ET: Are you writing for the chemistry between Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart?

Melissa Rosenberg: When I wrote ‘Twilight,’ I didn’t know who was starring in it, so I wrote in a vacuum. There was some rewriting that had to be done when we knew who they were, because I had started with more of a comedic edge and it wasn’t appropriate for those actors and the tone. I lean toward the dark comedy, witness “Dexter.” So, going into ‘New Moon’ and ‘Eclipse,’ I knew who I was writing for. I knew who the characters were and what their voices were. It got even easier with ‘Eclipse.’ [Author] Stephenie Meyer’s created the character’s chemistry; and those two actors brought so much chemistry. I don’t think the movies would have been so successful without those two actors and their chemistry. ‘Twilight’ was beautifully cast.

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[EDIT:] Collider also did interviews with Kristen and Taylor and Ashley Greene. [/EDIT]

“There’s a very big battle at the end with Riley, and I think Channing would do that so well,” Twilight and New Moon screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg, who is currently writing the Eclipse script, told us this weekend at the Los Angeles Times Book Festival benefit for the Writers Guild Foundation.

“And there are some complexities to that character,” she adds. “He really is tragic. He’s a puppet for Victoria [bad-girl vampire played by Rachelle Lefevre]. So he has to break your heart a little bit at the end when he realizes that she doesn’t want him. Channing could do that beautifully.”

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The LATimes Festival of Books is being held at UCLA, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024. Rosenberg will be appearing on Saturday, April 25th at 2:00PM at the Writers Guild Foundation booth, Zone D, Booth #441. More information can be found on the Festival of Books’ website.

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Melissa Rosenberg the Twilight screenwriter will be signing copies of the Twilight script at the LA Times Festival of Books this Saturday, April 25 at 2pm.

You can purchase a copy of the Twilight script whose proceeds will benefit the Writer’s Guild Foundation. A great cause! If you are in the LA area, attend for this amazing opportunity!

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