When Stephanie Meyer awoke one morning in 2003, she had no idea her dream the night before about a young couple lying together in a meadow would birth a franchise that would shape the world of film and publishing forever.

Franchisography begins its thrilling dive into the Twilight Saga with Catherine Hardwicke’s 2008 blockbuster TWILIGHT. Committed to injecting this teen vampire romance with natural locations and performances, Hardwicke rolled the dice twice by casting two indie weirdos as the romantic leads and shooting on location in cloudy, rainy Oregon. This shoot would be anything but a walk through the meadow.

Twi-hard Dagny McCartney joins Nick and Scott in investigating the origins and secrets of the timeless love story between one stupid lamb and a sick, masochistic lion.

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