‘Twilight’ filmmakers were worried about ‘illegal’ kiss between teen stars

One in every of Hollywood’s most well-known smooches might have gotten its star arrested.

Kristin Stewart was simply 17 when she was being thought of to star reverse a then-21-year-old Robert Pattinson within the teen vampire film “Twilight.”

Director Catherine Hardwicke regarded again on the former couple‘s 2007 audition, which had the younger actors getting scorching and heavy on a mattress in Hardwicke’s personal home. The kiss was so steamy, it precipitated Pattinson to drop to the ground, the director stated on “The Huge Hit Present” podcast.

The franchise’s filmmakers have been frightened concerning the kiss as a result of Stewart was underage on the time.

Hardwicke gave the podcast a tour of her dwelling the place she first held the “Twilight” auditions again in 2007. She then ushered the present’s crew into her bed room the place the “Batman” star and the “Spencer” actress kissed throughout their display screen take a look at.

“Rob and Kristen did the audition proper right here on the mattress. They did the kissing scene and he fell off and landed proper there on this ground,” she recalled.

The “Purple Using Hood” director then reminisced about how Pattinson, now 35, regarded when he first stepped foot into her dwelling for the audition. “He walked in and he had his hair was dyed black for some play, with these wacky bangs. He was a bit out of form,” she stated. “His shirt was simply all messy, and I’m like, ‘Oh, OK. OK, let’s see how this goes.'”

She continued, “Rob and Kristen auditioned on my mattress, the kissing scene, Rob was so into it he fell away from bed. I’m like, ‘Dude, relax.’ And I’m in there filming with my little video digital camera, no matter.”

Stewart is seen opposite Robert Pattinson in "The Twilight Saga."
Stewart is seen reverse Pattinson in “Twilight.”
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“And on the finish, Kristen was like, ‘It needs to be Rob,'” Hardwicke stated. “I might inform they'd plenty of chemistry, and I’m like, ‘Oh my God.’ I assumed, Kristen was 17. I don’t need to get in some unlawful issues.

“So I keep in mind I advised Rob, ‘By the way in which, Kristen is 17. In our nation, it’s unlawful to have a sexual … ‘ And he’s like, ‘Oh, OK, no matter,'” she added.

Following the audition course of, Pattinson’s casting needed to be permitted by “Twilight” writer Stephenie Meyer. In line with the podcast, Meyer had an “association with Summit [Entertainment that included] veto energy regarding casting selections like this one.”

True followers will keep in mind that Meyer initially needed “Man of Metal” star Henry Cavill to painting Pattinson’s Edward Cullen to Stewart’s Bella Swan. Nonetheless, Cavill was 24 years previous in 2007 and regarded too previous to play a 17-year-old immortal vampire.

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Cavill was within the operating to play Edward Cullen within the “Twilight” movie collection.
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“My opinions on the film matter to nobody. I've no affect on what goes on with the film in any respect. Nobody goes to ask who I feel ought to star in ‘Twilight,’” Meyer wrote on her web site in 2007 about her selection of casting.

“The one actor I’ve ever seen who I feel might come near pulling off Edward Cullen is Henry Cavill,” she defined on the time. “Probably the most disappointing factor for me is dropping my excellent Edward. Henry Cavill is now 24. Allow us to have a second of quiet wherein to mourn … “

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