In case you haven’t heard, TWILIGHT is set to be released Nov. 21, 2008, oh but the buzz has been around for a while already. Tons of fansites have been created. The movie trailer was one of the most viewed in iFmagazine’s history. Fans are waiting in eager anticipation for the big screen rendition of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire saga. But at the swirling center of all the media madness and hype is little Kristen Stewart, the young actress chosen to portray Bella Swan. Remember her alongside Jodi Foster in PANIC ROOM? Well she’s grown up now and ready to tackle the juicy role of trying to avoid being vampire bait. She’s also ready to tackle some serious teen issues like divorced parents, isolation, and love.
TWILIGHT tells the story of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), two teens that fall in love. Bella is the new girl in town and attracts lots of attention from all the boys. As fate would have it, she meets and falls in love with Edward. But like star-crossed lovers of yore, they have plenty of obstacles to overcome, the most obvious being that Edward is a vampire. He must resist his temptation to kill Bella while defending her from other vampires who seemingly have no qualms about making her their dinner.
Leave no doubt, TWILIGHT is a love story. Stephenie Meyer has written several books chronicling the struggles that Bella and Edward have been through as they fight for their love. It is a familiar story, forbidden love, but in this particular case, it’s not one that Stewart was familiar with.
“No, I don’t know what rock I was living under,” admits Stewart. “I hadn’t heard about it. I think it reaches—I don’t know, I think it’s sort of a random—some people are saying, ‘How could you not have known about it? I mean, it’s like shoved in my face every day,’ and then other people are like, ‘Twilight?’
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