Bill Condon’s Amazing Commentary for Breaking Dawn Part 1

Bill Condon is the perfect director for the same reason his commentary for Breaking Dawn Part 1 is so illuminating. Condon explains the strengths of each of his actors and collaborators with precision while keeping in mind the complete picture.

Condon’s adoration for the Twilight series is clear; changes made from the novel are explained with grace and thoughtfulness.

Here are the most interesting tidbits-

• The last scene of Breaking Dawn Part 1 is exactly where Part 2 begins.
• “Kristen is the ultimate Twihard.” She remembers the first time she read the books, what made her cry, and she’d lobby for certain lines to be put back in.
• The characters were so comfortable together that “it was between the lines of acting and just being.”
• Towards the end of filming, Kristen Stewart has a scene with Taylor Lautner where Jacob and Bella have a last dance. At the end of the scene as the Quielute recede into the forest, Kristen lifted everyone’s spirits by hiking up her wedding dress and running after Taylor with the hilarious “Jacob! Jacob! I was wrong, I changed my mind, come back, don’t leave me!”
• Kristen Stewart’s Bella in Breaking Dawn 2 is a sort of “Warrior goddess.”
• The original cut of the love scene had “a bit more thrust.”

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