who plays bella on twilight?
Kristen Stewart
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 Twilight was directed by Catherine Hardwicke and written by Melissa Rosenberg . It focuses on the development of a personal relationship between human teenager Bella Swan ( Kristen Stewart ) and vampire Edward Cullen ( Robert Pattinson ) , and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from a separate group of hostile vampires . 

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 Twilight is a 2008 American adventure film based on Stephenie Meyer 's popular novel of the same name . Directed by Catherine Hardwicke , the film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson . It is the first film in The Twilight Saga film series . This film focuses on the development of the relationship between Bella Swan ( a teenage girl ) and Edward Cullen ( a vampire ) , and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from a coven of evil vampires . 

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 The series , originally titled Twilight , was commissioned by Warner Bros. Television as a presentation lasting 14 – 20 minutes . Alex O 'Loughlin , Shannon Lucio , Rade Šerbedžija and Amber Valletta were cast in the lead roles , and Rod Holcomb was hired as director . The project was renamed Moonlight when picked up by CBS for the 2007 – 2008 American television season . David Greenwalt joined the staff in May 2007 as showrunner and executive producer alongside Joel Silver ; however , health reasons forced Greenwalt to leave the series . All of the original actors save for the male lead role were recast in June 2007 , and Sophia Myles , Jason Dohring and Shannyn Sossamon replaced them . With an almost entirely different cast , a retooled , full @-@ length pilot for television audiences was re @-@ shot . 

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 In 2007 , filmmakers began a search for actors to portray Jacob Black , a Native American friend of lead character Bella Swan in Twilight , the first film in the The Twilight Saga film series . In January 2008 , an open casting call was held in Portland , Oregon . Lautner had not heard of the Twilight series before , but was urged by his agent to audition . At his audition , he read lines with Kristen Stewart , who had already been cast as Bella , and they acted out scenes from The Twilight Saga : New Moon and The Twilight Saga : Eclipse . The film was a commercial success , earning $ 69 million its opening weekend , and has grossed $ 392 million worldwide . It received mixed reviews from critics , having a " Rotten " rating with a weighted average of 5 @.@ 5 / 10 . In describing the critical consensus , it stated : " Having lost much of its bite transitioning to the big screen , Twilight will please its devoted fans , but do little for the uninitiated . " On Metacritic , which assigns a weighted mean rating out of 100 reviews from film critics , it has an average score of 56 from the 37 reviews . At the 2009 MTV Movie Awards , Lautner was nominated for Male Breakthrough Performance , which was won by co @-@ star Robert Pattinson . 

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 During the 2010 Television Critics Association press tour held in Los Angeles on July 29 , 2010 , lead actresses Michalka and Tisdale were asked about the idea of singing on the show . They stated that they plan to keep their music careers separate from the series , although Michalka advised that she would sing in the fourth episode . In addition to that , Michalka 's band 78violet recorded " Belong Here " , which served as the theme song for Hellcats . It was later released into digital stores . 
