Meet some ‘Twilight’ moments that were forbidden to be changed by author Stephenie Meyer
Originally launched between 2005 and 2008, the literary saga “Twilight”, written by the American author Stephenie Meyerwas one of the biggest hits of the 2000s. The franchise drew so much attention that it gained its own adaptation for the cinemas, which also fell in the public’s taste and is extremely adored to this day.
However, like any adaptation, the feature films had to follow some rules imposed by the writer, who asked that certain aspects of the plot not be changed. Check out some of them!
1. Jacob’s mechanical skills
In the books, Jacob rebuilt a Volkswagen Rabbit with spare parts and frequently drove the car around Forks throughout the saga. Although, in the movies, the wolf’s mechanical ability does not appear so much, we can have a small hint in “New Moon”, when he teaches Bella to ride a motorcycle.
2. Cullen’s Physical Characteristics
At the beginning of the production of the films, the director Catherine Hardwicke had a desire to diversify the Cullen family, without making them look too similar physically. However, according to the ScreenRant portal, the idea was denied by the author, who asked for the characters to be as described in the books, with “pale and shiny skin”.
3. No long teeth
In the same way, Meyer it also blocked the scriptwriters’ idea of putting the saga’s vampires with long teeth — and, this time, the idea was supported by the director. As echoed by ScreenRant, the suggestion was present in the first script written by Mark Lord for MTV, and which also featured numerous story changes. The portal states that, after reading the script, Hardwicke would have thrown the text in the trash, and decided to start all over again to stay as faithful as possible to the original story.
4. Forbidden to kill characters
Even in the first script written by Mark Lord, another change present in the text was the death of Carlisle Cullen, leader of the Cullen clan, and Charlie Swan, Bella’s father. After Catherine discard all text from lord, Meyer demanded that all characters who were in the book and did not die on the pages were prohibited from being killed in theaters. The writer would still have concluded by stating that the screenwriters could only kill new characters, without changing the fate of the originals.
5. “How long have you been 17?”
As described by an article published by The New York Times, the scene in which Bella asks Edward how long he has been 17 was on the list of Stephenie of the moments that could not be changed since, for the writer, the adaptation would not be the same if this sequence did not exist. Therefore, in the version we saw in theaters, it is possible to notice that even some lines of the characters are exactly the same as those in the books.
Source: Recreio
