Why Twilight: Breaking Dawn Baby Was CGI (& How It Was Almost WORSE) – Screen Rant

Twilight is remembered for offering a completely different version of vampires and a love story that has been the subject of many debates for years, but its film saga will go down in history for other reasons not exactly related to the story, such as the infamous CGI baby in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2. Stephenie Meyers often controversial Twilight book series introduced readers to a world where humans, vampires, and werewolves coexist, even if humans arent aware of it. The core of the series was the relationship between vampire Edward Cullen and mortal Bella Swan, which many find to be quite problematic.

Still, the novels were a big success, and as it happens with most book series, Twilight was adapted to the big screen, with the final book, Breaking Dawn, being split into two parts. Readers and viewers spent three books and four films waiting for the moment Bella (played by Kristen Stewart) would finally become a vampire, and witnessed her transformation in Breaking Dawn and Breaking Dawn Part 2 after she gave birth to her and Edwards half-mortal half-vampire baby, which almost killed her.

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Breaking Dawn Part 1 ends with Bellas transformation, but she doesnt meet her daughter, Renesmee, until the next film. Renesmees introduction was one to remember, and not because of what it meant to Bella, but because the production crew decided to use a CGI baby, which wasnt the wisest idea, though it could have been much worse.

Renesmee Cullen was obviously not a normal child. As a half-mortal half-vampire being, Renesmee grew rapidly both physically and mentally, to the point where she was able to speak only seven days after she was born. With all that in mind, the crew behind Breaking Dawn knew they had to somehow show a baby that was already very mature even if physically it was just a tiny baby. The result was a CGI baby girl that couldnt do the trick back then (even less now) as shes very weird looking, and the overall visual effects dont quite match with the rest of her body. And yet, Renesmee could have looked much worse than that.

A behind-the-scenes featurette included in Twilight Forever revealed what Renesmee originally looked like, and it was so bad the production crew actually named it Chuckesme. This version was a mechanical doll that was supposed to play the part of baby Renesmee, but not even the actors could be around it and look comfortable. Producer Wyck Godfrey even said that Chuckesme is one of the most terrifying CGI babies to ever not be seen on film, and that they decided to go with CGI instead as they were trying to create something that was otherworldly, as she had to be intelligent yet still look like a baby but actually look like a more mature baby.

There were a lot of things that the Breaking Dawn crew wanted Renesmee to have, so much that it ended up being a case of overabundance of CGI that only made her look like a very strange (and even a bit nightmare inducing) baby. In the end, they all learned a valuable lesson on CGI characters, which came in handy for director Bill Condon when working on the live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Twilights weird Renesmee baby will be forever remembered for how bad it was, but never forget that the initial animatronic was way worse.

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Adrienne Tyler is a features writer for Screen Rant. She is an Audiovisual Communication graduate that wanted to be a filmmaker, but life had other plans (and it turned out great). Prior to Screen Rant, she wrote for Pop Wrapped, 4 Your Excitement (4YE), and D20Crit, where she was also a regular guest at Netfreaks podcast. She was also a contributor for FanSided's BamSmackPow and 1428 Elm. Adrienne is very into films and she enjoys a bit of everything: from superhero films, to heartbreaking dramas, to low-budget horror films. Every time she manages to commit to a TV show without getting bored, an angel gets its wings.

When she's not writing, you can find her trying to learn a new language, watching hockey (go Avs!... But also Caps and Leafs), or wondering what life would have been like had Pushing Daisies, Firefly, and Limitless not been cancelled. Breakfast food is life and coffee is what makes the world go round.

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