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Clackamas Print Art Wednesday, April 16, 2008 Culture 7 Twilight': on the set at Clackamas Ccntnuedfrcm H0LÙWD0D, Ffcge 1 lokkamas hter- 1 L cast lì the ?taf FwilighC ■res were not the only •town visitors lurking on tap [set of “Twilight.” ■writer Larry Carroll meraman James Lacsina h« Los Angeles to the jagMetro area to inter tv the' film's cast. ■ ‘I travel a lot to go to differ- I.ovies,” Carroll said. rrcB has been in the LA for eight years, work- ^■icaily out of Santa ^■e writes for the MTV ^■|g, which he thinks is ^■tim, the perfect job. “It’s a drama. It’s a love story,” said Peter Silbermann, toe publicist for the film, who is from New York. “He’s a vampire; she’s not” The role of Bella will be played by Kristin Stewart, who was recently in “Into toe Wild” and “Yellow Handkerchief” a small indie film shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Robert Pattinson, better known as wizard Cedric Diggory from “Harry Potter and toe Goblet of Fire,” will play Edward. Thedirectorof Twilight” is Catherine Hardwicke, ■ ^■1 I totally pwned guys,” Carroll exclaimed, ^^■b gets paid by MTV lo soBthing he loves. ^■Eun dance Films rival, |n January, was the 't tl^Bthat Carroll heard ut “Twilight.” ■^■pead Kristin Stewart ■■fished up a small indie g^^Hbllow Handkerchief,” whi® Carroll interviewed ^^■mentioned that she I^HHpn be starring in rilight.-” -which was the out- I^^Hlat interview, ended MTV Web site’s «¿«■■cord. record of com- ¡■^■‘600; readers were id läfcite on whether The play the villain in azzam.” Twffljjt” not only beat, but shed, That record with a I of «br 2,100 comments, he|H>unt of interest from lers intrigued Carroll, and lecided to go to a bookstore i afterpo pick up the entire es by «Stephanie Meyer, n he was hooked. My wife'has now read it!” tolKjBIhed. arroll‘s|work can be seen oviesblog. mtv. com. who has directed several other films in the past several years, including “Lords of Dogtown” and “Thirteen.” Most of ‘Twilight’’ is being shot in the cafete ria and a biology lab at Madison High School, in Portland. The segment shot at Clackamas inside and around Greenhouse #2 will be a four-minute extension of one of toe biology-class scenes. Many cast trailers and large school buses were squished into the parking lots surrounding Clairmont Hall, fairly ineffectively hidden from the road by green trees. Silbermann, there was The day went through . “open casting for extras and fits of heavy rain, clouds and supporting roles in Portland short sun breaks, punctuated and Longview.” by toe sounds of crew mem This area was chosen for bers bustling around the set, filming because of toe over and almost complete silence cast weather. when the magic words of “It turned out perfect; it’s beautiful,” Silbermann said “quiet on set!” were yelled. Clackamas was part of of Clackamas’ lushly green a crammed 47-day shoot campus. ing schedule for the movie, ‘1 think it is tricking shortened from toe original awesome that this movie plan of 60 days because of is based in the Northwest,” budget constraints. said Nicole Donner, a 21- About 130 members of year-old fan who had been toe cast and crew were on keeping tabs on toe filming set at toe college for toe 24- process. hour filming period. While some fans maybe “We have our own small worried that toe movie will army,” Silbermann laughed. deviate considerably from Many extras, in fact, are the original story, relief may from the local region. be found in toe fact that According ' to the author, Meyer, is staying TOP: A sneak peek at part of the seg ment of the film, which was shot at Clackamas; Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson play the characters of Bella and Edward, respectively. LEFT: Leads Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson do an on-camera interview with the MTV crew between filming the partial scene at the college. RIGHT: Robert Pattinson hugs himself in the chill -ing cold while watching Kristin Stewart speak to MTV. TOP: Photo by Lisa Sellars Clackamas Print ABOVE: Photo by Emily Wal ters Clackamas Print Robert Pattinson The Print was able to speak briefly with male lead Robert Pattinson during a break in shooting and after his interview with MTV. “I’m getting old,” Pattinson commented, explaining that his 22nd birthday is May 13. In “Twilight,” Pattinson is one of a family of vampires, who ends up falling for toe human Isabella (Bella) Swan. “I initially wanted to be Bella,” he joked. Pattinson has enjoyed toe filming so ' far, especially because, as a vampire, he takes part in most of toe - action sequences. “It is cool to be a ■ vampire,” he said. “I get to kill people.” Although the weather at Clackamas was overcast and dreary, Pattinson has enjoyed his time in Oregon thus for. I “It’s nice; I really like Portland,” he said. PATTINSON ^3 V -X Lisa Sellars Clackamas Print MTwcrew of cameraman James Lacsina (left) ■■er Larry Carroll (right) show off their ifWMnt after finishing an interview with leads irt'Ättinson and Kristin Stewart. r I B involved. She even has a cameo in the film. “We consulted with her because we wanted it to be right,” Silbermann said. ‘If we do our demo graphics right we expand the audience range,” he added. Currently, there are no definite plans to turn the rest of the series into movies, although readers have good reason to be hopeful. “One would hope so. If this is a success, I’m sure they will,” Silbermann said. ‘Twilight” will be in the aters Dec. 12 of this year. - Print reporters Lisa Sellars and Jess Sheppard contributed to this report.
