Kristen Stewart Says She’s Up for a “Gay Twilight” Reboot

Kristen Stewart became a star by playing Bella Swan, the human teenager at the center of the Twilight films. Now she is entertaining a very different future for Bella: a return as a gay woman. Before fans assume a new movie is on the way, this was not a studio announcement. The idea came up during Stewart’s appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, where she was asked about an earlier comment that she might return to Twilight. Stewart said she had been mostly joking, but added that she would prefer a continuation instead of a simple remake. Alia Shawkat Remembers Pranking The O.C. Cast During a Network Party | WWHL Stewart quickly embraced the idea of changing Bella’s story, and she suggested that her spouse, screenwriter Dylan Meyer, could write it. The original five-film series began in 2008 and ended in 2012. Based on Stephenie Meyer’s young adult books, it followed Bella as she fell in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire played by Robert Pattinson. Bella and Edward married, had children, and eventually became vampires together. That romance was not a side plot. It was the heart of the entire story. Turning Bella into a lesbian would not be a small update. It would c...