LA Times Blog interviewed “The Twilight Saga” scriptwriter Melissa Rosenberg about the huge phenomenon that the saga now is, how the script for “Twilight” differs from “New Moon” and much more.
In May, Hero Complex contributor Gina McIntyre traveled north to Vancouver to visit the set of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” and talk to the creative minds behind one of the most anticipated films of 2009. This week, as we count down to the Friday release of the vampy sequel, McIntyre gives us daily dispatches from her trip. Today it’s a Q&A with screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who was brought in to adapt Stephenie Meyer’s novels.
GM: So director Chris Weitz seems to run an incredibly relaxed set…
MR: This is a happy set. I was with him after delivering the first draft, we had a couple of meetings on the second draft and he was the same guy then as he is here on set. He didn’t suddenly turn into some maniac, stressed out and crazed. He’s really impressive. He’s just capturing every moment with the actors. I haven’t seen one wrong moment with the actors.
GM: What changes did you make to that first draft of “New Moon”?
MR: There was a lot of honing down, cutting down and eliminating certain scenes and pulling out certain elements of the story just to have it move faster.
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