Interview with: Stephenie Meyer and Catherine Hardwicke

Premiere has an interview with Twilight's wonderful author Stephenie Meyer and director Catherine Hardwicke! In this three page interview they talk about: Twilight's phenomenon, how did Twilight come about, and also things about the movie! Here is a taste...

"How reticent about giving up the rights? What were you looking for when you decided to say yes?

SM: I lost a few nights of sleep over it. The two sides [of my brain] were [competing]... more adaptations than not [have] turned out badly. There are a few that are amazing, but most of the time it's not a good thing. But, then on the other side, I saw the book very visually when I was writing it, and just to see one scene of it on the big screen [was worth it]. I didn't care about anyone else going to see it. This was about me, alone, in the theater getting to see it on the screen and having it be real, and that's what swayed me.

How close of an adaptation is it?

SM: I have not seen the whole thing yet, but from the script and from the days on set, they are really working hard. I mean, the goal was to make it as close to the book as possible, given the time constraints of the film. I mean, the book was a bit long.

Catherine Hardwicke: We did have to tighten it up a little bit..."

Keep reading this interview HERE!