Twilight is an action-packed, modern day love story between a vampire and a human. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands – and he hasn’t aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he’s immortal. But he doesn’t have fangs, and he doesn’t drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens’ mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her?

ABOUT TWILIGHT:

Based on the current #1 New York Times Bestselling series (30 weeks and counting) with over 5.5 million books in print by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT is a cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fanbase that eagerly awaits this movie. There are over 100 fan sites devoted to Twilight, and it has been chosen as the New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon’s “Best Book of the Decade…So Far”, Teen People’s “Hot List” Pick, The American Library Association’s “Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults” and “Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers” and has been translated into 20 languages. Critically acclaimed director Catherine Hardwicke brings to life this modern, visual, and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair – between vampire and mortal.

We interview novel writer Stephanie Meyer and director Catherine Hardwicke.

Question:

On the world of "Twilight"

Catherine Hardwicke:

"Oh I love this world! I mean I fell in love with Stephanie's book, you know, right when I started reading it, I'm like 'I'm there! I wanna be there, I wanna live it, I wanna see it just breath and come to life so it was easy and a pleasure, yeah."

Question:

On the following of "Twilight" and its popularity and whether Hardwicke knew "how nuts it was" when she signed on.

Catherine Hardwicke:

"I was really surprised. The way they responded to the movie and all this took off online, I was surprised. I know how passionate the fans can get, but that there were so many of them was kind of WOW!"

Question:

On Hardwicke's feeling of taking on the endeavor of directing this project and Meyer on the film being made.

Stephanie Meyer:

"It was risky, when we first started being approached about the movie, 'Twilight' wasn't even out yet. So this is before it had any fans, before I had any sense of how it's going to do and my agent told me 'you know, they can do anything, they can do anything with this.' And for me it came down to protecting it...we're getting to see it on the screen, so that's what won.

We had some close calls, we sort of learned that it could be a bad thing, but then luckily we ended up with Summit and they wanted to do it right, which is amazing."

Catherine Hardwicke:

"Yeah, and for me, I read one of those close calls, a draft of another script and, you know and they had made Bella like a track star and just totally changed everything...night vision goggles, jet skiis, FBI guys on jet skiis too, and it was so different from the book that I thought 'man, we gotta get it back to the book' and that was our goal, let's make it like the book."

Question:

Stephanie, did you have any part in the casting as well?

Stephanie Meyer:

"Not contractually, but one of the great things about Summit is that they have been very cooperative; they want me to be a part of things so they did let me have some input and if there was a situation where I did want some changes, the actually did listen to me, which was amazing. So that was really great of them and the put together such a cast."

Question:

Catherine Hardwicke is asked if she's signed on to do all the rest of them.

Catherine Hardwicke:

"No decisions have been made yet but it's all getting figured out. We all hope, we've got our fingers crossed."

Question:

Did you spend much time on the set and what was it like to see the characters you created come to life.

Stephanie Meyer:

"I did spend some time on the set. So cool, but it was really surreal. The first night I was there, I went to dinner, it was the first time I'd met any of the cast. They came straight from a photo shoot and they were in costumes, and there is nothing in the world like sitting down on a table with a bunch of people who are people you made up. And they looked amazing, I kept trying to call Peter [Facinelli] Carlisle, I was like 'No! Peter!' It was really exciting, I don't think I ate the whole time I was there because I was so keyed up."

Roundtable Interview Attended By: Peter Dimako, Editor in Chief.

Thursday, April 24th, 2008 12:15PM PT. At the San Diego, Comic-Con

Twilight (2008) (Released date: 12/12/2008)

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