The movie, in which Stewart plays the shape-shifting werewolf Seth, arrives on DVD and Blu-ray at 12:01 a.m. Saturday, so you can expect gatherings of young fans outside some stores — including selected Target locations — tonight. But while Stewart talked about the Twilight movie series (which he joined in the third film, Eclipse), the 18-year-old also discussed martial arts (which he began when he was 3 years old), making music (with his sister Fivel and in the Disney-made group T-Squad); White Frog, an intriguing independent film in which he plays a young man with Asperger’s; and writing a comic book, the-not yet-published Millennium Man.

The Twilight connection has opened new doors, he said. After all, it marked a huge leap in visibility for all its performers. The enormously successful films were inspired by the bestselling books by Stephenie Meyer, in which the vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and werewolf Jacob (Taylor Lautner) both seek the love of the human Bella (Kristen Stewart, no relation).

“The fans are incredible,” said Booboo (his real name is Nils Allan Stewart Jr.). “They are so supportive of everything you do. … It’s so amazing that people have found something they are so into. And it’s getting people to read books.”

Including Stewart.

“When I thought I might have had an audition, I started reading the books. … By the time I got the part, because they’re so long, I finally finished them,” he said with a laugh. “I read the Bible and comic books and that’s pretty much it. I’m not an avid book reader, so it took a while.”

When he came into an established franchise and cast, he said, “Everyone just kind of came together, and it was a warm and welcoming set. The hardest thing was there are so many cast members in the Twilight series, it was hard to remember everyone’s names. … Especially when we were filming Breaking Dawn [with both films shot back to back] … in the second movie, there’s a lot of characters.”

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