UK: Twilight fans go wild for stars at London premiere of "Breaking Dawn - Part 1"

Record ID: 220649

  • Title: UK: Twilight fans go wild for stars at London premiere of "Breaking Dawn - Part 1"
  • Date: 18th November 2011
  • Summary: LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 16, 2011) (REUTERS) LONG PAN ALONG LINE OF SCREAMING FANS HOLDING ROSES AND POSTERS FANS WITH POSTER SAYING THEY CAME 1700 MILES FROM HUNGARY FAN HOLDING POSTER WHICH READS 'Marry Me Edward' (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNNAMED BRITISH FEMALE FAN, SAYING: "We came here at ten o' clock last night so I think it's about twenty hours now we've been waiting here altogether. So we were quite tired but we're hyped up now because we're excited." FANS STANDING BEHIND CARRIER (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNNAMED HUNGARIAN FEMALE FAN, SAYING: "They're so cute and Rob is a really good actor." FANS BEHIND BARRIERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNNAMED BRITISH FAN, ON ROBERT PATTINSON, SAYING: "He's so fit and amazing I love him. No seriously I love him. I just want to take him home and put him in my bag." ACTOR TAYLOR LAUTNER POSES FOR PICTURES WITH FAN, SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS (SOUNDBITE) (English) TAYLOR LAUTNER, ACTOR, SAYING: "I mean it's everything that's been bottled up in the past three movies kind if explodes in this one -- we got the marriage, we got the honeymoon, we got death, we got the birth. I mean there's a lot going on in this one." LAUTNER SIGNS AUTOGRAPHS PHOTOGRAPHERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) TAYLOR LAUTNER, ACTOR, SAYING: (Reporter: "How did you feel when you read the script and your shirt was coming off in the first few scenes?") "Well when I read the script there was a lot more than one. So I had conversations with Bill (Condon) and said you know this movie's so much more of a character piece than any of the other ones and I don't want to focus on that. So I was kind of able to hand those duties off to Rob and Kristen on this one." ACTRESS KRISTEN STEWART TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) KRISTEN STEWART, ACTRESS, ON SEX SCENE, SAYING: "It was an interesting experience. It was different to what we ever had before. Because usually we can just refer to the book, we've got pages. But it was good -- everyone thinks love scenes are always going to be really awkward and stuff -- but you know appropriately so. Lots of close-ups and sexy face." STEWART TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) KRISTEN STEWART, ACTRESS, ON TWILIGHT'S LOYAL FANS, SAYING: "It's funny because it's happened before but you never expect it to continue on this level. Things usually go down and expectedly and fine. That would be OK. Basically it's such a blessing to come and see that it's still basically the same thing we had at the beginning." ACTOR ROBERT PATTINSON TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERT PATTINSON, ACTOR, SAYING: "I proposed to Bella so many times. It's kind of... you had to get married at some point otherwise it wouldn't make any sense. It would look like you had some kind of issue but like doing the birth scene and stuff like that was incredibly different. I've never...it was amazing that it's part of this series. It's so graphic and weird, but hopefully people will enjoy it." ACTOR ROBERT PATTINSON TALKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) ROBERT PATTINSON, ACTOR, SAYING: "Stephanie Meyer just created these characters that somehow attach onto a vein of humanity...what the...what am I talking about? Jesus Christ! Yeah I mean people just love the books. She's tapped into some craziness in girls that makes them go crazy." PATTINSON TALKING TO REPORTERS CLOSE OF PATTINSON
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  • Story Text: "Twilight" fans gathered in their hundreds at the London premiere of "Breaking Dawn - Part 1," the fourth instalment of the hugely popular "Twilight" franchise, as the stars of the film came out to greet them in London on Wednesday (November 16).
    Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner led the all-star cast and signed autographs for fans, many of whom had travelled from other countries, and camped out overnight in the hope of catching a glimpse of their favourite "Twilight" stars.
    "They're so cute and Rob is a really good actor," said one young fan who had travelled to London from Hungary to see her idols.
    "He's so fit and amazing I love him. No seriously I love him. I just want to take him home and put him in my bag," said another young British fan.
    In a scene shot to be suitable for the teenage audience, Edward and Bella consummate their love for each other, something which wasn't made explicit in the book.
    "Twilight" actress Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella, said the love scene was tastefully done.
    "It was an interesting experience. It was different to what we ever had before. Because usually we can just refer to the book, we've got pages. But it was good -- everyone thinks love scenes are always going to be really awkward and stuff -- but you know appropriately so. Lots of close-ups and sexy face," she said.
    She added that she felt grateful that the fans still continued to support the series so passionately.
    "It's funny because it's happened before but you never expect it to continue on this level. Things usually go down and expectedly and fine. That would be OK. Basically it's such a blessing to come and see that it's still basically the same thing we had at the beginning," said Stewart.
    Actor Taylor Lautner, who plays werewolf Jacob Black, said the movie was much more mature than the previous instalments.
    "I mean it's everything that's been bottled up in the past three movies kind if explodes in this one -- we got the marriage, we got the honeymoon, we got death, we got the birth. I mean there's a lot going on in this one."
    Some Team Jacob fans may, however, be disappointed to know that the young actor, known for his muscular physique, only gets his shirt off once in the latest film. He said he had discussed revising down the number of times he appeared shirtless with the movie's director, Bill Condon.
    "Well when I read the script there was a lot more than one (shirtless scene). So I had conversations with Bill (Condon) and said you know this movie's so much more of a character piece than any of the other ones and I don't want to focus on that. So I was kind of able to hand those duties off to Rob and Kristen on this one," he told Reuters Television.
    After the third film, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" ended on a proposal, the fourth film sees young lovers Bella Swan and vampire Edward Cullen finally come together in a highly anticipated wedding that has had the "Twilight" fan-verse in a frenzy.
    "I proposed to Bella so many times. It's kind of...you had to get married at some point otherwise it wouldn't make any sense. It would look like you had some kind of issue but like doing the birth scene and stuff like that was incredibly different. I've never...it was amazing that it's part of this series. It's so graphic and weird, but hopefully people will enjoy it," said British actor Robert Pattinson, who plays Edward.
    Asked what the enduring appeal of the movies was, he pointed to the characters invented by author Stephanie Meyer.
    "Stephanie Meyer just created these characters that somehow attach onto a vein of humanity...what the...what am I talking about? Jesus Christ! Yeah I mean people just love the books. She's tapped into some craziness in girls that makes them go crazy," he said.
    Wedded bliss doesn't last long for the couple, as Bella falls pregnant with a vampire baby on their honeymoon, and finds it slowly killing her. Peter Facinelli, who plays vampire doctor Carlisle Cullen, said the movie changed pace quickly with Bella's pregnancy.
    "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reaser and Sarah Clarke, and will be in cinemas worldwide from Friday, November 18.
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