'hi,' I guess."
Kiowa Gordon, a member of the Hualapai tribe and a former resident of Kingman, stars as Embry Call, a werewolf in "New Moon," the second in the "Twilight" series.
"It's pretty surreal," Gordon said as he signed autographs. "It's crazy because I used to come to this theater to see movies." Gordon's visit was arranged by theater manager Dina Trevino, also a Hualapai tribe member and an acquaintance of Gordon's mother, Camille Nighthorse.
Theater owner Tom Daugherty said all of the showings thus far for "New Moon" have sold out. The theater holds 180 people.
He called it the theater's biggest release ever.
Ashley Amavor, Darlea Guthrie and Dinasty Kramp had hoped to be the first ones in line but had at least an hour's wait before they met Gordon.
"We're going to give him our autograph," the teens said, holding up a signed snapshot of themselves.
Ed and Peggy Strain, both in their 60s, aren't the typical "Twilight" fans, but they braved the cold and long line to snag some autographs.
"The things we do for our grandchildren," Ed said.
Both said they were delighted that the star returned to Kingman to meet fans.
"To find someone that's local and made it, that's nice," Ed said.
"And cute on top of that," Peggy added.
Reader Comments
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Article comment by:
Good example for our kids
GREAT hearing GOOD news from our area for a change- and we are all happy for Kiowa and proud of his accomplishments...my grandson was extremely excited about Kiowa making a personal appearance. Thanks to the theatre for providing such a positive experience for Kingman youth!
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Article comment by:
Sherry
I would like to say thank you to the theater owner and a big thank you to Kiowa for taking the time to come see his fans in Kingman. It was exciting to get to meet someone from our area who made it as a star and he is a very nice young man. My daughter and I enjoyed getting autographs and pictures. Thank you again to everyone who made this possible.
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Article comment by:
Capt. Nice
This new moon actor paid a visit to Peach Springs school and talked to the kids. I had no idea who he was and as I was walking down the hall I saw a kid in the office trying to hit one of the lights hanging from the ceiling as a lot of our kids try to do. I started to yell at him but was busy doing something else and let it pass. Come to find out he was some sort of an actor. When he and his group left they about ran over me as they sped out our staff parking lot in some fancy car. Boy I'm really impressed!
Posted: Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Article comment by:
Icarus
First I'd like to thank Kiowa for coming here and Dina Trevino for putting this together. It was a very positive thing for the community and hopefully it will show the kids there are bigger things out there for them if they apply themselves.
And if someone could start a theater group here where people could hone their acting skills that would be awesome. Kingman isn't that far from Las Vegas, maybe this will start a trend of bringing other stars here.
