Elizabeth Reaser on Esme Cullen

Posted on 28. Oct, 2009 by Golden_Topaz_Eyes_42 in News

Elizabeth recently sat down with MTV and dished on her character in the Twilight Saga films. Here’s a sneak peek and a short video clip:

MTV: What is the biggest difference, in your opinion, between the three “Twilight” books that are currently being filmed as the “Saga”?

Elizabeth Reaser: Oh, well, all three films are completely different. The first one is a vampire romance, a crazy love affair. There’s so much sexual tension and romantic tension, and nothing ever goes down; you’re going insane the whole time, and they’re falling in love, and it’s amazing. In the second one, obviously Bella is left behind, and her and Taylor [Lautner]’s character, Jacob, sort of fall in love — or do they? And she’s devastated, and she’s doing all of this risky stuff, and it’s really a heartbreaking movie. There’s all this danger going on in Italy, and Edward is thinking about killing himself — it’s very, very, very different from the first one. And the third one is a full-on action movie. “Eclipse” is just crazy action and danger and vampires — and newborn vampires that are the most dangerous, powerful vampires of all.

MTV: Finally, what in your opinion is the secret behind the success of the “Twilight Saga”?

Reaser: Well, I think the success of the “Saga” is the books. The books are just beautiful, amazing, great storytelling, and Stephenie is a great writer. And then, I think we got incredibly lucky with Kristen and Rob — they’re just great actors, and you just can’t not fall in love with them and want them to be together. You get invested in the two of them. That has a lot to do with it, and people are just really into vampires, so I think that has something to do with it. The Cullens, they’re an interesting group of vampires. They’re all really good, but kind of bad. I mean, they are still vampires. I imagine Esme going out in the middle of the night and ripping apart a mountain lion. That’s kind of fascinating.