Catherine Hardwicke comments on Robert, Kristen and "Red Riding Hood"

..To get excited for the DVD release of Red Riding Hood on June 14 (side note: take a look at the brand new site, where you can pre-order the DVD and figure out which of Valerie's hot-guy options are right for you!) CG! sat down with [Catherine Hardwicke] to talk inspiration, fantasy movies, and of course, Edward Cullen!

CG: There's a much darker, alternate ending to Red Riding Hood on the DVD. As a director, did you get attached to one particular ending?

CH: I like both endings! They're very different. If I had it my way, I would have had one ending in one theater and one in another.

CG: What draws you to these dark, fantasy movies, like Twilight and Red Riding Hood?

CH: When I read the Twilight book, I didn't see it as fantasy. I saw it as a love story. I really wanted to create that feeling of being madly in love with someone. With Red Riding Hood, there was whole different feel. Although there is that sense of falling in love, it's different than Bella and Edward's relationship. Valerie gets suspicions of the person she loves, which is a very real theme. Sometimes you're looking at someone you love your whole love and think, "Could they have a secret?" Maybe you don't think your boyfriend is a murder, but you're wondering if he's cheating behind your back!

CG: You were originally interested in casting Shiloh Fernandez as the role of Edward in Twilight. What made you go back to him for Red Riding Hood?

CH: I liked him when he did the auditions for Twilight, but Rob and Kristen had more chemistry, which is something you just can't fake. I've always believed my leading lady should have a say in who plays opposite her. I wanted Amanda [Seyfried] to be very involved with the person she was supposed to be in love with on screen. We had a bunch of guys come in to read with Amanda, but her and Shiloh just hit it off best!

Source: Twilightish

Amanda Seyfriend Talks about ‘Red Riding Hood’ Comparisons to ‘Twilight’

I saw this film this weekend and I have to say..I do not get the comparison to Twilight. I didn’t see any similarities!

The American actress – who made her film debut in Mean Girls – is best known for her roles in Mamma Mia!, Dear John and Jennifer’s Body.

She can next be seen in dark fantasy film Red Riding Hood – which is produced by Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Catherine Hardwicke, who previously worked on Twilight.

The 25-year-old actress is tired of being asked if the gothic film will make her into a star like Kristen Stewart.

“She’s [Kristen Stewart] uncomfortable with it, but also, it’s like, she’s only noticed for that and she’s been working for so long. There’s hype but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t just a little bit annoyed at the Twilight comparisons,” she told Marie Claire magazine.

The stunning star says she doesn’t worry about being in Kristen’s position. She hopes the film will rival the Twilight saga’s success, but if it does, it would be for “different” reasons.

Source : Via!

‘Red Riding Hood’: How is it like ‘Twilight’? Let us count the ways.

Red Hiding Hood (in theaters now), is an updated fairy tale about a young woman named Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) who is caught between two suitors — idealistic Henry (Max Irons) and bad-boy Peter (Shiloh Fernandez) — in a town besieged by a blood-thirsty werewolf. It doesn’t have a single vampire. There’s no high-school-is-hell subplot. And Hood is set in an old-timey village that looks like it was probably fossil-fodder by the time Twilight‘s Bella (Kristen Stewart) was born. And yet, it’s hard to watch Red Riding Hood without having an odd feeling of Twilight déjà vu. Can’t put your finger on the cause? Let’s break down the similarities:
1. They’re both directed by Catherine Hardwicke. But that’s a gimme, so moving on…
2. Werewolf alert. Still too easy. Next!
3. Lines like “One bite… and you’ll be like me.” This is getting ridiculous. Let’s try to think of a hard one now. Like, how about…

4. Identical dads. How’s this for a weird coincidence: The guys who play Valerie and Bella’s dads might as well be cousins they look so much alike. Crazy, right? Wait, hang on a sec. They actually are both played by the exact same actor? Come on. This isn’t even fun now.

5. Gloomy, woodsy town. Okay, here’s a good one: Hood takes place in a forested, gray-skied village that might as well be a medieval version of Twilight‘s Forks, Washington

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