The Twilight Sparkle Interview
Those on and behind the scenes know that not everything that happens in movies, reality shows, tv series, or adaptations are real, nor that actors have the same type of relationship as the characters they play. Indeed it would be their professionalism that would allow them to work well with one another despite any friction between themselves.
Some actors have had unfortunate starts to their careers, causing them to choose other paths and leading them to become disappointed in themselves, thinking they’re just low-tier actors. Others choose to improve themselves and through their dedication, passion, and skills they become movie stars. Though for some, all it took was for a red-maned mare to pull them aside after performing on stage for them to be offered a spot in what would become one of the greatest television shows ever seen.
One of those pulled aside by Lauren Faust would become one of the most beloved members of her show. She was known as “The Know It All”, “The Worm Book” “The Librarian” “The Egghead” and then later as “Princess”, “Headmistress” and “Goddess”. You must already know who I'm talking about, right?
“First of all.” The voice of an adult was heard throughout the great room as the cameras began to roll. “Let me thank you for being here. Your performance as Twilight Sparkle was amazing throughout the series.”
The aforementioned mare smiled kindly, sitting in a large black armchair while crossing her long legs. She wore a long crimson-red dress with golden lace on the edges of the dress. Likewise, a set of small golden chains adorned the openings of the dress, highlighting her very attractive and sensual body to the audience. Her wings gathered behind her gracefully, covering her arms, while her dress supported her large chest and showed off a lot of cleavage. Adorning her neck was a beautiful gold and ruby necklace while her cutie mark stood out sensually on one of her wide thighs for all to see.
The purple mare looked at her interviewer before smiling and waving at the camera.
“On please, the pleasure is all mine. Thank you very much for the invitation.” Twilight said, sounding both extremely excited and a little nervous. “I must say that at first, I was not sure whether to accept the invitation,” Twilight said, giggling a bit.
"Oh? Let's see, tell me what almost made you not accept the invitation. And then we continue with the interview.” The interviewer smiled, interested in what the purple alicorn said. Twilight clapped excitedly, also interested in talking about this.
“I'll explain,” Twilight said as she settled into her seat, taking her hands to her legs and leaning against the back of the chair. “Before coming here, as you know, you sent us a voice recording. I was somewhat skeptical because I didn't know it was you, but I decided to listen to it. As you explained to me that you wanted to do an interview on your television space, I was excited and so I quickly accepted the offer. Your television station is one of the most watched in the world, not only because it is a newscast, but because your section covers a large audience! You have a comedy section, your interview section, and you even work to create your own movies and series!” Twilight exclaimed, to which the announcer smiled.
“I appreciate the praise but I’m not the main focus here. You are.” The announcer said with a smile.
"Please let me finish!" Twilight said as she let out a laugh. “Look, I was with Rarity and Cadence when I listened to your message and when they found out that I was going to your interview, you have no idea how many times both of them asked me to tell you to select them for your next interview. They even almost refused to give my phone back after confirming that it was your voice and saw your official page where you do these interviews!” The purple mare said, letting out another laugh.
“Oh really?” The interviewer said, surprised, and while he was interested in continuing, he knew he had a program to continue. “Sorry for putting a pause on this topic, but we came to talk about you so that you can answer all of these questions for our audience.” There the announcer leaned against his chair and took a list from one of the drawers in his desk. "You do recognize what this is, right?"
Laughing to herself, Twilight had to put a hand to her mouth to keep from laughing too loud at his joke.
“A list of questions I suppose.” She answered, still stifling much of her laughter.
“Exactly!” Said the announcer, taking his index finger to his nose while pointing his other finger at Twilight. “Now, you know that I prefer to not have doubts about anything. I’m sure you know about that if you've seen my interviews.”
“Believe me, I can remember me and my mother watching you on television and despite the years, you managed to maintain that spark that many lose over the years,” Twilight added with a pleasant smile.
“I appreciate the compliment, but let’s go on with the first question, don’t you think?” Taking the list of questions, the interviewer looked back at Twilight as if he was eager to get started.
“Of course! Let’s start this!”
“I must remind you, you agreed to answer absolutely all the questions, but if it's a subject that you feel a little bad about talking about or it touches on a subject sensitive to your past, we can leave it aside.”
