Saturday, October 29, 2011
Friday, October 28, 2011
Kristen and Rob's interview with Cineplex Magazine
Transcript
Screaming fans line up overnight and camera-wielding press converge en masse to catch a glimpse of the stars of one of the biggest franchises in recent history. But it’s just another day in the life of The Twilight Saga’s Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart.
The venue is San Diego’s Comic-Con and the romantic duo at the heart of the franchise (they’re rumoured to be involved off-screen, too) are here to talk about the beginning of the end, Breaking Dawn, the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s final book in the saga that pits vampires (including Taylor Lautner’s Jacob Black), with a confused human caught in between (Stewart’s Bella Swan).
Yet, while filming may have wrapped for Twilight’s stars, it’s not quite time to say goodbye. The final chapter is being broken into two movies - Part 1 comes out this month, and Part 2 next November, with new director Bill Condon.
Despite jet lag, Stewart and Pattinson are relaxed and quick with a joke or a smile on this day. In fact, they seem quite tickled that - aside from some major tv appearances - this is the first time in three years they’ve sat side-by-side to talk about the roles that launched their careers.
Q: You guys had a different director for each film. What was it like to work with Bill Condon, especially given how well-established these characters are?
Stewart: “It’s interesting working with a new director each go around. It’s funny; at first you always think there’s going to be a period of trying to introduce them to your story. You know, get them feeling like they’re on our page, get them feeling acclimated to our little world, but it goes both ways...It’s two side meeting in the middle. He’s very smart, he’s really good at talking about people and how people react to each other and our dynamics within the story, and everything was just a good working experience, it didn’t feel like a studio movie. It felt like our job was to get in there and figure it out and understand these people.”
Pattinson: “Catherine [Hardwicke] to Chris Weitz to David Slade to Bill...it’s like...the four points of a compass.”
Q: Breaking Dawn is being split into two parts but you filmed them as one. How did that affect the story?
Pattinson: “The first one is based on a smaller section of the book than the second one is. It’s quite nice to kind of get the opportunity to concentrate on more intricate relationships and stuff.”
Stewart: “Yeah, you can let moments play out between people and, like, just watch people live and experience things rather than shoving exposition in their face at every moment...It feels much more like a real movie [laughs]. Feels like a good movie, actually.Q: What are your favourite scenes?
Stewart: “I think that I’m most excited about the wedding and a few moments during the honeymoon and the birth...There are two scenes that take place right at the end of the reception for the wedding, between Charlie and Renee and Bella and I really love that part.”
Q: How did it feel to say goodbye to characters that you’ve been with for so long?
Stewart: “The actual moment, it was definitely strange. It’s one of those things that I had to sort of tell myself to appreciate. - tell myself to acknowledge it and sort of be in the moment because it was really late one night on set and it was like, ‘Oh we’re wrapped...but we’re wrapped wrapped.’”
Q: And you finished with the wedding scene.
Stewart: “It was cool that we had such a huge scene to do...It usually DOES end with some random green screen and no one’s there. It definitely felt like the right...it felt like a cathartic experience. It was chapter closed.”
Q: What’s new and different about this one?
Stewart: “It’s the first where you feel you’re not watch the story of, ‘Are they going to stay together? Or not stay together?’ They’re done, it’s very official. And the beginning is really happy - like, it’s the happiest the series ever gets, it’s really light. They know each other now in a much more realistic way, they are not just enamoured with each other, they are really able to live. And then it all gets crazy after we have sex because that’s just what happens, kids.”
Pattinson: “Use a condom! That’s the moral of the movie.”
Q: How did it feel to be in that wedding dress?
Stewart: “The dress was tight. It was so tight. I really liked it, it was really pretty. It was a huge deal, keeping this thing shrouded, I was wearing this Volturi cape most of the time and I hated it. You know, you want to feel pretty on your wedding day and every single time they call ‘cut’ someone comes and attacks you with a Volturi cape and I’m like, ‘Where am I?’”
Q: What’s been your most memorable fan experience since this all started?
Pattinson: “My favourite moment was actually on the first film when nobody knew what was going on. We were doing the last bit of the shoot and there were these people that were waiting outside of the perimeter of the set and this one woman handed her baby, who was three months old, to an AD (assistant director) to meet us. The AD didn’t really know what to do with it and he’s like, I think she wants you to sign the baby or something...No, she wanted pictures with the baby. I didn’t really understand the reality of the situation at that point, that anyone would actually see this picture, and so there’s a picture of me on the internet biting this baby.”
Stewart: “You bit the baby?”
Pattinson: “Yeah.”
Stewart: “That’s so weird.”
Pattinson: “I didn’t actually like, touch it. It’s kind of a funny picture. The baby was so young that the entire head fits in my mouth.”
Stewart: “I’ve had pretty gratifying experiences ... It’s funny because I think if I were to meet some of the people whose work has really spoken to me on some level that I think only I could understand, and you know, we have this connection...I’m sure that when I met this person and I told them that and I said, ‘I really know you, I know a version of you really well, I just thank you so much,’ I’m sure they would think I was a nut case. Now having been in both positions it’s kind of understandable....The crying is always what’s weird.”
