“This started with a dream I had one night about a vampire and a girl,” says Stephenie Meyer, author of the four megapopular romance novels. “I asked my husband to please watch the kids while I wrote the first book. I sent the book out and got a ton of ‘no’s.’ And then I got a yes. I had no idea it would lead to . . . everything.”
Forbes ranked Meyer as the 59th most powerful celebrity in 2010 with reported annual earnings of $40 million. “I don’t know if all of this has changed me as a storyteller,” says the Arizona native. “It has given me fodder as a writer.”
The latest “Twilight” movie, “Breaking Dawn — Part 1,” has been No. 1 at the box office for two weekends, and Meyer’s book The Host also is being developed into a feature film.
Q. Will there be another book with these characters to continue the franchise?
A. Right now I don’t have much drive about vampires. Sometimes you want to get into a new world. But the characters will always be alive for me, which is my answer right now.
Q. You’ve already wrapped the final “Twilight” film, “Breaking Dawn — Part 2,” opening in 2012. What does it feel like to be done?
A. We had a final night of shooting and there was that closure. But it doesn’t feel like an ending yet until the last movie opens and we get to the end-end.
Q. You have a cameo during the wedding scene in “Part 1.” What was it like to see Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) finally marry?
A. When Kristen came down the aisle the first time, she kind of looked at me for a minute, like, “It’s happening.” It felt like a real wedding. It was awesome.
Q. What do you make of the controversy generated by a story about a young girl who has sex and ultimately dies and is reborn as a vampire?
A. I never think about the politics of it. It’s about a story that’s interesting to me. I’m not going to say “Breaking Dawn” doesn’t get weird. It does. I explored what it means to be a mother. With Bella, it happened to her very young. I’ve always been really fascinated that 100 years ago if you were going to have a baby you could say, “I could die. I’m taking my life in my hands to do that.” I’m fascinated with the idea of this woman who risks her life for a child. She’s like a soldier. For Bella, it’s not a perfect life. It’s a flawed life with choices that affect people.
--suntimes.com
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