USA: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner lead stars on black carpet for premiere of "The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1" in downtown Los Angeles

Record ID: 220662

  • Title: USA: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner lead stars on black carpet for premiere of "The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn - Part 1" in downtown Los Angeles
  • Date: 16th November 2011
  • Summary: "TWILIGHT" FANS LINED UP WITH FOREIGN FLAGS
  • Embargoed: 1st December 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Usa, Usa
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Arts
  • Reuters ID: LVA5CA0XU98R3V3OPQE3SIOEFZGC
  • Story Text: "Twilight" fans gathered in their hundreds at the black carpet premiere of "Breaking Dawn - Part 1," the fourth installment of the hugely popular "Twilight" franchise, as the stars of the film came out to greet them in downtown Los Angeles on Monday (November 14).
    Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner led the all-star cast and signed autographs for fans, many of whom had traveled from other states and countries, and camped out for days in the hope of catching a glimpse of their favorite "Twilight" stars.
    "Twilight" actress Nikki Reed felt grateful that the fans still continued to support the series so passionately.
    "I feel really grateful that they still, you know, love the series and want to come out here and support it because in this day and age, to capture an audience's attention for this long is insane," said Reed.
    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.
    "Filming the wedding scene was definitely very magical, especially for us as a cast," said "Twilight" actor Kellan Lutz, who plays vampire Emmett Cullen. "Kristen looked amazing, Rob looked handsome...it was a very special moment for all of us to capture."
    Actress Kristen Stewart, who plays Bella, said filming the wedding scenes were "amazing."
    "I had the clearest head I've had on the whole series. I was, I was so in my body that day, and a lot of times you can just overthink everything and that's not how I wanted to remember it," said the young actress.
    Revered fashion designer Carolina Herrera created Bella's wedding dress, a challenge that she was flattered to take on.
    "She's an innocent girl that is finding her first true love, so there is romance, there is magic, there is everything together," said the designer.
    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.
    "You have this beautiful wedding, you go on this honeymoon with them, it's all you've ever dreamed about, wanted, and then the shoe drops and all havoc ensues because they're having this baby and nobody knows what it is," said Facinelli.
    "Breaking Dawn - Part 1" is the penultimate story in the "Twilight Saga," and as the franchise nears to an end, actor Taylor Lautner, who plays werewolf Jacob Black, was sad to see the series finish.
    "It has been a journey, we've had a lot of fun together, so when we finished filming, it was kind of a bummer because we really, I mean, going back filming is like reuniting with the family, so it was tough to finish," said Lautner.
    "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 theaters worldwide from Friday, November 18.
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