‘Twilight’s’ Kellan Lutz Says ‘Breakg Dawn’ Director Brought Gay Sensibily to Film – The Hollywood Reporter

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• ASHLEY GREENE SAYS FANS TELL HER TWILIGHT'S ALICE WAS THEIR 'GAY AWAKENG': 'SO INCREDIBLE'
• FEATURED FANFICTN
• ‘TWILIGHT’S’ KELLAN LUTZ SAYS ‘BREAKG DAWN’ DIRECTOR BROUGHT GAY SENSIBILY TO FILM
• TWILIGHT’S ASHLEY GREENE ON ALICE CULLEN BEG MANY FANS’ ‘GAY AWAKENG’
• TWILIGHT STAR RELLS REACTN TO FAN CALLG ALICE CULLEN THEIR GAY AWAKENG

ASHLEY GREENE SAYS FANS TELL HER TWILIGHT'S ALICE WAS THEIR 'GAY AWAKENG': 'SO INCREDIBLE'

I wish there was, but no-Not nonilly, but my md, there’s only a uple characters that aren’t gay?I thk the story is more gay than tends to be, like I thk Stephenie Meyer may have found Alice attractive (but not realisg) while wrg her, and makg her jt a ltle bi for Bella. And an terview wh Insir published Tuday, Greene said Alice served as "a gay awakeng" for Twilight viewers who beme fans years after the first movie premiered 2008.

"I gus one thg that has changed is a lot of people have said that Alice was their gay awakeng, " she said, tellg Insir she "didn't get that when the films first me out" but "n fully regnize how and why now. One of the is s tenncy to turn normally straight humans gay. So, uh, this is held on Amo and will fely nta the followg: gay ships, angsty ships, angsty gay ships, the sadst scen anyone uld ever see bee hontly Ja x Mar is envied by Twilight, possibly some sadned gays, some angry straights, a lot of mem, ECT.

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Gay marriage jt beme legal 2 more stat, and the sky didn’t fall down, the mountas didn’t cmble. Twilight actor Kellan Lutz clears up mors about his sexualy and talks about the gay-iendly vibe of Twilight: Breakg Dawn a new terview. The actor says people assume he’s gay bee he don’t go after women but that is not the se.

‘TWILIGHT’S’ KELLAN LUTZ SAYS ‘BREAKG DAWN’ DIRECTOR BROUGHT GAY SENSIBILY TO FILM

He tells the Advote, “I don’t Google myself, but I’ve heard that people thk I’m gay. Lutz, who plays Cullen clan member Emmett, do adm however, that Breakg Dawn has a fe gay vibe urty of director Bill Condon, “There’s a lot more sk, first of all. … We have so many st members the movie, I wouldn’t be surprised if one of the characters was gay and I jt didn’t know .

TWILIGHT’S ASHLEY GREENE ON ALICE CULLEN BEG MANY FANS’ ‘GAY AWAKENG’

Condon is openly gay and has directed Gods and Monsters, Ksey and Dreamgirls. In fact, many fans have referred to her character as their "gay awakeng.

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TWILIGHT STAR RELLS REACTN TO FAN CALLG ALICE CULLEN THEIR GAY AWAKENG

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