“Relax, I think that everyone has their own past in black and white. So! Let's go with the first question. I want to answer it! That's what Twilight Sparkle would say.” Exclaimed the purple alicorn with a smile.
Seeing the mood that the alicorn has, the interviewer nodded with a pleasant smile, and seeing the public in front of him, he decided to start asking her questions.
“Very well then. First of all, tell us how were you selected to become the protagonist of the best-known series in all of Equestria. Because you will agree that many mares and stallions had been put on the list of participants to play the role of the protagonist.”
Letting out a whistle, Twilight agreed with the interviewer as she leaned back into her chair.
“Yeah, that’s true. I honestly considered not trying out upon seeing the huge number of ponies that wanted to be part of the show, however, as I sat down to wait my turn in one of the auditorium’s chairs, Laurent Faust along with her director of the show decided at that moment to take a rest.” Twilight explained before continuing. “And then, I'm telling you this because it’s what she told me, as Laurent walked past me to go get something to eat, she said that seeing me sitting down and reading one of my books looked just like how she imagined her protagonist would be in real life.”
"And her director didn’t say anything about Laurent's impulsive decision?" The interviewer asked.
“Of course!” Twilight said excitedly. “So the director asked me to interpret some of the main character's lines on stage, and well, in the end, the director and Lauret were very satisfied with my interpretation.”
Laughing at what Twilight had said, the interviewer smiled mischievously at Twilight with a knowing look as he looked at the next question.
"For those who don't know." Explained the interviewer. “Our guest, Twilight Sparkle, is a great writer, and for those who don’t know, she mainly writes adult-oriented books, many of which are erotic or clop. This leads to my next question, inspired by something I found out from a friend who works there with Laurent... Is it true that you were caught reading sexual content in the middle of filming the Show?”
There was a moment of silence, but the interviewer managed to make out a little blush appearing on Twilight's cheeks, who scratched the back of her head, a little embarrassed and nervous.
"Actually, if… Even…" The purple unicorn seemed to avoid talking about what she was about to say as she stammered, especially since she knew how many spectators there were. “On many of the occasions where the viewers see me reading a book from the library, they are actually books that I sneaked into the show's filming studio. And well at one point the director told me-”
Twilight settled into her seat before trying to use a hoarse and gruff voice in an attempt to imitate the director’s voice.
“‘Look, I know it's your books you bring to read on your trips from home to here on the set, but I can't let you use those books to appear on the show.’”
After adjusting her throat with a small cough, Twilight managed to return to her original voice and continued speaking.
"So I did something that Twilight Sparkle from the show would never do." The mare said as she suddenly began to try and hold back her laughter as she imitated with her hands what she said next. “I ripped off the covers of several books that we had in the study and used a thread and needle to sew my books to the covers I ripped off! Thus I could use my books without attracting any attention and the Twilight of the series would not be seen as a ‘pervert’.”
The interviewer became surprised before laughing along with Twilight at the cleverness and audacity of doing such a thing.
“Wait, so the scenes in which we see you reading books, you weren't reading anything related to what the Twilight of the Show explained, but your own books that you bring from home to spend some time reading!?” The interviewer, still laughing at Twilight’s insane and clever move.
“Yep! In fact, the book that the audience saw me take so that I could find more info about the Crystal Empire, I had replaced that book with another one called ‘Befriending’ The Enemy. And believe me, it became a habit for someone to end up stumbling upon one of my stories. One time when we were packing everything to go home, the director mistakenly took one of the books from which I had ripped off the cover and believed it was the "original" book. And of course, by the next day, he made me not only buy him another book, but he also warned me not to touch his books ever again.”
“That's quite a curious and interesting story if you ask me. I mean, nothing like what we guessed before. So when you quote the ‘lines’ that are supposedly written in the books?”
“It’s part of the script which I have perfectly memorized. It’s something that I share with Twilight from the Show. I have an excellent memory and I am very quick to learn new things, although I don’t share the same type of interest that Twilight from the Show likes to read. In any case, I like to read clop, erotic novels and as you mentioned before, I also like to write about those types of subjects.”
Nodding a few times, the interviewer tapped the table a few times, now deciding the next question he wanted to ask her.
“What made you come on the stage to become an actress? Because, from what you tell me, you were first a writer, right?”
