The Craziest Part Of Breaking Dawn Might Not Be In Breaking Dawn
(Note: Spoilers follow.) For those of us who couldn't give a toss about Twilight, there has still been some reason to anticipate one of the two halves of Breaking Dawn, the adaptation of the final book in the series. Specifically, there's a fairly crazy scene where Bella (Kristen Stewart) gives birth to her half-vampire baby. Suffice to say that rendering the scene as it takes place on the page would finally put the series into actual horror mode, which has led many to wonder how it will be filmed at all for a PG-13 film. (Revisit Devin Faraci's rundown of the book's insanity at CHUD if this is all new to you.)
Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg has the easiest answer: don't shoot it at all.
Speaking to the LA Times, she said, "On the fan site, on Facebook, all the comments are "It has to be R rated! You have to show the childbirth! Gore and guts and sex!" For me it's actually more interesting to not see it. You know, you can do childbirth without seeing childbirth ... it doesn't mean it's any less evocative of an experience." Which is another way of saying "I'll save you ten bucks."