Actress Kristen Stewart, who gained global recognition for her role as Bella Swan, has expressed a strong desire to direct a high-budget remake of the vampire romance “Twilight.”
The actress, recently named among 10 up-and-coming directors following her directorial debut, “The Chronology of Water,” set to release in 2025, shared her thoughts with Entertainment Tonight. She remarked, “I would love. I love what Catherine (Hardwicke) did, I love what Chris (Weitz) did, I love what all of the directors did with the movies.”
She continued, “They were so themselves and weird and kind of like, squirrelly, and just so present in that time when they didn’t really know what they were yet, like before they blew up. Imagine if we had a huge budget and a bunch of love and support. I don’t know – I would love to readapt. Yeah, sure, I’ll do the remake. I’m doing it! I’m committed!”
The “Twilight” franchise, adapted from Stephanie Meyer’s novels, had a total of three installments helmed by different directors. Catherine Hardwicke, 70, directed the original in 2008, followed by Chris Weitz, 56, who directed “New Moon” in 2009. David Slade, 56, took the reins for “Eclipse” in 2010, while Bill Condon, 70, directed the two-part finale, “Breaking Dawn,” released in 2011 and 2012.
In the successful franchise, Stewart starred alongside Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick, Peter Facinelli, and Kellan Lutz. Interestingly, she never anticipated that a sequel to “Twilight” would be created, as she didn’t foresee the immense success of the first film.
Reflecting on this during a 2022 appearance on the Jess Cagle Podcast, she stated, “I always want to remind people that [the first ‘Twilight’ movie was technically an indie] without diminishing it, or being like ‘it was nothing!’ We just did not know. And it was kind of like an oddball, slightly marginal teen movie. I didn’t think everyone was going to take to that. I didn’t think we were going to make a sequel.”