'Twilight' director Catherine Hardwicke reaches out to film students once again

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A few weeks back, Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke doled out advice for the rising class of filmmakers, and recently, she did another expose into the mind of a successsful director with her talk to film students at Western Connecticut State University.
According to NewsTimes, Hardwicke spoke up about what it is like to embark on the journey of filmmaking.
"The first time you write a screenplay, it's usually not that good," she admitted. She also spoke up about how students can successfully approach casting auditions and the like.
Additionally, Hardwicke reflected on her experience in making Twilight, and how onerous the task of casting these initially esoteric characters was.

"I feel Stephenie's book really draws the reader in. The love story between Edward and Bella was so thrilling and ecstatic that I thought, `How can I make these feelings cinematic in the theater?' she said. To achieve this, "I knew we had to find actors that had an intense, natural chemistry with each other."

Hardwicke went on to talk about the difficulties in process of directing a film like Twilight.