Now playing is director Timur Bekmambetov‘s (Wanted) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.  Based on the book of the same name from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith and produced by Tim Burton, the film imagines that Lincoln’s mother and grandfather were killed by a vampire and that the president’s resolve to end slavery was due in part to the “fact” that vampires were involved with the slave trade.  Playing Lincoln is newcomer Benjamin Walker and he stars alongside Rufus Sewell, Anthony Mackie, Dominic Cooper, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. For more on the film, here’s all our previous coverageand three clips with twenty minutes of behind-the-scenes footage.Last weekend I got to speak with Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in New York City.  We talked about their reaction when they first heard the title and how their characters changed from when they first got the script to the finished film.  Hit the jump to watch.Finally, here are my video interviews with Tim Burton, Benjamin Walker with Anthony Mackie and Timur Bekmambetov with Seth Grahame-Smith.Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead

• What was their reaction when they first heard the title
• How did their characters change from when they first got the script to the finished film