Hindsight is 20/20. And the story of director, director, ‘s first meeting with Kristen Stewart is no exception.
In late 2007, Stewart had already been selected to play the part of Bella by first “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke — who had also helmed ’70s-set beach-skateboard flick “Lords of Dogtown” (2005). Hardwicke had been tipped off by one of her “Dogtown” actors, Emile Hirsch, to Stewart’s talent. “Her mixture of innocence and longing just knocked me out,” the director told Entertainment Weekly in 2008. But Hardwicke was having a tougher time finding her Edward and is said to have even enlisted the help of Stewart in her vampire hunt. Continue reading
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