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There's still a month to go until The Twilight Saga: New Moon hits screens, but you can satisfy your vampire craving, errr, thirst... with another vampire movie series this weekend with Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant .

But enough from us... read all about it directly from the movie's stars in our exclusive Q&As:
- Exclusive Q&A with The Vampire Assistant's Josh Hutcherson
- Exclusive Q&A With The Vampire Assistant's Jessica Carlson

Plus check out the trailer below:

Photos: Courtesy of David Lee / Universal Pictures

The first movie of the Cirque du Freak series, The Vampire's Assistant, hit theaters today and J-14 exclusively sat down with star Jessica Carlson to dish on everything from vampires to her cute costar Josh Hutcherson. To read Josh's Q&A about the flick, click here.

J-14: Tell us a little about the movie The Vampire's Assistant!

Jessica Carlson: It's an action adventure movie about this boy who lives this kind of boring life and he and his friend go and see the circus of freaks, Cirque De Freak. He meets a lot of characters, at the circus of freaks and I don't want to give it away. But there're vampires in it. It's going to be really cool.

J-14: Can you tell me about your character Rebecca, the monkey girl?

Jessica: For so long I wasn't allowed to say that I was a monkey girl! My character isn't really part of the freak show. She kind of works behind the scenes for the Circus of Freaks. She's just this really cool, innocent girl and she really helps Darren become a part of the Circus of Freaks. It's really cool how she's just a strong girl and doesn't really need saving. She's also friends with Snake Boy and Darren. Darren's played by Chris Massoglia and he's really cool.

J-14: Is balancing school and work difficult?

Jessica: It's kind of like a double life thing in Hannah Montana! It's funny cause I'll be filming and then have to go take my chemistry test. It's fun though, I'm glad I'm able to do the teen thing in high school and act. And I just love it, I love acting so, it's worked out.

J-14: When did you decide you wanted to go in to acting?

Jessica: I saw Peter Pan on Broadway -- I was probably in first grade or something and I was so amazed by it. I started taking local acting classes, acting in school plays, independent films, commercials, theater, Law & Order, and now, The Vampire's Assistant.

J-14: Our readers are huge fans of Twilight. Are you a fan?

Jessica: I read the books first and I'm so scared to read the last book Breaking Dawn because I just really want Edward and Bella to stay together. I think I'm Team Jacob, he's really hot. I'm excited for the New Moon to come out because Paul Weitz directed The Vampire's Assistant and his brother directed New Moon.

J-14: Why do you think vampires are such a trend now?

Jessica: I think people are really in to the anti-hero and it's a change. It's cool that everyone can kind of be heroes. Like vampires are fighting their want for blood but they still want to do good and stuff so, I wouldn't mind having a vampire lover and being a vampire. That'd be cool.

J-14: If you found out your crush were a vampire, how would you react?

Jessica: Oh my gosh, that would be so cool. Maybe I'd like to become a vampire, I think that'd be pretty cool. I'd be kind of freaked out though. I don't even know. I'd be shocked. I can't even imagine what I'd do. In Cirque du Freak, I'm kind of the love interest of a vampire, but it's different because my character Rebecca is surrounded by freaks all the time so she doesn't discriminate.

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Little Manhattan, RV, and Bridge to Terabithia star Josh Hutcherson's all grown up -- and starring in the first film from the Cirque du Freak Saga called The Vampire's Assistant. He chats exclusively with J-14 about evil vampires, werewolves, and his celeb pals.

J-14: What kind of vampire do you play in The Vampire's Assistant?

Josh Hutcherson: My character Steve is a vampaneze, which is basically an evil vampire. And the difference between the vampires and vampaneze is that the vampires live by a certain code -- they can't kill, they can't do certain things, and they only drink blood to survive. But the vampaneze just do whatever they want. So my character is the reckless type and that was really fun to play. It's definitely different than anything I've played before because I haven't ever really got the chance to play the bad guy kind of role.

J-14: What was the most evil thing you had to do?

Josh: There's a big fight scene between me and Chris Massoglia, who plays Darren. We became good friends during the movie and I literally have to throw him across the room because the vampires and vampaneze have super strength. I throw him and he lands in a pile of chairs and then I was like, "I'm sorry, I don't really mean this," but you gotta do what you gotta do! It was fun playing the bad guy -- you really get to let loose and just be mean and aggressive.

J-14: So how do the vampaneze compare to the Cullens from The Twilight Saga?

Josh: The vampaneze are much more hardcore and open about being vampaneze. The Cullens are kind of shy and reserved and they don't want anybody to know. But the vampaneze are out there like, "Aah! We're vampires! We're going to do whatever we want and drink everybody's blood and go crazy!"

J-14: At first, your character Steve is reluctant to become a vampire, but he does it for his friend. Have you ever done anything like that for a friend?

Josh: For me, my friend recently tried out for American Idol. We had to get up at 3:30 in the morning and drive out to Pasadena's Rose Bowl. We had to sit on the blacktop for like four hours before we even got to go in. Then we got inside and had to sit there in the boiling sun for like another three hours until he got to audition, so it was really hectic. I can't sing, so I didn't audition. He didn't make it past the first round, unfortunately -- he's actually a really, really good singer, but it really depends on what they're looking for. But it was crazy -- and you see a lot of crazy people there.

J-14: Speaking of good friends -- you're good pals with Spectacular!'s Victoria Justice, Avan Jogia, and Simon Curtis. Tell us about your friendship.

Josh: We all like a lot of the same things -- we all like going to the movies, we like the same kind of music, and we're all pretty easygoing people. It just seems to work -- we hang out all the time. We actually love laying on the floor listening to old records. We have this rug in my house that's the softest rug you've ever heard of. So we lay on that and listen to records that were handed down from my parents. I think we're all just really compatible with each other and that makes for a really great friendship.

J-14: And ironically Victoria is playing a werewolf in an upcoming Nickelodeon movie. So who do you think would win the werewolves vs. vampires battle?

Josh: Honestly, I think that the werewolves would. Werewolves just seem so strong, big, and powerful. Vampires are really strong as well, but I think there's something about a wolf, like the wolf integrity. I think they would prevail, unfortunately. Victoria and I haven't had a chance to duke it out -- werewolves and vampires yet -- I'll let you guys know when that happens!

Photos: Courtesy of David Lee / Universal Pictures