“Too strange.” Sofia Coppola reveals why she refused to direct the latest film in the “Twilight” saga.

What could the film of the saga have been like? Dusk Directed by Sofia Coppola, the quintessential indie filmmaker. We’ll never know, but it came close, according to Francis Ford Coppola’s daughter in an interview with an American magazine this Tuesday, October 24. Rolling Stone . He, who dreamed of directing a film for teenagers, was ready to direct the latest opus of the vampire saga, but some “oddities” in the script eventually dissuaded him.

A trip to the land of teenagers

in the mid-2000s, Dusk is a resounding success. First are Stephenie Meyer’s books, 5 of which have been published since 2005, and very quickly the movies, which have been released between 2008 and 2012. Everything in this cycle is part of the event. Girls, the movies complete the anointing of the legend Dusk. We especially remember the performances of Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart, Edward and Bella, lovers on the screen and in the city. But what we know less is that Sofia Coppola, the director who has been crowned with rave reviews Lost in translation or Marie Antoinette almost made the last film Dusk, Revelation “We had a meeting, but it didn’t work out,” he told the American magazine. Why an indie film director in a world of successful teen films? According to him, he always wanted to make a genre film. “I think it would be fun to do sci-fi, and I think it would be fun to do, not scream, Gothic Horror,” he says, before adding that: he “thought it was ridiculous to make a vampire movie for teenagers”.

But other considerations came into play and dissuaded Sofia Coppola from making the film. And specifically the story, which he describes as “eccentric” before explaining: “I found this whole story of fingerprints between them strange. [un lien magique qui s’établit entre deux êtres, la plupart du temps des vampires, typique de la mythologie Twilight, NDLR], and a werewolf.” The director was also surprised by the character of Renesmee, the little girl born from the union of Edward, a vampire, and Bella, when she was still human, described in the novel as a “hybrid”; It’s so weird,” the director said, before summing up: “I think the last episode really goes too far. We now know that it was Bill Condon who ultimately directed the final episode of the saga, which was split into two parts, released in 2011 and 2012. But it’s a sign that Sofia Coppola hasn’t given up on the idea of ​​making a “genre” movie. , he was approached to direct the live-action film Little mermaidfinally released in 2023 and directed by Rob Marshall. From there, see what comes out Priscilla Making a biopic about Elvis Presley’s wife in January 2024 is just one step … which we’re careful not to do right now.

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