http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/crazy-twilight-hand-model-pitches-for-movie-part-20101005-164sz.html
Almost everyone knows the story of the world famous Twilight series. A human girl met a vampire who was in love with her but thirsted for her blood. The idea of Twilight came to the author in a dream on June 2, 2003 and she immediately transformed the memories of her dream into writing. I found it fascinating. We all dream, but how many of us will put the idea in our dreams into a piece of writing? This is why I always look at the author's biography before I start reading a book. The education background and personal life often affect the choice of topics and shape a writer's writing style.
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| Kimbra Hickey's famous hands on the Twilight cover. |
Here comes a question. Who cares about the book cover? A cover that captures the readers' attention is a good one. What about the story behind the cover image? I doubt if many readers are interested to know. When I first saw this article and the still image of the video, I thought it is all about the books or perhaps the movies. To my surprise, it is about the story on the hand model, Kimbra Hickey, whose digits were featured on the cover of the phenomenally successful Twilight novels.
Hickey's hands are the ones holding a red apple on the mega-bestseller’s cover, which was described by her as 'a major exposure for her hands'. According to Hickey, doing the pose correctly was a big challenge. The article has included direct quotes from Hickey on the brief from the photographer at the Twilight book cover shoot in 2004. Her hands had to look soft, sweet, and death-like all at the same time. It seems that Hickey was not very happy with the $310 she received for her apple-cupping expertise - the industry standard for two hours of work. Hickey has been doing many things to attract public attention on her being the 'hand model'. She carries around a Gala apple in her purse at times so she can recreate the pose for anyone who might know her. She stops anyone she sees reading the book to inform them of her contribution, and what's more, she is contacting the casting director for the fourth instalment in the Twilight series and try to break into acting.
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| Kimbra Hickey wants some recognition for her role in the Twilight phenomenon. |
Is the shooting of Hickey's hands anything to do with acting? I see no relation between the two. As told by Hickey, she would be happy even if the movie only includes her hands in it. What sort of fame will she gain if her hands have a role in the movie? I have no clue. There are many direct quotes in the article to show Hickey's desire for fame and her frustration on not being known and recognized by her effort. From the things she said, I think she is just crazy. 'Loony' is her name online and it is well put.
I particularly like the headline of this article - 'Crazy' Twilight hand model pitches for movie part’. In a short sentence, the readers get a picture of a crazy act done by crazy woman. The word ‘crazy’ is in quotation marks, meaning that it is solely an opinion of the writer, though I believe it is agreed by most of us.
Other sources:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/twilight-model-kimbra-hickey-wants-hands-on-glory/story-fn3dxity-1225933642093
Photo courtesy of:
http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight.html
http://www.twilightlexicon.com/2009/02/24/interview-with-kimbra-hickey-the-hands-of-twilight/
