­They’re sexy , danger­ous and live forever – no wonder vampires have always held a fascination for mere mortals via fable , lit and Hollywood . Dracula , Anne Rice ’s Lestat , Buffy the Vampire Slayer and more recently , the protagonists ofTV’s"Moonlight " and " True origin " have add to the traditional knowledge ’s allure . But arguably the biggest current flirt - related soda culture phenomenon is the " Twilight " book serial , which chronicles thelovestory between a teenage girl named Bella Swan and the beautiful vampire Edward Cullen .

" Twilight " spent 91 weeks on the " New York Times " estimable - seller list , sold 17 million copies worldwide and spawned hundreds of fansites . Now , with the discharge of its faithful picture show version , care turns from page to filmdom . Director Catherine Hardwicke ( " Thirteen , " " Lords of Dogtown " ) , a fan of vampire motion picture who was " swept aside " by the book ’s obsessional passion narration , had the difficult undertaking of casting Stephenie Meyer ’s iconic character –first and firstly , the quixotic leads .

­Finding a teenage actress feel and capable enough to deal Bella was daunti­ng , but Hardwicke zero in on Kristen Stewart after seeing her in " Into the Wild . " Hardwicke audition her and shed her as the heroine . The staring Edward was more tough . None of the less than 100 actors she adjoin ( of K who present tapeline ) were right . " They take care like they could be your next - doorway neighbor or the cute dude at your school . Edward had to be somebody from another world , someone particular that we had n’t seen before , " she explain .

Ultimately , she invited five young men to audition with Stewart , and Robert Pattinson ( the damned Cedric Diggory in " Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire " ) fit the peak and had the best chemistry with Stewart .

­After filling out " Twilight’s"­ put up hurl with unnamed and semi - known actors ( including " Damages ' " Peter Facinelli , Elizabeth Reaser of " Grey ’s Anatomy " and " The Ex List , " and her " Thirteen " star Nikki Reed ) , Hardwicke had to figure out how to shoot the movie on a $ 37 million budget in 48 twenty-four hour period almost entirely on locating , which meant deal with highly variable weather condition . Adding high - wire stunts to the admixture upped the difficultness divisor . But before output got underway in Oregon , the script had to be right – which mean meeting the strict criteria set by author Meyer . She ’d been burn up before , as we ’ll explain in the following section , and was n’t about to get Hollywood bang up a serious thing .

Meyer’s Rules: No Garlic, Stakes or Fangs

Stephenie Meyer wasn’tvampireobsessive when she literally dreamed up " Twilight ’s " level one night in June 2003 . A self - described " enormous scaredy cat " who can barely manage Hitchcock films , she was a full - time mammy to three son with no intention of pursuing a writing calling . But she penned her novel , sent it to the one agent of the 15 she contacted who ’d reply favorably , and within two months had a three - account book deal with Little , Brown .

Paramount ’s MTV Films bought rights to the book the undermentioned year , but the hand commissioned by the studio apartment " had nothing to do with ' Twilight , ' " tell Meyer , who was relieve when the studio opted out of making it . Unwilling to repeat what she predict a " dismay experience , " Meyer was gas pedal timid when Summit Entertainment approached her , and only relented when the fellowship concord to contractually abide by her creative rules : no fang , no coffin , no garlic , no stakes through theheart . And nobody dies that does n’t in the book .

­"My vampires do n’t call for fangs . Strong as they are , it ’s kind of unnecessary . They don’tsleep , and they do have rumination . you’re able to take pictures of them . In my world , " Meyer explains , " these are myths that vampires spread around so that people would say , ' This soul ca n’t be a lamia because I can see them in the mirror , so I ’m safe . ' "

Meyer cultivate intimately with screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg and manager Catherine Hardwicke throughout the process . " They allow me have input and took 90 percent of what I tell and incorporate it properly into the script . " She inflict the set four metre , and was talk into prepare a cameo coming into court in the movie . She ’s the woman at the heel counter in a scene between Bella and her dad , Charlie ( Billy Burke ) .

For Rosenberg ( " stone’s throw Up,“TV’s"Dexter " ) , dramatizing a book that ’s mostly the inner thoughts of the teller Bella was the corking challenge , along with adhere to Meyer ’s rules , and that get along with pressure . " I did n’t want to be the author who ruined ' Twilight ' for a genesis of teenagers . I knew that the way to fulfill the fans was to be true to the book , " enounce the writer , who include much of the novel ’s dialog . " The voice - over is almost word for countersign from the book , " she notes . " It ’s about capturing the voice of the Bible and the fiber so the audience is take away on the same emotional ride . "

Of of course , some things had to be dropped in the service of the mainlovestory , include the back story of support characters , an­d the nomadic vampires – the tale ’s villains – seem earlier in the movie than they do in the rule book . Rosenberg also had to find a means to admit several chapter of question - and - reply dialog that explicate the vampire mythology . " It was about taking bits and pieces of it and pelt it throughout the scene . "

­Director Hardwicke faced the labor of making the conversation - sonorous novel more visual and dynamic , and that imply a lot of location shooting in one of the wettest areas in the body politic –perfect for the narrative , but not so great for production .

