Twilight

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“It’s such a gay movie.”

Kristen Stewart1

“It’s a really weird story. It’s about this guy, and he finds the one girl he wants to be with, and he also wants to eat her. I mean, not eat her, but drink her blood or whatever. Something like that.”

Robert Pattinson in conversation with Jennifer Lopez2

“Nobody knew what it was going to be, what it was. I didn’t have committees giving me notes; I wasn’t watched by big-time producers. I didn’t have the pressure of hitting blockbuster marks. We didn’t even have a test screening, so it was really made like an indie film.”

Catherine Hardwicke3

• 1Kristen Stewart, cited in Adam B. Vary, “How Kristen Stewart Became a Queer Trailblazer,” Variety, 11 January 2024.
• 2Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lopez, “Actors on Actors [Studio Talk],” Variety, 14 November 2019.
• 3Lou Vanhecke and Lilly Howell, “‘Twilight’ at 10: Director Catherine Hardwicke on Film’s Surprising Success, Breaking Down Gender Walls,” The Hollywood Reporter, 21 November 2018.