Kristen Stewart: ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn’ will change people’s minds about Bella Swan

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LOS ANGELES — “Twilight” fans love to debate their favorite novel in Stephenie Meyer’s bestselling vampire series. Kristen Stewart says she has her own favorite — and it’s the most explicit and intense of the bunch.

“This one’s really good. This one really goes there, finally,” said the actress who plays the iconic Bella Swan of “Breaking Dawn.” “This one is like the forming of a family. You see
everything really come to fruition because I feel like (Bella) has sort
of gone through an accelerated growth period.”

In November, Stewart will reprise the Bella role
when she begins filming the first half of “Breaking Dawn,” the fourth
movie in the “Twilight” franchise, which will be directed by Bill Condon.
The story follows (spoiler alert: if you aren’t familiar with “Breaking
Dawn,” skip to the last paragraph) Bella’s marriage to vampire Edward Cullen (Rob Pattinson), as the two finally consummate their relationship and Bella becomes pregnant.

“At at this point,” Stewart says, “you do accept (Bella) as a mom.”

Because their child is half-human and half-vampire,
Bella’s pregnancy is riddled with complications — all leading up to a
dramatic birth scene, in which Edward tears open Bella’s stomach with
his teeth to save their baby.

There has been speculation about how the graphic
scene will be depicted on screen. Stewart acknowledges it’s a “crazy
concept,” also describing werewolf Jacob’s hearing “vampire teeth
against vampire skin” during the childbirth scene.

Just how that will play out on screen, though, has
yet to be determined. “I’ve seen the script,” which tracks closely to
the book, she says. “But it depends on how they shoot it.”

Stewart, who was promoting her new independent drama
“Welcome to the Rileys,” said she thinks her “Twilight” character has
been misunderstood. “Bella’s criticized sometimes for being, like, you
know — I don’t know, selfish and overly emotional and silly and
frivolous and annoying and young,” said Stewart. “That’s sort of like a
very judgmental way of looking at it.”

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