MTV’S TWILIGHT TUESDAY: ANNA KENDRICK
Anna Kendrick talks about getting googley eyed over Rob Pattinson, improv on the Twilight set, and more:
MTV: Give us your take on Jessica Stanley.Kendrick: Well, I always feel like if you read the books a little while ago, maybe you wouldn’t remember my character. Jessica is just, well, a friend of Bella’s. But she is human; she is a chatterbox and really insecure, and she basically is jealous of all the attention that Bella gets. I think she likes Bella, but at the same time feels a little threatened. She wants to keep her as close as possible.
MTV: What sort of stuff does Jessica do?
Kendrick: Like, the first time I see Bella and Mike talking — because, you know, I like Mike in the movie — I just trot over and weasel my way into the convo and make it really, really awkward. It is so clear that I have this agenda of, you know, “I really like you,” and, “Please don’t talk to him, because I like him.” It’s just kind of sad. [Laughs.]
MTV: Are there any great improv lines that you came up with?
Kendrick: Kristen has this line about eating disorders, and [the camera] cuts to me with a big chunk of food in my mouth. I don’t know why it’s so funny, but I think it’s really funny. It’s just like this forkful of grapes. … Also, this isn’t an intentional added improv, but I’m jumping a lot in all the outdoor scenes, which looks like I’m jumping around because it’s so cold. If you were there, it would make perfect sense that I’m jumping, but because you can’t feel how cold it was that day, it’s just weird.
It sounds like Anna pegged Jessica perfectly. And I love the improvisation lines. They must have had a ton of fun on set. I hope there ends up being a lot of improv in the movie. I know it deviates from the book, but improv can be so funny and enhancing. What do you think?
