The film "Twilight", shot on the novel by Stephanie Meyer and dedicated to the love relationship between a vampire and an ordinary girl, was released in 2008. He immediately became incredibly popular. Movie lovers are often interested in how the shooting of the first part of the world famous saga took place.
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The production of the movie "Twilight" began in April 2007. In agreement with the author of the book and script, Stephanie Meyer, Katherine Hardwick was approved as a director. Next, the casting of the actors began. The first to play the leading role, Bella Swong was almost immediately approved by Kristen Stewart, but with the choice of an actor for the role of Edward Cullen, it was not so simple. In total, five thousand actors were watched. The four finalists included Robert Pattinson, Jackson Rathbone, Ben Barnes and Shylo Fernandez. As a result, Robert Pattinson was still approved for the role of a vampire, and Rathbone subsequently played in the Jasper movie.
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Filming began in February 2008 and lasted until May 2 of the same year. Most of the actors, including the main characters, were at that time still little known. Robert Pattinson was familiar to the audience in the role of Cedric Diggory in the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and Kristen Stewart played in several low-budget films. In addition, the film has a fairly large number of computer graphics, which also made it possible to reduce the cost of shooting. As a result, the budget of the film by Hollywood standards turned out to be quite modest - only $ 37 million.
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A special place in the movie "Twilight" is occupied by the images of vampire characters, for the creation of which a complex makeup was imposed on the actors. Robert Pattinson had to dye his hair and change his hairstyle. He also wore brown contact lenses every day during shooting. Subsequently, in some scenes, the actor’s face and body were processed using computer effects, which allowed the skin of the vampire to shine.
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The picture was released to the world on November 17, 2008. In Russia, the premiere took place three days later. Already for the first weekend, the film managed to work out its budget and subsequently began to make a profit at an incredible speed. The whole picture was able to raise about 400 million dollars at the world box office.
