Q. First of all, Team Edward or Team Jacob?
A. Team neither [laughs].
Q. Uh-oh, are you actually qualified to be directing this project then?
A. That makes me completely the right person to do this project. I can remain neutral. Team Renesmee if I had to pick a team.
Q. Whose idea was this originally?
A. Mine. My girlfriend and I like to watch bad movies together, and one day about a year ago she suggested “Twilight,’’ and it’s a horrible movie. And then I kept on thinking about it and thinking about it. It just wouldn’t let me go - why that movie was making me so angry other than ridiculous things like vampires playing baseball and that they sparkle and all that. So we ended up renting the rest of the movies and watching the whole series, and then I ended up reading the books. At the end of the day, the whole thing boils down to Bella just wants a boyfriend. There’s great children’s literature out there where there’s romance stories. But, I guess the problem is that [Bella] doesn’t have any other defining characteristic. She’s not a painter or a singer or an accountant or anything. Everything that defines her she gets through a man, and then at the end through a baby, and this traditional gender role really ticks me off.
Q. Was everyone in the cast forced to read the books and see the movies to prepare?
A. Absolutely. They all say they did [laughs].
Q. Was anyone secretly a fan? Did rehearsals bog down in Jacob vs. Edward shouting matches?
A. No. There were a lot of people in the cast who were fans, but everybody is a comedian, so everybody kind of likes things ironically. There are no genuine “Twilight’’ fans in the cast.
Q. Do you worry saying something like that will turn off actual “Twilight’’ fans from seeing the show?
