With the first book being released in 2005, the “Twilight” saga, created by the American writer Stephenie Meyerended up gaining so much popularity that it received a successful adaptation in theaters, raising more than 3.3 billion dollars at the worldwide box office, adding all sequels.
To this day, the franchise continues to have a huge legion of fans and huge popularity. Therefore, it was confirmed that the saga will win a series version by Lionsgate, which still does not have a premiere date, synopsis, cast or directors revealed.
If you are also a fan of “Twilight”, know some facts about the saga that maybe you didn’t know. Look!
1. Thank you for keeping fit
Nowadays, it is very difficult to imagine the character of Jacob Black being played by any actor other than Taylor Lautner — but it nearly happened. That’s because according to the ScreenRant portal, the production team was prepared to replace him in the second film if the star couldn’t keep himself in shape to faithfully represent the werewolf presented in the books.
2. Almost Fired?
During the production of the films, the actor Robert Pattinson and the film’s producers had differing ideas about how Edward Cullen should be interpreted. For production executives, pattinson he was wanting to give life to the character in a very serious way, going against the initial idea of the team and, therefore, they would have decided to call him for a private conversation giving an ultimatum.
3. Contact lenses
In the books, Stephenie Meyer describes in a very specific way the physical characteristics of each character and, according to ScreenRant, all of them should be kept during the recording of the films. In this way, as reported by Insider, the actress Kristen Stewartwho plays Bella Swan, had to wear brown contact lenses to cover her natural light eyes, and fit the description of the character.
4. Bribery?
It wasn’t just in contact lenses that Kristen that the team intervened. As reported by E!News, while starring in Twilight, Stewart was also working on a side film entitled “The Runaways”, and wanted to cut his hair to bring life to Joanjett in production. The site claims that the idea would not have been very well accepted by the producers, who would have begged the actress, and even offered her a bribe so that she would not cut her hair – but the idea ended up not working out and she cut it anyway.
5. Jug of the Bad Word
During the recording of “Breaking Dawn — Part 2”, with the intention of making the cast use less profanity due to the presence of Mackenzie Foy, the child actress responsible for interpreting Renesmee, the daughter of Edward and Bella, a system known as the “Bleed Jug” was implemented, where all those who spoke any obscenity would need to make a monetary donation in the pot. In the end, the stars confirmed that all the money raised was donated to St. Jude’s.
Source: Recreio