Nodding, Twilight responded.
“That's right. I studied to become a teacher and along the way, I became an author. Some of my friends at the time said they would take acting classes and I decided to take those classes along with them. Over time I released my first book but unfortunately, I lost my job as a teacher. That’s when Faust and her director began to offer tryouts for the main role of her show. I never intended to become a star on my first try, I walked in just thinking I’d only become a secondary character or a background character doing nothing more than pacing back and forth. But it was pretty amazing and wonderful that my first TV appearance was so well received.”
“That along with your great performance your previous experience writing mature scenes, and there were plenty you wrote.” The interviewer said as he looked at his list of questions for a moment. Blushing Twilight nodded.
“I know. At first, I thought that if this acting thing didn’t work for me I already had the plan of fully dedicating myself as a clop writer. Fortunately, it turned out well, and well, Here I am.”
"Which is a blessing if you allow me to say so." Said the interviewer in a mischievous tone while pointing to Twilight, who smiled with a blush on her face. “Now… I have some questions from some of my friends who are fans of your show. So, let me ask you this. I know the answer but for the public that sees us and for my friends who didn't believe me, let’s see what you have to say. Were you born as an alicorn? Or are you a daughter of a pegasus and a unicorn, otherwise known as a pegacorn?”
“I'm an alicorn by birth, in fact, that was a huge big deal for my first three seasons. The director and Laurent had a hard time trying to find a way to hide my wings.”
"And how did they do it?" You didn't use magic? It would be the most feasible option I suppose.”
“No. Look, I know you're not a unicorn, and I imagine a large part of the audience has this skewed perception of magic. But you can't use magic to make things disappear worse, make things appear from nothingness. That goes against the first rule of matter. You can't create anything out of nothing and you can't destroy it or make it disappear, you can only transform it. So they couldn’t just poof my wings out of existence and give them back later. So while we were thinking about how we were going to hide these babes,” Twilight pointed to her back, spreading her enormous purple wings for all to see, “Someone in the cast said ‘why don't we put you in a modified corset?’”
“How does this work?” The interviewer asked as he was curious about what Twilight was saying.
“Well, they decided to compress my wings with a very tight corset which I wore for more than 12 hours on each recording day. This along with the idea of hiding my wings as well as possible, was the reason why the first 3 seasons had me always wearing baggy clothes or clothes a size bigger than what I have. All to hide the bulge that my wings would make.”
"That sounds pretty painful, doesn't it?"
“Ufff and it was! Believe me, it was an ordeal for most of the day, not to mention that I ended up causing injuries to my wings. Then, Laurent together with the director, thought of some method to make me no longer hide my wings, and the idea arose. The idea was to make the protagonist ascend as an Alicorn and that way, I would no longer have to wear that damn corset. Although, having to wear the corset for over three years certainly had some interesting side effects.” Twilight said with a smile, pointing out her extremely attractive body, narrow waist, wide hips, and a great curve that gave her body a wasp shape.
“And you say it, you look pretty good if you ask me. All the boys must be after you, especially after your first big success.”
"You haven't the slightest idea,” Twilight said, laughing. “But I can't go out with them, both because of the public image that I am, and because many would only go out with me because of the success I have now.”
“A very good point…and a very mature one on your part.”
“I learned from my other self,” Twilight said before letting out another laugh. The interviewer joined in for a moment before turning to the question.
"Okay, here’s another question. Is there a chance that you're related to Celestia or Luna?"
"Do you really think that?" Twilight asked surprised, almost stunned, as she wondered how this question was formed in the first place.
“Well, first of all, this question came from the occasion in which we saw how your mane and tail turned into flames while your eye color changed.” The interviewer explained.
“Oh, no, it was just a scene that comes in as a tribute to Rapidash, the director's favorite Pokémon. In any case, they used CGI to alter my mane and tail and likewise, when I soar they use CGI to hide my wings It’s a very good program I must say. The visual arts director is very skilled at doing CGI on his own.”
"So, there's nothing between you, Celestia, and Luna? That reminds me… How was your relationship with them as actresses? I mean, currently, on this side of the world, they became the most sought-after actresses in Neo Equestria.”
Twilight put a hand to her face as she formed a thinking pose, trying to remember what had happened throughout her almost 10 years of working with the entire cast.
