respite for the actor, who’s knee deep in the middle of filming
“Breaking Dawn,” the two-part final installment of the “Twilight” saga.
“It’s been really hard shooting both films at the
same time,” said the 24-year-old, moments before he had to present the
award. “But it’s the end of an era.”
That era will be one that
the films’ distributor, not to mention the franchise’s devoted fans,
will be sorry to see end. Starting with 2008’s “Twilight,” which first
saw Pattinson’s vampire,
In “Breaking Dawn,” Bella consents to Edward’s
marriage proposal — his condition if he is to grant Bella’s request
that he transform her into a vampire — and the couple wed before
heading to a remote island for a honeymoon.
Speaking by phone this month, director
who’s helming both parts of the finale, said he’s thrilled with what
he’s seen from his leads. “All the characters are moving (in this
chapter). It’s really about the passage from adolescence to adulthood,
and they all seem energized by that. It’s the stuff they are all
connecting to in their lives.”
As for Pattinson, Condon added, “The final movie
allows us to step behind the curtain of what it’s like to be a vampire.
It doesn’t seem that exotic anymore.”
Condon, whose previous feature was the big-screen adaptation of the
musical “Dreamgirls,” said he was excited to direct the two “Twilight”
films because the genre recalled his early work, such as “Candyman II:
Farewell to the Flesh.”
“I had started in horror and genre movies and had
been looking for a way to do another one,” Condon said. “I love
vampires, and I liked this series, and I thought the stories were
amazing. It seemed exciting to me.”
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