Kristen Stewart News: Did Stephanie Meyer Get The 'Twilight' Gender-Swap Idea From The Actress?
The book series of the film franchise that put Kristen Stewart on the list of Hollywood A-listers made news these past couple of days after its author, Stephanie Meyer, announced the release of a "Twilight" gender swap book.
"'Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined,' swapped Edward and Bella's genders and made the love story about a clumsy, awkward human named Beau and a beautiful, otherworldly vampire named Edythe," The Hollywood Reporter wrote in a news article.
"Fans who are looking for the Jacob Black replacement are introduced to Julie Black, also known as Jules."
Amid the buzz created by the news of a new "Twilight" book that seemed to have played around with the gender mechanics of the love story, there are speculations that Kristen Stewart may pitched the idea of a gender wrap to Stephanie Meyers.
Kristen Stewart talked about the idea of a gender wrap during an interview with Hollywood.com in 2012.
"I think if you were to swap the roles, if you were to have Edward and Bella be [switched], people would find him to be so courageous," Kristen Stewart said during the interview, as quoted in a news article by MTV.com.
"Like, 'Wow, he just laid it out on the line for her and really trusts himself and even in the face of the strongest adversity, he doesn't deny his feelings!' If it wasn't for [Bella], they'd have stopped after the first movie."
Despite Kristen Stewart previously speaking about the idea of a "Twilight" gender swap three years ago, Stephanie Meyer didn't talk about getting the idea from the actress.
"I thought, 'What if we switched it around a bit and see how a boy does,' and, you know, it's about the same," Meyers said in an interview with Good Morning America, as quoted by Hollywood Life.
According to the author, the book was actually a response to fans asking if Bella Swan was a "typical damsel in distress."
"My answer to that has always been that Bella is a human in distress, a normal human being surrounded on all sides by people who are basically superheroes and super villains," Meyers said.
"But I've always maintained that it would have made no difference if the human were male and the vampire female - it's still the same story. Gender and species aside, 'Twilight' has always been a story about the magic and obsession and frenzy of first love... So I thought to myself, 'Well, what if I put that theory to the test?'"
