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“They wanted to take the concept [of Romeo and Juliet with vampires] and build in a structure that was far more like a cinematic structure,” Lord explained of the film’s initial concept, adding that they wanted to add more action into the movie to draw in a male audience.
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“Do you want her to do nothing? I want that girl to shoot some vampires. I want her to blow some s— away,” Lord said.
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In an interview withThe New Yorkerin November, Stewart, 31, reflected on filming the firstTwilightfilm with Hardwicke, telling the publication that the director was “kind of the perfect person to do a young-adult novel that had these dark romantic elements.”
“She had this childlike openness and teenage triggers, and her whole sensibility was that the movie was going to feel horny and overconfident,” added Stewart.
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In 2018,Hardwicke told PEOPLEabout the “electricity” between Stewart and costar (and ex)Robert Pattinson, who played the role of Edward Cullen in all five films.
“It was funny because they were both pretty shy and kind of a little bit nervous and awkward,” Hardwicke explained. “I said, ‘Okay, let’s go do the biology scene where you guys first meet.’ So we went to my kitchen table for that scene and you could see pretty quickly that they were vibing off of each other.”
Added Hardwicke: “It was pretty positive. After the end of their audition, I could tell that there was a lot of electricity and chemistry.”
source: people.com
