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It's a beloved, unusually comedic moment in the New Moon novel:

Bella tries to get over Edward by going on what becomes a three-way date with Jacob and Mike Newton.

In a new interview with MTV, actor Michael Welch - who plays Newton - goes into detail about the outing. He specifically explains the unique movie-within-the-movie that viewers will see on the big screen.

On the date, Bella, Mike and Jacob take in a horror film. But director Chris Weitz chose to actually insert his own made-up film into the mix.

"The film is called Face Punch," said Welch. "It's an action film. We started out with a few other comical names, but it turned out those were actual films so we couldn't use those titles."

Does this fake movie play any significant role in the story? No. But are fans clamoring for every nugget of New Moon news they can get? Oh yes.

Young actor Michael Welch recently sat down with MTV to discuss his role in the upcoming vampire movie, Twlight.

Here's an excerpt from the interview:

MTV: Believe it or not, there might be somebody out there who still doesn't know what Twilight is. So if you could, explain Mike Newton.

Michael Welch: Mike Newton is a cool guy. He's a fun character. He is hopelessly obsessed with the new mysterious, interesting, beautiful girl in high school. He's got some contrasts [because] on the one hand he's this athlete, a basketball player, and on the other hand he's a geek and socially awkward.

He's like how "Family Guy" describes Shia LaBeouf: When Peter was like, "Not quite the nerd, not quite the hunk â€" Shia LaBeouf!" That's how I feel about Mike.