Peter Facinelli took a break Tuesday from filming in Vancouver for “Eclipse,” the third movie in the “Twilight” (teenagers-in-vampire-love) series, to discuss his upcoming flight to Hampton Roads. He vows to use standard airline transportation. No bat stuff.

Facinelli, who plays Dr. Carlisle Cullen, a prominent member of the notorious Cullen vampire family, will appear Saturday in broad daylight (noon, no less) at Pembroke Mall in Virginia Beach. He’s doing it to aid the American Red Cross blood drive, an irony that doesn’t escape him.

“I got the idea some months ago when I read an article about a boy in Florida who was badly in need of a certain type blood. It dawned on me that with the phenomenal popularity of the films, we could do something to attract attention to the need for blood donors. I wanted to do it.”

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