Eclipse director: 'We had a closed set during Robert and Kristen’s kiss'

By Eleanor Young  on Thursday 1 July 2010

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Twilight director David Slade has opened up on Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart's steamy Eclipse kiss, revealing that they had a closed set during the intimate moment.

SEE ALL THE LATEST ECLIPSE PICS HERE!

Talking at a UK Eclipse event, the famous film boss also explained how he thinks Eclipse is the most grown-up film so far, opening up on the way he addressed the book's steamier moments.

'This was the most mature film,' David said.

'We really wanted to address the sex issue, as we didn't want Edward to come across as a prude.

'But Eclipse does suggest that perhaps there can be a natural rhythm to a relationship and you don't have to jump into it straight away.'

Telling all on how they filmed the heat-filled scenes, David revealed he closed the set, to create added tension between rumoured couple Kristen and Rob.

'This stuff is always awkward to shoot, and you just have to get people really comfortable with each other,' he said.

'We do it as a closed set. There's no giggling and joking around, and everybody treats it very professionally - that's just the way it works.'

And funnily enough, Rob and Kristen didn't have any trouble with the steamy kissing scene.

'They didn't seem to be nervous, they were fine with each other,' David revealed.

'We shot that on the very last night and it just seemed to go wonderfully. It just flowed beautifully.'

Explaining that he thinks the key to the Saga's success is love, the Eclipse director added: 'To find something which is so unapologetically a true love story is so rare.

'The film wears its heart on its sleeve. I think it's culturally quite healthy to see true love as a nice thing, and not to get all angsty.'

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Thursday 1 July 2010

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Well duh they weren't nervous, they're together :)
Comment by kate on July 01 17:40

I have no idea how to contact David Slade, but I want to say thank you for understanding the true basis of the Twilight books: unapologetic love, healthy respect for a woman's (and man's) need for true love.

The Twilight Saga's global success is based upon unfulfilled and deep hope - a longing that is generally castigated, ridiculed, ignored, disrespected. - that woman seem to look for instinctively, and men when boys have knocked out of them. Thankyou, David, for the understanding and effort conveyed.

Twilight touched the nerve, but New Moon didn't get that 'intimacy' improves life,helps improve function. NM script was frustrating in its balance, the film edit terrible-eg that powerful scene b/w Kristen and Charlie, where Kristen utters the agonised words 'he's gone' as her father lays her on her bed. Also showed little understanding with choice of music that cemented huge popularity in Twilight, as did Robert Pattinson's mesmerising voice and the lullaby he played.

So within the confines of money, edit, script, time, director, music, actors...this is a film that was so much more fulfilling...got it. And thank god someone took over the music from New Moon's disastrous effort.

Thank you

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Comment by Tish G on July 02 05:33

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