How was the movie "Twilight"

How was the movie "Twilight"


The film "Twilight", based on the novel of the same nameStephanie Meyer and dedicated to the love relationship between a vampire and an ordinary girl, was released in 2008. He immediately became incredibly popular. Fans of cinema are often interested in how the shooting of the first part of the world-famous saga took place.



How was the movie "Twilight"


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Production of the movie "Twilight" began in April2007. In agreement with the author of the book and the script of Stephanie Meyer, Catherine Hardwick was appointed as director. Then the casting of the actors began. First to the main role, Bella Swang almost immediately approved Kristen Stewart, but with the choice of actor for the role of Edward Cullen was not so simple. In total, five thousand actors were watched. The four finalists included Robert Pattinson, Jackson Rathbone, Ben Barnes and Shilo Fernandez. As a result, the role of the vampire was still approved by Robert Pattinson, and Rathbone subsequently played in the film Jasper.


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Filming began in February 2008 andlasted on May 2 of the same year. Most of the actors, including the main characters, were still little known at the time. Robert Pattinson was familiar to the audience for the role of Cedric Diggory in the movie "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", and Kristen Stewart played in several low budget films. In addition, the film has a fairly large amount of computer graphics, which also made it possible to reduce the cost of shooting. As a result, the film's budget by Hollywood standards turned out to be quite modest - only $ 37,000,000.


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A special place in the movie "Twilight" is occupied by imagescharacters-vampires, for the creation of which the actors put on a complex make-up. Robert Pattinson had to dye his hair and change his hair. Also every day during the shooting he wore brown contact lenses. Subsequently, in some scenes, the actor's face and body were processed using computer effects, which allowed the vampire skin to shine.


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The picture came out in the world of rolling. November 17, 2008of the year. In Russia, the premiere was held three days later. Already for the first weekend, the film managed to work out its budget and subsequently began to make profits with incredible speed. In total, the picture was able to collect around 400,000,000 dollars in the worldwide box office.