Twilight director worried about potentially ‘illegal’ relationship between stars
The director of Twilight has revealed she was worried about Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson striking up a relationship when they were cast in the movie.
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One of Hollywood’s most famous smooches could have seen its one of its stars arrested.
US actress Kristin Stewart was just 17 when she was being considered to appear opposite a then-21-year-old British actor Robert Pattinson in the teen vampire movie, Twilight.
Director Catherine Hardwicke looked back on the former couple’s 2007 audition, which had the young actors getting hot and heavy on a bed in Hardwicke’s own house, New York Post reports.
The kiss was so steamy, it caused Pattinson to drop to the floor, the director said on The Big Hit Show podcast.
The franchise’s filmmakers were worried about the kiss because Stewart was underage at the time.
Hardwicke gave the podcast a tour of her home where she first held the Twilight auditions back in 2007. She then ushered the show’s crew into her bedroom where the Batman star and the Spencer actress kissed during their screen test.
“Rob and Kristen did the audition right here on the bed. They did the kissing scene and he fell off and landed right there on this floor,” she said.
The Red Riding Hood director then reminisced about how Pattinson, now 35, looked when he first stepped foot into her home for the audition.
“He walked in and he had his hair was dyed black for some play, with these wacky bangs. He was a bit out of shape,” she said. “His shirt was just all messy, and I’m like, ‘Oh, OK. OK, let’s see how this goes.’
“Rob and Kristen auditioned on my bed, the kissing scene, Rob was so into it he fell off the bed. I’m like, ‘Dude, calm down.’ And I’m in there filming with my little video camera, whatever.
“And at the end, Kristen was like, ‘It has to be Rob,’” Hardwicke said. “I could tell they had a lot of chemistry, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God.’ I thought, Kristen was 17. I don’t want to get in some illegal things.
“So I remember I told Rob, ‘By the way, Kristen is 17. In our country, it’s illegal to have a sexual …’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, OK, whatever,’” she said.
Following the audition process, Pattinson’s casting had to be approved by Twilight author Stephenie Meyer.
According to the podcast, Meyer had an “arrangement with Summit [Entertainment that included] veto power concerning casting decisions like this one”.
True fans will remember that Meyer originally wanted Man of Steel star Henry Cavill to portray Pattinson’s Edward Cullen to Stewart’s Bella Swan.
However, Cavill was 24 years old in 2007 and looked too old to play a 17-year-old immortal vampire.
“My opinions on the movie matter to no one. I have no influence on what goes on with the movie at all. No one is going to ask who I think should star in Twilight,” Meyer wrote on her website in 2007 about her choice of casting.
“The only actor I’ve ever seen who I think could come close to pulling off Edward Cullen is Henry Cavill,” she explained at the time.
“The most disappointing thing for me is losing my perfect Edward. Henry Cavill is now 24. Let us have a moment of quiet in which to mourn.”
Stewart and Pattinson soon went on to become one of Hollywood’s most famous real-life couples, before splitting in 2012 after Stewart was caught having an affair with Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders.
This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission
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