There is no choice for her. That’s an interesting change for her. She takes things for what they are. Bella doesn’t over consider things and let them intimidate her. Edward is tortured and thinks that his is wrong and he’s going to hurt her and this is something that you should run away from. And she’s like: ‘You can’t live life like that.’

 
Why are vampires so sexy?

I think it’s because they are classically meant to draw you in to the point where they have you in a complete submitting state so they can then kill you! So that’s sexy a little bit - to give yourself to something - to completely let something take over you. It’s like the forbidden fruit. It’s something you can’t have so you just want more.

 
Were you drawn to a particular scene that you looked forward to shooting when you read the book?

Yeah, one thing about this movie is that there are very iconic moments. If you read the book, there are moments in the film that are bigger in your mind. The reveal of what Edward is. Everything in this movie is a fight like a fight to find out who he is. A fight to have him acknowledge it and to sustain that.

I think when he reveals who exactly he is, he shows Bella his true colours so to speak. He shines and glistens in the sunlight. There’s a moment when he turns and shows her and he is ashamed. She’s looking at him thinking that this is the most unspeakable, beautiful thing in her life and he’s just ashamed of it.

    
Is it an instant attraction between Bella and Edward?

It’s not like they get to know each other and they think he is really cool and she is really great and they have so much in common. It is an instant chemical reaction. Like she walks in the classroom and he smells her for the first time. And can’t take it. He’s like crushing the table. Most girls would want to crawl under the table and die and she’s sort of like she has to know what it is. It’s this chemical thing that is going on. It doesn’t exist in the real world.

 
Is it very romantic?

Yeah classically speaking. We were playing around with vampire mythology and how vampires effect people and their powers, you find yourself arguing about the little details like at three o’clock in the morning! The touch thing like what it feels like to touch a vampire, like all of that it doesn’t exist so it was hard to make sure we did all of our homework and have it be consistent.

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