Michael Welch as Mike Newton with Kristen Stewart and
Taylor Lautner in Twilight
Michael Welch is best known for his popular role of Mike Newton in The Twilight Saga film series (2008-2012). Since 2011, he’s been working with Kristof Konrad on finding the physicality for very different characters in his two new indie movies: The Boys of Abu Ghraib and Boy Meets Girl.
The Boys of Abu Ghraib is the fascinating story of an American soldier deployed at Abu Ghraib who finds himself behind the walls of the infamous Hard Site, where he develops a secret friendship with an Iraqi detainee. Michael Welch plays Pits, a young soldier who is getting his first experience of war.
In Boy Meets Girl, Michael embodies the lead character of Robby. This funny, tender, sex positive romantic comedy explores what it means to be a real man or woman, and how important it is to live a courageous life not letting fear stand in the way of going after your dreams.
Working with Kristof has been tremendously helpful. Through body awareness and proper physical alignment, he helps open up channels of energy that enable full presence of being. He focuses on the details of a character that most fully connect to a visceral core – a character’s animal, their element, their core image or symbol. He helps actors build their characters through a process of fluidity, not rigidity, always working through the body. The bottom line is Kristof will help you bring LIFE to every moment of a performance – simple, unforced, bold, and electric!”