“When I found out that Celestia and Luna would be the regent rulers, two things crossed my mind. First, the brief appearances they would have since their employment contracts had a high amount of money that they should be paid.” Twilight said before giving a gesture that meant ‘obviously’. “They are well-known stars in show business. And that is why their appearances were brief in the show. Although naturally as the plot progressed, they appeared more frequently, although they still stayed in the background.”
Remembering something, Twilight let out a small laugh.
“As for workmates, I must say that they are the complete opposite of what I expected. Many times you come across the scandals that actresses make on the internet, which can sometimes be absurd and you end up hating those actresses, and that stuck with me for a bit. When I was going to share the dressing room with Celestia, I thought that she would order me to leave or turn out to be a very demanding person. Thought the same about Luna, but thankfully that wasn’t the case. Nothing like what people, who only highlight dramas to boost their ratings or conduct poor research, say things are.”
“How did you like working with them?” The interviewer asked as he continued giving Twilight questions.
“Celestia and Luna were very kind, and very, very tall when I saw them in person,” Twilight said, hiding a look that had certainly reflected her initial astonishment upon seeing them. “I mean, both are two alicorns that were born as Amazonian mares, but when they told me: ‘We are the smallest of the Amazons of our generation, compared to those that are still in Amazonia.’ I swear I couldn't believe it, because, if they are both tall, I was surprised to even think that they are ‘small’ compared to the true Amazons.”
“It is interesting that we take that point… I know that the Amazonian mares have their own tribe, in fact, it is a continent completely isolated from everything we know, and it is even closed to all non-Amazonians, unless you receive an ‘invitation’ or you already are an Amazonian stallion or mare that left that tribe. But I heard a rumor, and I'm sure many would like to know the answer to this next question: Have you been to Amazonia? Because in your book: Pleasure In A Thousand Ways, you mentioned that Amazonian stallions are… ‘Incomparable’, in many aspects… And the mares there, no way to describe them either.”
Blushing, Twilight giggled as the audience laughed and likewise cheered Twilight on with compliments or alluring whistles.
“Well, Celestia managed to get me an invitation, since only those who are Amazonian mares born in their own continent can invite someone. I told Celestia that I work as a writer, more precisely clop stories, and she mischievously told me, ‘Wouldn't you like to know about our culture? Amazonia is very sexually open compared to Neo Equestria.’"
“So, it was an invitation directly to a place that is only about sex?” Asked the surprised interviewer.
“It was, and without realizing it, in just two weeks, Celestia gave me a book with my papers and a kind of golden invitation that I had to give to the ambassador of Amazonia. I can't talk much about my trip because I signed a very firm confidentiality agreement. But what I can say is that our cultures are very different, starting from the fact that everyone there is huge, and as I mentioned in my book, their culture is very sexually open. In fact, I met lots of very attractive studs who found me very ‘exotic’ because I was very small, and of course, I was very surprised by the fact that all the studs there literally have a third leg for a dick.”
"You're kidding me right?" Said the interviewer laughing but with a face full of disbelief. Standing up, Twilight pointed a hand at her crotch.
“I met an Amazonian Zebra and the guy almost brushed his dick off the ground,” Twilight said before she used her other hand to point just below the shin of her legs where one would think the zebra would trip if he accidentally stepped on his own cock. “And that damn thing wasn't even erect yet!”
"And what did you do?" Asked the interviewer as he, as well as the audience, seemed eager to know the answer.
“What did I do?! I obviously ran and went to my apartment! If that guy had wanted to, he would have literally ripped me in half!” Twilight exclaimed before taking a seat with a heavy sigh, feeling surprised as she heard the public laughing at her statements. “Leaving aside the fact that many stallions there tried to woo me… I discovered many things that helped and inspired me to improve my stories and create more. Like the fact that they use potions to enhance their sexual drive, or even there are sex competitions between stallions and mares.”
“Anything particular that you would highlight from there on your visit to Amazonia?” The interviewer asked.
“Yes, the Heart family, the ruling family of the Amazonian continent, was very kind to receive me and showed me a lot about their culture when I was there. In fact, my next book will deal with my experiences in that tribe, getting to know the nation, living with all the ponies there, and naturally getting ‘friendly’ with some of the stallions that caught my eye.”
