“Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke on adapting successful books
Director Catherine Hardwicke works with Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward, during the filming of “Twilight” back in the spring. (Associated Press photo)
It’s been the big question on the lips of every entertainment journalist talking to the cast and crew of the hotly anticipated movie “Twilight”: How are you dealing with the pressure of adapting Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally popular book, which has an extremely devoted and outspoken fan base?
For director Catherine Hardwicke, she’s done this sort of book-to-movie translation before - her last film was 2006’s “The Nativity Story.”
“A lot of fans read the Bible too. In fact, more people bought that than the ‘Twilight’ series,” she said with a laugh during an interview at the recent press junket in Beverly Hills, Calif.
She also said she tries to do the best job she can on every movie she works on:
“For me, personally, I put my own pressure on myself. Every job I’ve done, as a production designer, I wanted to make every set as excellent, as interesting as I could make it. Every film I’ve done I’ve tried to do the best I could within my constraints and budget. So I don’t think that anybody could put any more pressure on me than I put on myself.
“But having said that, did I want the fans to be excited about it and love it? Hell yes! I want people to get into the film and feel like they saw what they love come alive on the screen.”
-BAM
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