The upcoming Twilight TV series offers a chance to re-examine and potentially improve Edward Cullen's character.
As Twilight ’s TV remake prepares for production, there is no better time to look back on Edward Cullen ’s legacy and see how the show can improve the franchise’s protagonist. Edward Cullen is almost as divisive as Twilight , the franchise that spawned him. Some fans consider Twilight ’s brooding romantic antihero a formative crush, a Byronic vampire with a well-hidden heart of gold, and a well-meaning figure who is unfairly maligned even among the franchise’s own fandom.
Others, however, view Twilight’s Wuthering Heights-inspired love interest as a possessive, controlling monster, and his version of vampirism as terminally cringe. Fortunately, Twilight’s TV remake is set to adapt Midnight Sun, Twilight author Stephanie Meyers’ retelling of the original novel Twilight from Edward’s perspective. Although Midnight Sun barely changes Twilight’s plot, the decision to foreground Edward’s perspective means that the novel offers more insight into the character’s inner world. Edward is less of a mystery in Midnight Sun, so the novel’s TV adaptation can iron out some issues that even his defenders have conceded in recent years. Among these are serious problems, like his stalking, and more harmless issues, like Edward barely possessing a sense of humor. Edward’s Most Infamous Quality Hasn’t Aged Well Close The most controversial aspect of Edward’s Twilight characterization is his possessive attitude toward Bella, something that comes up again and again throughout the novel saga. Although this was downplayed in the movie adaptations of the books, many of Edward’s problematic antics remain present to some extent or another
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