Rob's Interview
Première : How long did it take to film both movies ?
RP: 8 months!
P: Not to quote her, but Kristen Stewart told us 6.
RP: I had to stay longer.
P: Were there some mornings when you got up and asked yourself: ‘I can’t believe we’re still filming this movie.’?
RP: For sure, I mean we spent two months shooting in the same room in front of a huge green screen.
P: I hope it was the sex scene!
RP:
Nope! This one we wrapped in a day. No, we had to film scenes where
nothing happens. We were trapped in this green screen room with fake
snow all over the floor and we spent our days barely saying a word,
looking each other in the , trying to look as intense as possible.
P: Nobody told you you were part of an experiment?
RP: That’s it exactly, ‘We’re going to put you in this green screen for 8 weeks, we’ll see which one will break down first.’
P: Did Bill Condon come on set with his Oscar beneath his arm?
RP:
No, that’s not like him. But I don’t think he realize what he got
himself into. He’s someone that doesn’t stress much tho or he’s really
good at hiding it!
It’s funny, really. Everyone came to him
screaming: ‘Bill did you see this? It’s nonsense!’ He’d just look at
them and say ‘I know, it’s crazy.’ And the next second, he was gone.
P: It’s a way like any other of solving problems.
RP:
You should have seen him. ‘I completely agree with you. It’s a
disaster.’ And then he’d been gone for the rest of the day. Bill is
hilarious and he put some of his sense of humor in the movie. The
Twilight saga is not really known for its fun side but the previous
directors seemed really attached to the angst aspect. The beginning of
the last movie is the complete opposite: light, relaxing…
P: The first images of the trailer looked indeed bright and sunny.
Bill
is an excellent screenwriter as well. Like Chris Weitz, who was more
daring with New Moon. He wasn’t scared of drifting away from the book
sometimes. In any other movie, when a line doesn’t work, we change it
during filming so it flows better. But it wasn’t always possible with
Twilight. If I was ever uncomfortable with a line, I was told ‘You have
to say this. It’s in the book!’ Bill didn’t hesitate, ‘We’ll adjust,
it’s my movie after all…’ *laughs*
P: You just made millions of fans angry.
RP:
Too bad. It just reminds me of something I saw not too long ago, when I
stumbled into a picture of a girl who had the famous line ‘And the lion
fell in love with the lamb’ tattooed on her. I looked at it twice and
she had ‘And the lamb fell in love with the lion’ instead. Can you
imagine that, having a movie line ~engraved on your skin and it’s not
even the right one?
P: In the
first three movies, it’s always about repressing sexuality. In this one,
it’s party time: midnight baths, sex scenes where the bed breaks, a
rushed pregnancy… I don’t know if I can handle all of this at once.
RP:
It scared me a little too, to be honest. When I heard about the last
book and was said: ‘You’ll see, they sleep together all the time, it’s
rough sometimes too. Jacob falls in love with a baby…’ I was
dumbfounded. Summarized like this, you’d think it was the most screwed
up story ever. But when you read it, it’s not as shocking/scandalous.
For those who don’t know the books, I’m sure this movie is going to be
by far the most interesting of the saga. We’re gone from the teenaged
fantastic genre and enter a weird drama that ventures into horror at
times. There are scenes were Bella looks like an alien. When the baby
eats her from inside, she looks so thin and ghastly. Kristen had to wear
this horrible makeup and when I’d see her come on set, I’d ask the
crew: ‘'Are you sure we're filming Twilight?Isn't it supposed to be
harmless and PG-13?'
P: I’m sure David Cronenberg is going to be pleased. ‘Robert just filmed the adaption of Cosmopolis by Don DeLillo.)
RP:
I think he’s going to enjoy certain scenes, like the one where I open
her up by biting thorugh her placenta. It wouldn’t have played up in one
of his feature films, he would have filmed it with a close-up of
course.
P: With Breaking Dawn, I
think you will attract a new audience. Beginning with those who will
want to see it for the twisted plot.
RP: They’re going to get
their money's worth. It’s hilarious, No movie this size dares taking
those kind of risks. But since the craziest scenes are a big part of the
story going forward, it was impossible to not have them included in the
film. We would look at each other everyday and say’ I think we don’t
have a choice, we have to film those weird stuff.’ There was no way we
would tone it down.
P: So you became an in 'oral Caesarean' expert?
RP:
It was without a doubt the funniest thing I ever had to do. I’d raise
my head up and I was covered with cottage cheese or whatever substance
they put in there. Before filming the scene, Stephenie Meyer, a midwife,
Kristen and I sat down to talk to a doctor to decide where I was
supposed to bite if this situation would ever occur in real life. The
doctor looked at us a bit puzzled and said: ‘I don’t think you could
ever do this in real life.’ *laughs*
P: I’m getting more and more excited to see this movie…
RP: I’m eager too. I’m probably going to die laughing watching it.
