Twilight Director Says She Wanted More Actors Of Color In The Film

[BUtterfield 8 38,282]

“(Meyer) had not really written it (the books) that way. So she probably just didn’t see the world that way. And I was like, oh my God, I want the vampires, I want them all—Alice, I wanted her to be Japanese! I had all these ideas. And she just could not accept the Cullens to be more diverse, because she had really seen them in her mind, she knew who each character was representing in a way, a personal friend or a relative or something. She said, 'I wrote that they had this pale glistening skin!'” 

Hardwicke said Meyer finally got with the idea of having the Kenyan-born actor Edi Gathegi play Laurent, whom the director describes as “one of the scary antagonistic vampires." She explained, “The only reason that came through was he was described as having olive skin. And I said, there are black olives out there! Then she was open to the students in (Bella’s) peer group being other ethnicities, so we got Christian Serratos and Justin Chon, so we were able to open it up a little bit.”

https://shadowandact.com/twilight-catherine-hardwicke-stephanie-meyer-against-diverse-casting

[Married the Night 3,923]

Well the cullens are supposed to appear to be the same family. So it would not have made sense. 

[Andreu 37,216]

very easy to say this now

he'll look cool and woke, and it changes nothing.

[BUtterfield 8 38,282]

2 minutes ago, Andreu said:

very easy to say this now

he'll look cool and woke, and it changes nothing.

She’ll*

[Andreu 37,216]

5 minutes ago, Rainbow1 said:

She’ll*

woops my bad

And the mistake I'm making every five seconds while writing in english ):

[DelusionalGaga 29,205]

Not even diversity could have saved that tragic franchise. 

[Kimmo 76,590]

“Now that is 2018 and is better not be racist I think I would’ve better if the Cullens were all black...and Bella Asian and maybe the wolf could’ve been Mexican, werewolf Jacobo” 

      -Catherine Hardwicke 

 

[Andreu 37,216]

3 minutes ago, DelusionalGaga said:

Not even diversity could have saved that tragic franchise. 

excuse youuuu

[weed 66,822]

30 minutes ago, Rainbow1 said:

he was described as having olive skin. And I said, there are black olives out there!

this is how she got POC roles in the movie? 

[Roronoa 6,324]

Let me tell you something about my high school days (when Twilight was popular). High school girls only cared about good looking WHITE CAUCASIAN guys. I saw a school poster they made of '10 most good looking guys', had Harry Styles and Justin Bieber etc., but all were white.

Twilight wouldn't have sold well if it was ethnically/ racially diverse. That being said, things might be different nowadays.

[Pablo 6,941]

It's easier to say this now, almost 10 years later 

[Pacify Him 9,073]

The franchise is already over, next!

[Yuuri 21,636]

33 minutes ago, Pacify Him said:

The franchise is already over, next!

Get ready for a spin offs called Half-light, Daybreak, and Nightfall.

[ZiggyZiggs 29,846]

2 hours ago, Married the Night said:

Well the cullens are supposed to appear to be the same family. So it would not have made sense. 

They were all adopted, no blood relations, somebody forgot to do their homework I see 

[gumzy3000 6,427]

It's 2018... Why is anyone still talking about or mentioning Twilight...