PARSIPPANY, New Jersey — The second day of the official
"Twilight" convention started with a howl from "New Moon" actor
Kiowa Gordon, who, along with fellow Wolf Pack members Alex
Meraz and Chaske Spencer, sat down for an hour-long Q&A session
at the event.  Meraz initially took the stage wearing black
sunglasses to conceal an injury received during mixed-martial-
arts training for an "Eclipse" fight scene he'll have with
Kellan Lutz. "In theory it's a good idea, but I got my eyes beat
up," he said. "So they're kind of red. I'm being insecure."
While Meraz has been throwing punches in preparation to play
shapeshifter Paul, Spencer took a more laid-back approach for
his Quileute pack-leader role. "I just watched a lot of movies
to get the character, Sam, and watched a lot of generals," he
said.       " 'Cause nobody touches Kristen Stewart," joked
Meraz.  Things get even more heated for Meraz when he phases
into a wolf. For "New Moon," Weitz told the actors to envision
the phasing sequences as a "pop like popc