Friday, January 9, 2009

Random movie facts anyone?

- Jessica in the movie is a combination of the characters Jessica Stanley and Lauren Mallory from the book.

-Eric in the movie is a combination of the characters Eric Yorkie and Ben Cheney from the book

-Christian Serratos the girl who plays Angela wore her own glasses for the part

-With a $70.6 mil debut gross, the movie had the top debut ever for a film directed by one woman

-Kristen Stewart's stunt double, Katie Powers, also plays a waitress at the diner.

-During the filming of the prom scene, Kristen Stewart didn't like the songs playing so suggested 'Flightless Bird, American Mouth' by Iron & Wine which they decided to use.

-It took 36 hours to turn 'Nikki Reed''s naturally brunette hair to blonde

-The jacket worn by Solomon Trimble in the LaPush beach scene was handmade by his mother from a Pendleton blanket

-Catherine Hardwicke has said that she filmed a scene with' Robert Pattinson' taken directly out of 'Midnight Sun', the unfinished novel by Stephenie Meyer telling the story of Twilight through Edward's perspective. Hardwicke said this scene will be on the DVD.

-Stephenie Meyer had her own personal cast before all the roles were officially casted. They including Emily Browning as Bella Swan, Henry Cavill as Edward Cullen, Charlie Hunnam as Carlisle Cullen, Mary-Louise Parker as Esme Cullen, Rachael Leigh Cook as Alice Cullen, Trent Ford as Jasper Hale, Tom Welling as Emmett Cullen and Olivia Wilde as Rosalie Hale.

-Some of the cast wore Catherine's clothes

-The movie was shot in 48 days

-Cam Gidganet was originally cast as Emmett Cullen, but asked director Catherine Hardwicke if he could play the role of James instead. She agreed.

-In the final credits, "Emmett" is misspelled


And the last one for now, Get ready to 'Awww'

At a midnight screening in Texarkana, Texas, Nov. 27, 2008, a gentleman dropped to his knee with a ring as the credits rolled. To the delight of the screaming crowd, he asked his girlfriend if theirs might be as enduring and unconditional a love as the one shared by Edward and Bella.

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