"Something tells me you managed to get some 'Friends with Benefits' out there, to spread the 'power of friendship', right?" The interviewer joked. Twilight laughed along with the interviewer, who applauded at his own joke and because he managed to make the ‘princess of friendship’ laugh.
"I did, yes. But far from the popular belief that we have of Amazonian mares and stallions, they are not aggressive or rude, or just giants who have the strength to do whatever they want. They are in fact very friendly. Of course, if they come and find you attractive, they will openly tell you: ‘You're very sexy, would you like to have sex today or someday?’ The first time that happened to me, I accepted since the Amazonian who asked me wasn't a giant stud like 99.99999% of Amazonian studs. But even though he was young and that this was his ‘first time’, he had way more skills in bed than me. My book will go more ‘in-depth’ once it’s published”
Applauding for what Twilight said, the interviewer looked at his audience before speaking.
“Sounds good to me! So, you know boys and girls! If you want to know about your princess's lewd activities the next book will be on sale soon! But let's move on to the next question. What’s your relationship with your brother Shining Armor?”
“He is not my brother,” Twilight said almost quickly, almost out of habit by this point. Taking a pause, she continued. “He is another actor who was hired to fill the background story of Twilight. Shining Armor was just a very handsome and very good-looking stud. We even went out together to the movies and to restaurants to eat. Inside the show, we are brother and sister but outside we are not a blood family or anything similar to it. We’re just friends, colleagues who worked for a show.”
"Did you try to become close to each other?" Asked the interviewer, taking a hand to his chin.
“We tried but it didn’t work out for us, our paths weren't the same. As you know he doesn't have many appearances on the show since he already has employment contracts to fulfill in various movies and television series. Like the series Detectives, Three For One, or his movie Wrecked By A Train. He wanted to be more involved in the show but his manager got him many roles to play. Thus he didn't spend much time on the show, only in episodes that were of importance, chapters where Shining Armor asked our director to look for another actor as he really liked playing the role of Twilight's older brother.”
“And the director didn't really look for another actor?” The interviewer asked, surprised that Shining Armor’s actor made this request. Twilight shook her head.
“He didn't. Something that happened that earned him my respect was when we did the Christmas special. He was in another state of the republic filming the movie Deadly Choir and since we were also filming a Christmas special, Shining Armor convinced his film director to take a leave of absence and come by plane to shoot the special with us. But as you know, due to the storms that year, the plane couldn't take off, and so he took his car and started driving for more than 18 hours to film the Christmas special. He arrived at the recording set tired, with dark circles under his eyes, but eager wanting to play his part.”
"He never told you why he wanted to play Twilight's brother?"
“No, actually, I never asked him. I was mostly minding my own business and trying to memorize my own lines for the scenes. I guess there must be something personal about it.”
“I'll then have to ask him that question when I invite him. For now, I know it's a bit late but we're almost done Twilight. I hope you are hungry, my cooks were really looking forward to cooking for you.” The interviewer said with a soft smile.
“Believe me, I came here without eating because I wanted to try everything your chefs have to offer. I know that many of your guests leave completely satisfied with what they ate.”
“That's how it is.” Said the interviewer with a smile full of pride. “They come here walking only to roll out like a beach ball.” The interviewer joked. “I decided to wrap the next two questions into one. Cadence and Sombra, what did you think when working with them?”
“Mhhhh, I haven't had a very long talk with Sombra, but, the few times I managed to talk to him, he was certainly very enthusiastic and charismatic. The few times he was with us, he was the one who encouraged the extra actors to do better. He worked in an unconventional way, I mean he put himself in their shoes, but he had an important point. In the scene where we introduced him as The Shadow King, he helped the extra actors who played the crystal ponies to truly become really shocked and scared of the return of the king. He said and I quote: ‘Guys, I know it's hard, but your roles are just as important as the ‘main characters’ even if you don’t feel like it. If you don't act like you're truly surprised and scared, the scene will have no meaning to the viewer. The viewers won’t feel like there’s any real fear or threat to be worried about, things that my character literally represents. I will arrive and do my best to be as threatening as I can be, but it’ll be the effort of all of you that will truly bring out that feeling of fear and terror at the arrival of The Shadow King.”
“And it worked.”
