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The Twilight Saga: New MoonProduction Notestogether.“Jacob is the polar opposite,” Stewart continues. “He’s light. He’s fun and warm, and brings the bestthings out of her. Basically he’s her best friend, and if you could date your best friend it would be abeautiful thing, but you’re not always in love with them.”Weitz’s level of preparation won big points with Stewart. “Chris has very organized thoughts and he’sreally collaborative,” she says. “It was good to know he was as committed to the project as we are, notjust jumping on the next big thing.”Robert Pattinson was also impressed by the director’s grasp of the world of Twilight. “Twilight had ahappy ending,” the actor says. “Bella and Edward were together and they’d vanquished their enemies.In The Twilight Saga: New Moon, reality sets in. They are dealing with the progression of theirrelationship and commitment to each other, as well as the very real threats coming out of it. WhenEdward leaves Bella, he basically takes her life from her, and he kills himself by being away from her,because they’ve become so dependent on each other.“Because Kristen and I have played the parts before, we have a very specific idea of how we think thecharacters develop throughout the whole series,” Pattinson continues. “Chris was very understanding ofthat. But he also came prepared with a lot of great ideas and he had a lot of research to back them up.”Pattinson refers to his character as a “reluctant vampire,” in contrast to the Volturi. “They seethemselves as monsters, but they’re comfortable with that,” he says. “But when they see a human whosays she loves Edward, they want to believe that can happen, and that’s essentially what saves him.”The Twilight Saga: New Moon signals the rise of Jacob Black, a character that plays a more peripheralrole in the first film. Jacob is a member of the Quileute tribe, the traditional people of Forks,Washington. A childhood friend of Bella’s, Jacob was not initially meant to be as integral to the story ashe became, according to Meyer. “Jacob came out of nowhere. He wasn’t supposed to exist in the waythat he does, but his personality was so there and so strong. I could see how he would shape the eventsof the book.”During The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Jacob learns he has been chosen to become a protector of hispeople—a werewolf who defends them against the predations of the vampires. “Jacob’s been goingthrough a transformation,” Lautner says. “You’ll see a different physicality in Jacob’s character. And ashe becomes different physically, he changes emotionally.“I enjoyed doing the majority of my own stunts and those are some of my favorite moments in the film,”says the actor, who was 17 during principal photography. “For instance, in one scene, Jacob rips out ofthe house, jumps over a fence, hops across a creek and sprints through a field. I was on wires and gotlifted ten feet above the ground until coming to a jolting stop where I had to freeze so the visual effectspeople could later take my body and convert it into a wolf.”Lautner, who played sports all through school and competed in “extreme martial arts,” says hisathleticism not only allowed him to accomplish his stunts, it also informed the mannerisms andprogression of the character. “Pre-transformation, he’s very clumsy, like that enthusiastic teenage boywho jogs around, tripping over his own feet,” the actor says. “But when he goes through his wolfevolution, he becomes very agile,”6
The Twilight Saga: New MoonProduction NotesJacob’s relationship with Bella is changing also. “The opportunity that Jacob has to develop hisrelationship with Bella is the most exciting change for me,” says Lautner. “Jacob becomes the sunshinethat wakes Bella up and brings her back to life. And then when Edward comes back, Jacob loses all that.”The Internet has spawned a robust Team Jacob versus Team Edward debate. “Taylor does a lot for TeamJacob,” says Meyer. “The whole Team Jacob/Team Edward thing is based on the type of boy that anindividual is interested in. If I were for a team, I’d say I’d probably be Team Jacob. That’s more my style.If you believe that you can develop a deep friendship and then all of a sudden fall in love later on, thenyou should be Team Jacob. But if you believe in love at first sight and seeing that mysterious man in thecorner, then all right, join Team Edward.”Being back together with their fellow castmates has been both nostalgic and inspiring for the actors.“We’ve all changed a lot,” says Stewart. “It’s been a whole year, but we’ve just picked up where we leftoff. It feels very natural.”But, says Lautner, the success of Twilight added a new dimension to the cast reunion.“When we were filming Twilight, none of us had any idea how big it was going to be,” he says. “It’s reallyexciting to be back with the team.”Vampires and VolturiIn a brief but pivotal appearance, the vampiric Cullen family hosts a birthday party for Bella where apaper cut sets off a dangerous chain reaction, prompting Edward to end the romance. Ashley Greene,Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz and Jackson Rathbone all return as the Cullenfamily.“We’ve turned into a real family,” says Reed. “We are all so passionate about this and my castmates aresuch smart, interesting people. It’s great to work with them again and we are so fortunate that we get tocarry these characters through multiple films. We are all such fans of the books, it’s been extremelygratifying to bring something to life that we love so much.”Alice Cullen, played by Greene, comes into her own in this chapter of the story. Her visions of the futurelead directly to Bella’s desperate attempts to rescue Edward from his misguided attempt to kill himself.“Bella is essentially Alice’s best friend,” says Greene. “She wants what is best for Bella. To Alice, themost logical thing is for Bella to become a vampire and stay with the Cullens. She’s respectful ofEdward’s desire to let Bella remain a human for as long as possible, but Alice has seen a different kind offuture.”Two elements of Alice particularly delighted Greene—her penchants for beautiful clothes and fast cars.“I got to wear the best costumes,” she says. “Tish Monaghan, the costume designer, found these greatjackets—a white silk trench coat, a striped Michael Kors jacket—and paired them with black tights andflat ballet shoes and long red gloves. They were great and so Alice-quirky. I also got to drive this amazingyellow Porsche through these windy streets in Italy. I only had one driving lesson the day before we7
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