When Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
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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.
