‘TWILIGHT’ SCRIPT WAS ONCE EYED BY ‘HARRY POTTER’ DIRECTOR
MTV News has learned that Chris Columbus, director for The Sorcerer’s Stone and The Chamber of Secrets from the Harry Potter franchise, had once eyed the script for Twilight in the beginning stages. Read below for the full account:
Looking at the “Twilight†that could have been, MTV News has learned that two-time “Harry Potter†director Chris Columbus took a glance at the script at the beginning of the adaptation process.“I guess I did read a script early on,†says the director, who most recently helmed “I Love You, Beth Cooper.â€â€œBut I was doing something else.â€
Columbus, who directed both “Sorcerer’s Stone†and “Chamber of Secrets†is no stranger to fantasy book series, planning his next film as an adaptation of the first “Percy Jackson†novel, “The Lightning Thief,†which has already begun casting.
In the meantime, he’s not looking at “Twilight†as a missed opportunity or regretting leaving the “Potter†franchise, though he admits that it’s a strange feeling to see the new films come out with different directors.
“I miss it just because I look at everyone I cast and all these sets I built. Everything is still standing there. It’s weird. It’s like looking at old home movies, though the people in the home movies are aging … The kids are getting older and they’ve become better actors. All the things I hoped for have come true … But it’s a very odd separation anxiety to see my entire cast and crew behind the camera. It’s like, ‘Where am I in this situation?’â€
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I’m a huge fan of Harry Potter and the films, so I think it would have been really interesting to see Chris as the director for Twilight. We’ve had a few HP crossovers (with Rob Pattinson and now Jamie Campbell-Bower), so it would have been very cool to see a third. I wonder if it’s a possibility for him to directing Breaking Dawn (should it be made)…?
Are you surprised to learn that Chris Columbus had read the script? How would you feel if he had directed Twilight? Would you be curious to see him take the helm for Breaking Dawn?
