A Twilight Saga Fansite
Harry Potter director (Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets) Chris Columbus once eyed the Twilight script. according to MTV Hollywood crush:
“Looking at the “Twilight” that could have been, MTV News has learned that two-time “Harry Potter” director Chris Columbus took a glance at the script at the beginning of the adaptation process.
“I guess I did read a script early on,” says the director, who most recently helmed “I Love You, Beth Cooper.”“But I was doing something else.”
According to Mike Welch, he owes it entirely to Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner that he has added screen time in New Moon.
“Kristen [Stewart] and Taylor [Lautner] had to lobby to get this one scene in the film that wasn’t originally in — and I am forever indebted to them for that,” revealed Mike Welch, citing a beloved moment from Stephenie Meyer’s “New Moon” novel. “There’s a scene that’s in the book, the three-way date between Jacob and Bella and Mike, where Mike ends up getting sick, and it’s just very awkward.”
Get all the details on MTV.
About.com was on the red carpet at the MTV movie awards and got a bunch of New Moon stars to comment.
“Talk about the fans – how are you handling this? All you have to say is Twilight and they start screaming.
Michael Welch: “They are incredible. I live in LA, I grew up here, it’s not that crazy for me because it’s LA, you know? When I go outside of LA, no matter where it is, really anywhere I go, people will be stopping me or taking pictures or whatever it is. And it’s great. It’s amazing. I’m just lucky. I know it’s not me it’s that I’m lucky to be a part of this thing. No, I mean I do what I do. But it’s just great. I couldn’t be more grateful about it.”
“So how was Chris Weitz as a director?
Kellan Lutz: “Amazing. So chill. Being an actor in the second movie with all the weight off of your shoulders was really fun to look forward to. And then working with such a chill, mellow director – he was just so much fun to work with. So easygoing. And he had everything planned out so whenever we had a question as an actor, especially with our characters or the scene, he had answers right away.”
“How different is it going to be from Twilight?
Peter Facinelli: “You know, I think there’s a lot more action in there. It’s going to hopefully appear more epic, more studio-like, you know?”
More studio-like? How do you mean?
Peter Facinelli: “Well, the original… Twilight was more of an indie film so it kind of felt like, when you looked at it, it felt like a smaller budget. This one I think it will feel like there was more money on the screen. I think that more money will go towards the CGI stuff, which needs to be because there is a lot more CGI stuff in New Moon with the werewolves and stuff. And you know, whenever you have two directors that are different you can’t ask… Catherine [Hardwicke’s] an artist, you know? You know you can’t ask someone to paint the same picture. They’re going to paint their own picture and try to keep it in the realm of the story…”
One of the most quoted lines of the Twilight movie is the “Hold on tight spider monkey.” delivered by Robert Pattinson just before he and Kristen Stewart take off into the trees. As die hard Twilight fans realize, that line was not in the book. So, did screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg pen that particular piece of dialogue? The answer is “no”.
Catherine Hardwicke tells MTV, ”
“I woke up in the middle of the night. I thought, ‘They’re going to be climbing that tree, and they’re not going to have anything to say. It’s just going to be another scene of them looking into each other’s eyes.’ ”
Unfortunately, the Writers’ Strike had begun, and “Twilight” screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg was no longer available to provide dialogue. “So I typed up, like, 10 ideas,” Hardwicke recalled. “And thought, “OK, maybe they could say this …’ “
They cover everything from crazy fan experiences to New Moon predictions.
MTV has some new articles and recap interviews up with the cast from last night’s event. Taylor talks about being “an inprovisational action hero” and some of the things we can expect from New Moon.
Larry Carroll has the actors reaction to Twilight winning Best Movie!
Peter Facinelli and Liz Reaser
Ashley Greene
Kellan Lutz
Catherine Hardwicke
Cam Gigandet
Taylor Lautner
Big TY to TwiExaminer and RPatz news for the video heads up
We’ll keep updating this entry as they come in.
EDITED: Rob declined to do red carpet, went right inside. Kristen (looking very jet laggged) gave MTV brief interview and then went inside. Waiting for video to upload.
Peter Facinelli
Follow Us!