Eclipse stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner are on this week's cover of Entertainment Weekly, on stands TOMORROW. The duo not only grace the cover of the magazine, but are also generous enough to offer fans some interesting trivia on “New Moon,” scheduled for release on November 20. Here are some highlights from the interview:
So all the fans want to know how shooting went for the trio that make up the love triangle in it: Bella, Jacob and Edward. As far as he is concerned, Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward, tells EW he was happy with the downsized role because it allowed him a stress-free three months when he only had to make a couple of appearances at the studio to shoot his scenes against green screens, and a few more on the actual movie set.
The focus of new moon falls entirely on Lautner, the young actor who underwent an extraordinary physical transformation to literally become Jacob Black and who, shortly after “Twilight,” had to publicly campaign to convince Summit to let him keep his role.
Stewart says it was a smart move on behalf of the studio since Taylor had to prove he was mature enough to handle doing the sequel as well. Now that he has, she is personally happy about it because she and him got to share a few very special moments on the set of “New Moon.”
She added “It’s completely understandable why they wanted to make sure he was right. He was so young, 16, so I got it. But I knew he had to do it. Just because of how I felt around him. We have that relationship. It’s lamely cute.” Stewart says of what it was like to shoot almost the entire movie just with Lautner, no Pattinson around. Of course, the pressure was also bigger than with “Twilight” because they were no longer working on an underdog, but on a project they knew many fans had high expectations of.
“Making ‘Twilight’ was much more of a fight. We needed to make something commercial but stay true to the book. We didn’t have enough money. It was all very impulsive, and that’s what I love about that movie… But I think ‘New Moon’ is gonna be even better.” Kristen Stewart says . To check out the full interview, pick up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly tomorrow.