"Of course it worked!" Twilight exclaimed happily. “He was absolutely right, the extra actors are often as important as the main ones. We would have enjoyed having him direct The Canterlot Wedding, the extras didn't do much to represent the full threat that Chrysalis was. But back to our ‘Shadow King’. He is quite a gentleman, and ironically, he is the only one in the cast who really has a royal title. Of course, he is not a king, but he is an earl. And one highly valued by the magazine The Golden Stud.
"So… Would you say that your time with Shadow was nice?" The interviewer asked.
“It was, he's a good stud, and a very attractive one to tell you the truth, although the sex scene they gave Sombra and Cadence was more than anything a fan service from the director towards adult fans, something he also did with Chrysalis and Shining Armor. After all those four were always porn actors, or at least their careers started there. Although I know out there that they continue to do it for fun. After all, it is very well paid.”
"And how did you like your time with Cadence? What was she like?”
Twilight's ears perked up as she made a happy face.
“Cadence is a lovely pony. I knew her because she was following her modeling career with Fleur Dis Lee in the magazine "The Diamond Mare". When I found out that she would be in the cast for the second season, I was very excited. Did you know that she was the one who cooked the food for us when she came to film a chapter where she appeared!? She is a very charismatic pony and certainly her body is very attractive, it is not for nothing that she has the title of ‘best mare’. And to think that she also started as a porn actress. My surprise was great when she approached me one day and told me, ‘Hey, I read your books!’””
"So she's a reader of yours?"
“She is, and it was with her that I discovered that the difference in height between the alicorn mares born here in Neo Equestria and Amazonia is overwhelming. Sure, Celestia and Luna are from Amazonia, and their height is certainly much higher, but Cadence, being an alicorn, was also surprised to see them, since she considered herself ‘tall’. Although after she and Sombra met, well, things got more ‘intimate’, something that is very ironic really.”
“What do you mean by that? Shadow and Cadence together?”
“When Sombra and Cadence met, they immediately hit off well. In the first week where we recorded the first two episodes of the third season, the ones where Sombra made his appearance, whenever we finished filming, the two of them always went together. Cadence even told me that night that she ended up liking Sombra. That's why the sex scene between Cadence and Sombra is so… passionate. If you allow me to say it.”
“If you think about it, for Shining Armor of the Show, it would be totally crazy for him to find out that Cadence was dating Sombra and not him.” Said the interviewer.
“Believe me it would be, but Shining Armor doesn’t have any problems with it. His performance as husband and Princess Cadence was very good and all... Although now in retrospect, if I were to be honest, I find it somewhat sad, at least according to the show.”
“What are you talking about?” The interviewer asked, perplexed.
"Well, let’s think about it," Twilight said before pointing to herself. “His sister reaches a magical power that makes her ascend as an Alicorn, showing to the viewers that this ascension can be achieved. But then, even though they tell us that Shining Armor is a physically strong unicorn with such great power to create large shields that would protect entire cities for entire days... He does not rise as an Alicorn. Even though he puts his physical and magical well-being before everyone, even preferring to sacrifice himself to save his sister so that Sombra does not capture her. He demonstrated on several occasions that he was worthy to become the first Alicorn Stallion of the Show. But apparently, Laurent Faust and the director did not like the idea. And now I start to think about how sad it would be for Princess Cadence, for his sister and his daughter, because being an alicorn means they will not age. Shining Armor will be the only one to die, and his loved ones won’t be able to do anything but live on without him.”
“If it seems somewhat unfair, I guess that the moral of it is to know that life is finite, and the little time you have is what makes it so special. I suppose that is the reason why they did not want Twilight's brother to ascend as an Alicorn. Although I'm not a director, I’m guessing that must’ve been his reason without a doubt.” The interviewer said. At that moment one of the cameramen made a signal with his hand to indicate to him that time is running out.
“Well Twilight, it was very kind of you to accept this interview and especially that you could come with such short notice.” The interviewer said as he got up.
“The pleasure is all mine,” Twilight said with a smile as she also got up. “I hope I have solved some doubts that you had.”
“There are still some left, but you can answer those on another day. Why don't we go eat? I'm sure you're starving.” The interviewer said.
"Oh believe me, yes.”
“Well then that’s all folks! See you in the next chapter of:
Life after the show!”