Adelaide actor Xavier Samuel will make his debut in the third instalment of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which opens nationwide July 1.
The young Samuel will play Riley, the new-born right-hand vampire to Bryce Dallas Howard's villainess Victoria.
Directed by David Slade, the highly-anticipated romance flick again sees Bella (Kristen Stewart ) surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire contines her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all she is forced to choose between Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Jacob (Taylor Lautner).