P:
Stop me if I’m wrong but I feel like the hysteria surrounding the saga
is dying down, that you can now lead sort of a normal life…
RP:
Not yet, no. In LA I have at least 40 seconds from the moment I arrive
somewhere, before I get asked for my autograph. It’s Twitter’s fault. If
this website didn’t exist, I’d be in peace. When I cross a glance at
someone, they hurry to get their phone out. I know perfectly well that
I’m screwed and that I’m going to spend a big part of my day shaking
people off. It’s frustrating.
P: Is it true that you caused a riot in Brazil, when you filmed the honeymoon?
Yes,
we did cause one at the airport that almost got us arrested. I still
don’t know why but it was kind of scary. The immigration guy told me:
‘You’re in my country, we’re gonna play by my rules.’ ‘Whatever you want
just let me leave your airport.’ *laughs*
P: How was it like on set on the last day of filming Breaking Dawn, when you had to say goodbye to 4 years of Twilight?
We
were in Canada for the last day of shooting with the entire crew. A
normal day on the set of Breaking Dawn, we were shooting at night, it
was freezing and raining… When the first assistant announced the end
with his clapperboard, everybody locked themselves up in their trailer
without even having a last drink. But my last day, strictly speaking,
came a bit later and it was amazing. Part of the crew got back together
to film additional shots in the Caribbean. It was just Kristen and I, no
worries… We were shooting in the sea so I didn’t have to have makeup
on or wear my contacts. It was so hot, at the end of the day we all went
out for cocktails on the beach, watching the sun rise. I then asked
myself why we didn’t do this in those four years. Every difficult moment
just vanished.
Kristen Interview:
P:
The first Twilight movie was a teenaged love story, the second a love
triangle and the third, looked almost like a war movie. How would you
describe Breaking Dawn?K: It’s more a family drama. Contrary
to the previous films, everybody is united in this one. The beginning of
the movie sets up a ton that literally departs from the other movies,
which in my opinion was what the saga truly needed. It’s fun, it’s
light, we finally see the characters happy. Of course, it doesn’t last
long…
P: I admit I have a soft spot for the first movie. I felt like the next two were just there to stretch the story in vain.
I
understand and I agree, the first one had something. It was original
and stands out by itself. I felt like the book was well represented,
that Stephenie’s hand was visible. It’s the peak of the story we tried
to build for 3 movies. It’s the grand finale with all the excitement
that goes with it.
P: I read that
Stephenie Meyer wrote the grand lines of the fourth book right after
the first one, which could explain this ‘padding’ side of the second and
third book.
I didn’t know about that. But it’s true that it
wouldn’t be absurd in the sense that we could go directly from book one
to the wedding in the fourth. At the same time, I remember Stephenie was
writing the fourth book while we were filming Twilight. When I think
back to that period of time, it seems so crazy to me. Nobody knew
anybody, we were all different. I can see us again, actors, directors,
screenwriters, going up to each other and said sort of shyly ‘Hello
everyone.’ Now that we’re all so close, it feels weird.
P: You were 17 when you filmed the first movie. How did those 4 years of filming the saga changed you?
When
you spend time on a project that asks for so much work, you have to
feel invested; ready to defend it with your body and soul. That’s how I
feel for all my movies. Twilight helped me share this passion with a
bigger audience. Like everyone who reaches this level of fame, the saga
is criticized a lot, but I realized that it only made me want to defend
it even more. This experience helped me open up. When I was younger I
felt things more strongly but I wasn’t always able to put it into words.
I made tons of progress. In this field, every new project shapes you,
helps you fight against your inhibitions little by little. I was a
teenager when I started and I think you get better as you learn to know
yourself, to make your body your own. It’s after you gain this control
over yourself that you’re able to lose it when a scene demands it. Like
every movie, Twilight made me grow up, maybe a bit faster than the other
ones.
P: Between two movies, you filmed The Runaways and in Welcome to the Rileys. Strong and independent characters…
It
wasn’t a conscious choice. Seeing as I’m a natural introvert, I guess I
have to compensate by playing those kind of roles. But I’m really not
against the idea of playing more weak and vulnerable characters. It
would be fascinating.
P: Did some days seem long on the filming of Breaking Dawn?
It
was repetitive sometimes to such an extent I felt like I was filming
again scenes from the previous movies. It doesn’t mean they’re not
crucial to the story but some days I felt like Bill Murray in Groundhog
Day. Especially when we had to stay quite some times in a house in
Louisiana, Baton Rouge. We filmed all the inside scenes before going
outdoors. It was intimate scenes with lots of feelings, dialogues; we
filmed them all one by one endlessly. I thought it would never end,
especially when you, like me, are used to independent movies that are
made in 5 minutes.
Then we left for Canada, where it was freezing.
Instead of being happy to finally be outside, we were dying to go back
inside to get warm. The timing couldn’t have been worse. Even when we
filmed the honeymoon scene in Brazil it was raining season.
P: What were the key moments of filming for you?
The
ones the fans are waiting for the most: the wedding, the first love
scene, the birth scene. To finally put them on tape was cathartic.
source | Via
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