[BlackTree TV -
Los Angeles] Shawn Edwards talks to
Rob Pattinson about the
Twilight Franchise coming to an end and his steamy romantic scenes with co-star and friend
Kristen Stewart.
The Twilight Saga film series stars Kristen Stewart,
Robert Pattinson, and
Taylor Lautner and tells the story of 17-year-old
Bella Swan who moves to the small town of
Forks, Washington to live with her father, and becomes drawn to
Edward Cullen, a pale, mysterious classmate who seems determined to push her away. But neither can deny the attraction that pulls them together
...even when
Edward confides that he and his family are vampires. To complicate matters,
Bella's best friend
Jacob Black is a werewolf, designed solely to kill vampires.
The novels and the films constitute nothing short of a global phenomenon
. In the four years since Twilight first opened in theatres in November of 2008, the subsequent novels have each been a number one bestseller and each successive film has opened to a blockbuster reception, in the
U.S. and abroad. The four films of The Twilight Saga to date have amassed over $1 billion in domestic gross at the box office, and tickets sales worldwide have surpassed $2.5 billion. Over 30 million
DVD/Blu-ray units have been sold in the U.S. alone. The Twitter handle for the film saga -- @Twilight -- is the first-ever movie account to reach 1 million followers.
Producer Wyck Godfrey, who has worked on all the films in the saga, summarizes, "The first film is about new love, the second about loss, the third about choice, the fourth about the challenges of marriage and family, and this last film is about protecting that family."
The Twilight Saga:
Breaking Dawn -- Part 2 sees the three main characters -- Bella, Edward, and
Jacob -- each coming to grips with the reality of Bella finally becoming a vampire and subsequently explodes with action as they are forced to fight for the ones they love.
"This movie opens at the exact moment that the last one ends," explains
Oscar® winning director
Bill Condon, who shot the film concurrently with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1. "I decided to open with a full-on main title sequence, which is scored to an overture of musical themes from each of the other movies. Each of the composers is represented and it gets you right back into the mood of the first Twilight movie. All huge landscapes, but it intercuts from that to what's happening inside Bella while the venom is going through her body... and then she opens her eyes. The frame is starry and abstract until she adjusts to a new way of seeing. Whoosh, it just comes into focus and there's Edward."
ROBERT PATTINSON (Edward Cullen) is best known for his portrayal of the vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight, The Twilight Saga:
New Moon, The Twilight Saga:
Eclipse, and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1. This year, Pattinson appears on screen in
David Cronenberg's
Cosmopolis, as well as the final installment of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2.
He gained industry notice at 19 years of age when he joined the
Harry Potter franchise in
Mike Newell's
Harry Potter and the
Goblet of Fire, playing
Cedric Diggory, Hogwarts' official representative in the
Triwizard Tournament.
Last year, Pattinson starred in
Water For Elephants, joining director
Francis Lawrence and costars
Reese Witherspoon and
Christoph Waltz in bringing the
New York Times bestselling novel to the screen. Prior, he headlined the drama
Remember Me, directed by
Allen Coulter, appearing opposite
Pierce Brosnan,
Chris Cooper and
Emilie De Ravin. Pattinson also can be seen in
Bel Ami, a film based on the novel of the same name written by
Guy de Maupassant in which he plays a young journalist in
Paris who betters himself through his connections to the city's most glamorous and influential women, played by
Uma Thurman,
Kristin Scott Thomas and
Christina Ricci.
Pattinson began his professional career with a role in
Uli Edel's
Sword of Xanten, opposite
Sam West and
Benno Furmann. He also appeared in director
Oliver Irving's
How to Be, winner of the
Slamdance Film Festival's
Special Honorable Mention for Narrative
Feature. Pattinson played the lead role of
Salvador Dali in
Little Ashes, directed by
Paul Morrison. His television credits include "
The Haunted Airman" for the
BBC.
As a member of the
Barnes Theatre Group, Pattinson played the lead role in
Thornton Wilder's "
Our Town." Other stage credits include
Cole Porter's "
Anything Goes," "
Tess of the D'Urbevilles" and "
Macbeth" at the
OSO Arts Centre.
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- published: 02 Nov 2012
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