I’m not sure why this ever had legs (which is why I didn’t note it when it raging on the net) but now Summit Entertainment has officially had to confirm that there would be no nudity in New Moon, the forthcoming second film adaptation of Stephenie’s Meyer’s Twilight series–what are essentially children’s novels (which I’m basing completely off of the first film–I don’t read Twilight.)
This was all sparked due to Jaime Campbell Bower said this to MTV earlier:
“We just all sit there, completely naked, for one scene. Yeah, it’s me, Michael Sheen and Christopher (Heyerdahl); we just sit there, naked.”
… and Twilight moms passed out in front keyboards ever I guess. It may have been the first time that mother’s were supporting such scenes in a film.
Do the books have nude scenes?
The director of New Moon, Chris Weitz said of Bower’s statements were a product of the actor’s “dry sense of humour”.
Twilight: New Moon hits theaters on November 20th.
Hi Jay, to answer your questions (1) the books are aimed at teenagers not kids so there is a very strong sexual undertone, and (2) yes there is nudity in the books, but until the last one it is very little and incidental. when the werewolves change form they lose their clothes, so when they shift back to humans they’re nekkid. but it’s never dwelled upon or even directly examnined by bella…. Edward gets shirtless in the movie but those pictures hit months ago, and from some of the comments i saw, really did cause some twilight moms to pass out at the keyboards. wtf.
Really? My only experience with the franchise is with the first film. Teenagers must be falling off these days!
Who cares, if they are nude or not? In Finland people are nude all the time.
That nudity-thing was just a plot to take the attention away from the Rachelle Lefevre -issue.
jay, the whole point is they spend three books PANTING for each other but can’t do it because…well…he has an iron pen15 that could kill her. they say “that” a lot so it’s safe for the under-12 market, but it means sex.
and bella, i only wish we were as enlightened as finland. but here we still titter and giggle when someone is nude. never gets old.
you may be right that this was just to divert attention from the other scandal….