‘Twilight’ director Catherine Hardwicke only got a cupcake from studio

Director Catherine Hardwicke has at least a bad memory of working on the first Dusk Film, despite the fact that he played well phenomenal at the box office and paving the way for four other successful films.

This occurred in 2008, in the Producers of Summit Entertainment, just after the adaptation of the supernatural books of the author Stephenie Meyer open to the big figures.

“I entered a room with all these gifts, and everyone congratulated the studio, and they gave me a box,” said Hardwicke The guardian In a story published Monday. “I opened it and it was a mini cupcake.”

OOF. Worse, Hardwicke was certain that his male counterparts would not be treated in the same way.

For them, she said, it would not be unusual to be treated ” [getting] Mainly do what you want. “”

Dusk was the first of the five films of the successful franchise of the secondary student Bella, depicted by Kristen Stewart, finding herself in a love triangle with Vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) and the Loup-Garou Jacob Taylor Lautner. He reported $ 408.5 million worldwide, according to the Mojo box office.

Weekly entertainment Contacted the former chief of the summit, Rob Friedman and Patrick Wachsberger, to comment on Hardwicke’s remarks. EW also contacted Lionsgate, who acquired Summit in 2012.

Hardwicke, who had directed Thirteen And Lords of Dogtown Even before her Dusk Win, was replaced for the second franchise film, 2009 New moon. Chris Weitz, director of About a boy And The golden compasstook this work. EclipseReleased in 2010, was produced by 30 days at nightDavid Slade. Chicago Director Bill Condon intervened for 2011 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 And for the second part of the following year.

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Job-DuskHardwicke continued his projects, including the 2015 film I miss you alreadyWho with Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette, Miss Bala With Gina Rodriguez in 2019, and TV episodes It’s us.

She also made the high -level film Red hoodwhich featured Amanda Seyfried and was published in 2011.

“It was much more difficult. He had a lower budget that we had on DuskAnd that was all fantasy, so we could not draw real locations and had to build all the sets, “said Hardwicke.” They did not give me a lot of freedom. “”