Cutting This Scene From Twilight Was An Actual Crime, According to Fans
Fans feel that if the Twilight creators included this scene in Eclipse, more people would ship Bella with Jacob.
The Twilight Saga has captured the hearts and minds of millions of fans around the world since the first film debuted in 2008, and has recently seen resurgence in popularity among a newer generation who were too young to enjoy the love triangle between human Bella Swan, vampire Edward Cullen, and werewolf Jacob Black in the 2000s.
Among the many reasons why fans have loved the supernatural saga for so many years is the faithfulness to the source material, Stephenie Meyer's novels. The franchise has made extensive use of Meyer's expertise in creating the films. However, some important scenes from the books didn't make it into the movies for one reason or another.
Fans feel that cutting one of these scenes from Eclipse was cruel to the fandom, and especially to Team Jacob (a term referring to those who preferred Jacob to Edward as Bella's love interest).
In the book, while kissing Jacob on a mountain, Bella imagines having a long human life with him, growing old together, and having children, something Edward presumably couldn't give her. This moment led many readers to understand why Jacob was a good match for Bella and even to switch teams.
"That was the most significant moment in [the book] to me when I read it for the first time. It was the biggest reason I used to be team Jacob," one of the fans explained.
The scene of Bella and Jake's imaginary future was actually filmed but ended up on the cutting room floor to the dismay of many fans who felt that the movies always underplayed Bella's true feelings for Jacob, and this scene could make up for that.
The reason for removing the sweet scene might seem ridiculous today. Director David Slade told Entertainment Weekly that the prosthetic makeup used to age the actors looked so horrible that he just couldn't include it in the movie.
"[The issues with prosthetic makeup give] me a bit of a shiver, as a filmmaker. As an idea, it was wonderful," he said. "But it's likely for the best that the scene exists only in Meyer's book and in the imagination of loyal fans."
Who knows, maybe if Eclipse was being produced these days, the new technologies would allow dedicated fans to enjoy the deleted scene, and there might be more of those who lean toward Team Jacob.