Fansite: Alright, we have a two-parter. What made you decide to put the producer’s hat on for Breaking Dawn, and what do you think you bring to that last movie?

SM: I don’t think it’s gonna change that much. I do feel like—I mean Breaking Dawn is tricky. It’s real tricky. Now I feel more like we have handle on it, because the scripts and with Bill Condon, I am more calm; but originally, I was very much on the fence as to: “Maybe we shouldn’t make this into a movie”, you know? Some things really can’t be made into movies and come across exactly the right way, so it was a big struggle for me to go forward. I knew that it would disappoint a lot of people and that was really one of the main impetuses was that people would be like: “What?!” I didn’t want to disappoint people. So I was concerned, so my plan was and still is to be there everyday, and so as a producer I can do that. And so it’s really a lot about being in the room and you know it’s gonna be a lot of upheaval in my life but I felt like it was important. And then it’s…you know it’s the last one so I kind of feel like: “Okay I’m gonna commit to it this year, I’ll get it done and then I won’t do that again”. But…and then, you know, I also—I get to be more involved in some of the—

(chatter and laughter)

SM: I think that we will have a little bit more of a say in the music, which would be a big deal. We’d have—we’ll be…Instead of hearing about the decisions afterwards we’ll be there when they’re being made and that’s gonna help. With Eclipse I was pretty much right on the line with producing. I was very much involved with the script and a lot of the choices, and so it’s not a huge difference but it’ll be really an interesting experience.

You can listen to the interview and read the entire transcript at Twilight Series Theories here.

Via TwilightersAnonymous

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