And talk “New Moon”

Aug 14, 2009 09:49 GMT  ·  By
The latest issue of EW brings Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and plenty of “New Moon” details
   The latest issue of EW brings Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart and plenty of “New Moon” details

This week’s cover of Entertainment Weekly brings one of the most mediated onscreen couples in recent years: Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) of “The Twilight Saga.” Second best only to the Bella-Edward couple, the pair not only grace the cover of the mag, but are also generous enough to offer fans a few precious insights on “New Moon,” scheduled for release on November 20.

Fans already know what they’re to expect in terms of plot from the second film in the franchise, so the real question now is how shooting for it went for the trio that make the love triangle in it: Bella, Jacob and Edward. As far as he is concerned, Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward, tells EW he was happy with the downsized role because it allowed him a stress-free three months when he only had to make a couple of appearances at the studio to shoot his scenes against green screens, and a few more on the actual movie set.

This way, the focus fell entirely on Lautner, the young actor who underwent an extraordinary physical transformation to literally become Jacob Black and who, shortly after “Twilight,” had to publicly campaign to convince Summit to let him reprise his role. As far as that is concerned, Stewart says it was a smart move on behalf of the studio since Taylor had to prove he was mature enough to handle doing the sequel as well. Now that he has, she is personally happy about it because she and him got to share a few very special moments on the set of “New Moon.”

“It’s completely understandable why they wanted to make sure he was right. He was so young, 16, so I got it. But I knew he had [to do] it. Just because of how I felt around him. We have that relationship. It’s lamely cute.” Stewart says of what it was like to shoot almost the entire movie just with Lautner, no Pattinson around. Of course, the pressure was also bigger than with “Twilight” because they were no longer working on an underdog, but on a project they knew many fans had high expectations of, the actress further explains for EW.

“[Making ‘Twilight’] was much more of a fight. We needed to make something commercial but stay true to the book. We didn’t have enough money. It was all very impulsive, and that’s what I love about that movie… But I think ‘New Moon’ is gonna be even better.” Kristen Stewart says for the same magazine. To check out the full interview, as well as stay up to date with the latest “New Moon” details, pick up the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly.