Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Eclipse poster
David Slade explains why he took on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in an audio interview at Earth’s Mightiest Fansites.
"It was just that I’d done two very intense films," the director of Hard Candy and 30 Days of Night says over the phone. "One was an outright horror film, one was a thriller. … There were a lot of films around that I could’ve done … but no one was offering me something different."
Slade added that Summit wasn’t scared he might make Eclipse "too scary," and that he focused on exploring the core of the fantasy aspects of the Twilight Saga so as to make them look real on screen. That way, audiences would be able to accept both the characters’ emotional entanglements and the fantastical elements found in the story.
"There was a certain degree of mythology that was really interesting to me and that I really liked … that I could bring a sense of … awareness I think hadn’t been addressed before. How do these things work when it comes to vampires? Why do they sparkle? What is it about them that does that and how does that work? Those kinds of things were really interesting to me. Those things were explored a little. There aren’t as many sparkly shots, but I think you get a sense of the physics of the whole thing … On the one hand, you have this intensely naturalistic romantic drama … so when it comes to the kinds of fantastic elements, to me it was important that they didn’t rise above the level of magic realism. You had to accept them as natural, as the next thing."
Starring Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse opens in the United States and about a dozen other countries on June 30. Melissa Rosenberg adapted Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling novel.
Also in the Eclipse cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Kellan Lutz, Xavier Samuel, Dakota Fanning, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Billy Burke, Daniel Cudmore, Anna Kendrick, and Jodelle Ferland.
Note: The David Slade interview was found thanks to a tweet by “The Twilight Examiner.”
Photo: Summit Entertainment
I expect a lot form him, :)