Thought I’d revisit a franchise I loved…more because I loved the books than the movies, but the movies are great as well. Let’s begin with part I — Twilight. Here’s some fun facts. Have a great night!
–Robert Pattinson actually plays the piano in the scene where Edward is playing “Bella’s Lullaby.”
–When Bella and Edward are lying in the meadow, the sun coming through the trees makes a heart between them.
–In the scene where Bella goes to the Cullens house for the first time, when Nikki Reed’s character had to break the bowl, she actually cut her hands. This is why she is wearing gloves for the scene in the film.
–For a few weeks before filming began Robert Pattinson didn’t talk to anyone to try and feel as isolated as Edward Cullen.
–Nikki Reed was the one who got the producers to add Robert Pattinson’s songs to the film. Reed secretly started recording him from her laptop, while he was singing, and playing his guitar. She then took it to the film producers, were they fell in love with his songs. The next day, they asked Rob if he could sing a few of his songs for the soundtrack, and he accepted.
–When the ‘evil vampires’ make their first appearance, actors Cam Gigandet, Rachelle Lefevre and Edi Gathegi are all wearing little slippers painted like bare feet.
–The movie was shot in 48 days.
–Before casting, Robert Pattinson had never heard of the Twilight novel. He only attended casting because he liked Kristen Stewart’s performance in Into the Wild (2007).
–Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale) and Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale) learned how to play baseball left-handed for the famous baseball scene.
–Lily Collins was considered for the role of Bella Swan.
–As soon as Robert Pattinson was cast, he moved to Oregon and began working on his character, both physically and mentally. He worked out five hours a day with a trainer: learning to fight, play baseball, and do stunts. He also had to learn to drive and get an Oregon driver’s license.
–When Edward and Bella are standing in the doorway of the Cullens’ kitchen, there is a chess set on the dining room table behind them with red and white pieces, like the cover of ‘Breaking Dawn’, the final novel in Stephenie Meyer’s ‘Twilight’ saga.
–Over 5,000 actors auditioned for the role of Edward.
–Kristen Stewart wore hair pieces so they didn’t have to waste time doing her hair, and therefore had more time to shoot.
–At the cafeteria salad bar, Bella drops an apple which Edward picks back up and then cradles in his hands, copying the cover image of the Twilight novel. On the one of the DVD’s special features Catherine Hardwicke said that took them 13 takes to get it right.
–Kristen Stewart initially turned down the chance to audition for the part of Bella Swan and later changed her mind.
–Kristen Stewart has naturally green eyes. She wears brown contacts for filming to match Bella’s eye color.
–The apple on the cover of the book is not only a symbol for the forbidden; in Scandinavian mythology the apple is a symbol for eternal youth and beauty. However, on her official website Stephenie Meyer states that she used the apple on the book cover because of the past literary connections (causing trouble every time) like in Snow White and the Golden Apple Paris gives to Aphrodite in Greek Mythology and because to her apple represents choice.
–All of the Cullens can be seen wearing jewelry with the same symbol on it. Edward, Jasper, and Emmett all had the same wristband, and Alice and Rosalie had similar necklaces with the symbol on it; Esme had a bracelet and Carlisle had a ring.
–“Kristen Stewart (I)” bought a truck off the set of _Twilight (2008/I)_ that is featured briefly in the film and still drives it years later.
–Stephenie Meyer cited the band Muse as her source of inspiration to write her books, and another of her favorite groups is ‘Linkin Park’. Both bands contributed a song to the movie’s soundtrack.
–Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner became good friends.
All movie trivia courtesy of IMDB
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