‘Twilight’ Director Says Studio Gave Her A “Mini Cupcake” After Film’s Box Office Success

Catherine Hardwicke is Getting Candid About the Differentnce in How Male and Female Directors Are Treated in Hollywood.

Durying A Recent Interview With The Guardianthe Twilight Filmmaker Recalled The Gift She Received from the Film’s Producers, Summit Entertainment, Following The Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson-Led Movie’s Surprise Triumph at the BOX OFIC While Summit HOPED IT Wuld Gross at Least $ 30 Million Dringing Its Run, Twilight Went on to Earn $ 408.4 Million Worldwide.

“I Walked Into A ROOM WITH ALL TESE GIFTS, AND EVYBODY WAS CONGRATULATING THE STUDIO, AND THEY GAVE ME A BOX,“ HARDWICKE RECALLED. “I OPENED IT UP, AND IT WAS A MINI CUPCAKE.”

However, She Said Male Directors Might Be Gifted “A CAR, OR A THREE-PICTURE DEAL, OR [getting] To do basally whover you want ”following a successful movie.

Hardwicke admitted that she realized the Hard Truths behind filmmaking Quite Quickly in Her Career. “No, People’t Going to Hire More Women Directors. They’re Not Going To Give You The Next Job and Let You DO SOMETING GREAT,” She SAID. “IT WAS AN Earth-Shattering Reality Right Away.”

The Red Riding HOOD Filmmaker Only Directed The 2008 Installment in the Twilight Saga, with male Directors Taking Over the Reins for the Remaining Films, Including Chris Weitz Helming New MoonDavid Slade Directing Eclipse And Bill Condon Overseeing Breaking Dawn Part 1 an Part 2.

Hardwicke Previoously Told The Hollywood Reporter in 2023, While Looking Back On Twilight on it 15th Anniversary, that she chose to only Direct the first installment Because she “have the most inspiration and vision for the first book. Not so Much, the Other Ones.”

She addted that she felt a proud to capture “a love that’s like a Drug” that’s “Just a Head Rush that Makes You Feel Ecstatic” in the Movie That’s Still Beloved and Watched.

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