“Twilight” Effects: Weather, Wigs and Wires

On paper , Portland ’s winter were ideal – nebulous most twenty-four hours out of the month . That show t­o be dead on target , for maybe 20 minute at a clock time . Hardwicke would shoot a scene from one angle and set up another and it would rain down , hail or thesunwould come out , so she had to be prepared with a Plan B at all times . " Every unmarried day , the call sheet would have at least three potential scenes that we could shoot every day . I had my pellet list done two , sometimes three weeks if not a month in advance . I storyboarded the most complex setting . We had the backup plan , and the backup plan to the backup plan . "

pair with having to maneuver equipment , crew and actors into remote locations in the Mrs. Henry Wood , theweathercontributed to making the motion-picture show a logistic incubus , says Hardwicke , who nevertheless conform to her agenda and budget . " We did not go over one day of shooting or office - yield , " she proudly manoeuver out .

­The roll found the unpredictable conditions unmanageable as well . Taylor Lautner , who plays Jacob Black , still frisson at the memory of filming a shot with Kristen Stewart on a chilly beach . " It was the worst conditions I ’d ever been in trying to take a scene . For me that was the biggest challenge , " he say . But the antsy long wig he had to wear was n’t a outing either : The fuzz " was always get in my mouth , " he recalls .

He and his fellow member of the Cullen family –vampiresall – also had to fag pale make-up . " We had a week of examination of all different sort of makeup , " he recalls . " They had a gadget from Japan , an ionizer , and as they put the makeup on you , if they touch you , you ’d get dismayed . That would arouse you up ! "

The actors playing vampire also had to contend with special middleman lens system that scale down their vision . " Ours were disastrous with a hint ofbloodred , " remembers Rachelle Lefevre , who play villainous vamp Victoria . jade them , " You have no peripheral vision so you ca n’t walk down footstep by yourself . You trip a lot . I amply fell down once – that was not sly . And I would always terminate up jumping out of my skin because you ca n’t see anyone come up next to you . "

Lefevre had a lot more merriment with the film ’s stunt work , which include a wire rig called the Magic Carpet that create the phantasy that the actors are moving at faster than normal speed . " We did rehearsals in a storage warehouse . They started really dull , at five miles per hour and then eight geographical mile , then 10 , then 12 , and they keep increasing the speeds . It was amazing , actually like read to walk all over again , because first you started on your stifle . landing place was really difficult . You ’re supposed to stop in these sick poses , but they would stop and you would wish propel forward , " she relates . " But once you get it , it ’s a full rush . "

­Not all her co - stars partake in her enthusiasm for conducting wire work , particularly the harness aspect . " It was atrocious for me , " relates Nikki Reed . " It ’s like a 15 pound cincture you ’re being strapped into and hooked onto cables . Then they lift you in the air and the tv camera ’s not quick so you ’re chilling in the air , dangling all of your weighting . I just mat up retarded . "

More “Twilight” Stunts, Effects and Sequels

­That and the fact that he ’s British put him at a disadvantage in abaseballgame prospect , where Facinelli calls his attempts " fun yet dreadful to watch . He had like a workweek to pick up how to flirt the game . But he last got it and he looked great at it . "

One of the movie ’s more severe stunt involved Bella and Edward climbing to the top of a very marvelous tree , shot at the edge of a cliff at the Columbia River Gorge . The actors did part of it , but the actual climb and the overhead shot seen from ahelicopterwas done by their double . " They were electrify , but the helicopter got so stuffy we thought they were sound to get blow off the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , " Catherine Hardwicke recalls . " It was a pretty badass stunt . "

Hardwicke wanted to keep the effects as practical as potential , although visual effects were necessary in some instances . " There are over 200 blastoff that we had to do something to , but pretty venial , " she says , offer sky adjustment and wire and crane removal as examples . Visual Effects also add a third story to the Cullens ' household with CG .

If she were to direct the blind adjustment of the second Word in Meyer ’s series , " New Moon , " Hardwicke would likely have to employ more ocular effects , and would want a bigger budget to cover stunt and placement . " There are werewolf transmutation , stunts like jump off cliffs andmotorcyclerides . They go to Italy . We ’d have to make a lot ofmoneyon this one , " she says .

Melissa Rosenberg is writing the " New Moon " playscript as well as the screenplay for third book " Eclipse , " and the actors have all been contracted for two more movies ( Quran four , " ruin Dawn , " had n’t been written at the time ) . Kristen Stewart , who know nothing of " Twilight " before she was cast , now feels a close affinity for the character she may be play for several years to come , " this girl who gets catch up in this extravagant place . It ’s a very larger-than-life , gamey stakes , ultimate lovemaking story , " she sums up the series ' charm .

If all four books make it to the screen , the final one will be the most unmanageable to conform , agree to Meyer . " One character will have to be done with CG , " she explains . Meanwhile , if " New Moon " is made into a movie , it would have to get underway rapidly . Teenagers do n’t detain teen , butvampiresnever age .

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