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Interview with Kristen & Rob in French magazine Star Club
Kristen's interview
For the promotion of Breaking dawn, Star Club met the pretty and mysterious Kristen who made the effort to fight her shyness and open herself to us.
First of all, how do you explain the madness over Twilight?
If young kids are fascinated by vampires, it’s because they’re night creatures who evolve between two worlds, the living and the dead. I’m not saying teenagers are living dead, but more than often, we’re given the feeling, that as teenagers we’re trapped between two worlds we’re we can’t find a place. On one side, the world of children and on the other the one of adults. In Twilight, Bella looks for impossible and sublime love.
How do you manage your stardom?
Being famous doesn’t bother me, it’s the way, us, actors are perceived. People think that since we’re famous, our high hopes are different from theirs. If only they knew. Our only hope is to have friends, a good quality of life and interesting projects to work on. Just like everyone! People need to stop thinking that as soon as I get home, all my door knobs are golden or that I pay someone to make sure the temperature of my bath is cool enough…
The after Twilight. How do you feel about it?
I’m at the point in my carreer where I need to become independent artistically. Don’t get me wrong, I would never disown Bella or Twilight, it’s just a natural progression in my career.
What are you going to miss the most from Twilight?
The atmosphere on set, my friends, being leagued with the staff. We were one big family, you know.
What are you going to miss the least?
To portray Bella, I had to wear brown contacts seeing as in the books, she has brown eyes and mines are so green. Every hour an ophthalmologist would come and put eye drops into my eyes so I wouldn’t get a cornea infection.
You seem like a really calm person. What makes you mad, if anything does …
Hateful , racist and ignorant sayings. When I hear people criticize without knowing the context , it makes me boil inside.
Do you have a panic room in your house ? Like in the movie you filmed, with Jodies Foster, when you were just a kid.
No, I don’t have a panic room, nor a guard dog, nor a watchtower or muscles men in front of my doors. I don’t have guns either because I’m a not a violent person. I fear though that I might get kill by twitter. One day, someone will find my address and come shoot me. *laughs*
What was the last rumor related to you that made you laugh?
I don’t read gossip magazines but someone told me one that is pretty hilarious. Some journalist said that since I was playing Bella, I intended to raise wolves, on the side of my movie carrer.
The BIG question!
What is the one thing the press told about you that stuck to you and that makes you enrage the most?
It is said that I’m distant and cold. I’m just someone who’s very shy. I’m not comfortable doing interviews because I have to talk about me. To talk about yourself you have to know yourself pretty well and I feel like there are still some shades in me that I don’t know about.
Scans and transcript for full interview kristenstewartfrance.com
Translation via @KSFranceCom and @team_kbitch
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Translation via @KSFranceCom and @team_kbitch
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Rob's Interview
How was the mood on set?
It was really nice. There were more than a hundred people for the last scene, which was great. I’d already done my biggest scenes with Kristen so we were able to relax. Like I said, we had nice weather so it was a nice way to end everything.
In the fourth film you become a dad, was that weird?
Not really, holding a baby isn’t too hard. Now playing a dad isn’t something you prepare for it's definitely something new when you’re not a father but you star to react naturally when you hold a baby in your arms. You feel like protecting it. But when Mackenzie Foy started playing Renesmee (our daughter) older, it was weirder. I told myself, ‘we have a 11 years old daughter.’ *laughs*
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Bill Condon talks about Kristen, Rob and 'Breaking Dawn' (HitFix)
Was there any actor who surprised you?
I think people will be surprised by everybody. In general, Kristen has such a huge journey to take and to watch her become this fierce, protective, powerful mother figure? I think that will surprise people. Taylor surprised me with his commitment and the dark places he goes to in this movie. And Rob, I think there is some sense that he has relaxed into this part and finally willing to show more of himself. His own charm, wit and grace are in evidence in this movie. It surprised me in how relaxed he seemed in something he’s fought a little against before.
How open were the actors to actually taking more direction than you’d expect?
All of the characters take tremendous steps in this story and that’s part of what turned me on to the material, to collaborate with Kristen Stewart as she goes from being the Bella we know in the first three movies to being a bride, being someone who finally has sex, gets pregnant, gets sick, gives birth, dies, become a vampire, becomes a warrior? Just think of that journey. I guess for none of them it was just playing the same old thing.
Hardcore fans will recognize Bella’s Lullaby I’m guessing?
Yes, it definitely plays a part.
Is there a theme that’s repetitive through the movie?
If I say there are three, I probably mean five. There is a Renesme theme that really comes to fruition to movie two that is quite prominent in movie one. There is a Bella/Edward love them that plays a lot throughout the first half of the movie. There is Jacob’s theme and there is a theme that suggests the love of everyone around Bella at the wedding, especially her parents and that’s really lovely. I probably am missing one, but those are the big themes.
For the full interview go to HitFix
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