Last night’s Los Angeles premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon brought out the film’s stars and the devoted fans, the latter holding signs that ranged from the comically desperate (“Team Whatever I Can Get”), to the sexual and age-inappropriate (“Jacob Black: I’d hit that with a Volvo”), to the self-aware (“Don’t judge me,” “Don’t stalk the Pattinson”). While Taylor Lautner skipped the print press line, Stewart and Pattinson, the latter of whom had no idea that Twihards had camped out in Westwood for four days to catch a glimpse of him, did their duty. “You can’t prepare for this,” Pattinson told us, unshaven in Gucci. “It is just insane. I don’t know how the Beatles felt but I imagine it was perhaps close to this. I think very few human beings will ever get to experience the same feelings and love we feel at Twilight events.” Stewart, who kept a safe distance from Pattinson on the red carpet in her Oscar de la Renta, said this is the night she works for: “The only reason you make movies is for people to see them and hopefully love them. I feel like doing interviews tonight at this is just boring. I would rather spend the time hanging out with the fans because I have done a hundred million interviews and they all know what I have to say.” (The film’s stars did spend time with the fans signing autographs. Kellan Lutz, who plays Emmett, went and collected his superfan, who apparently follows him everywhere and wears a shirt that says “Nutz for Lutz,” gave her a ticket, and walked her in past all the cameras. It was actually quite sweet.) Other highlights:
• Michael Sheen (Aro): “This is amazing and fantastic to see this sort of passion in young people. My own daughter loves the books and this is something we can share and talk about and connect on. People get so worked up. This feels like being part of a phenomenon. It feels like more than just doing a film. Although a lot of middle-aged women got pretty worked up about Frost/Nixon. You should have seen the signs they made for Frank Langella. We got sent a few pairs of underwear.”
• Peter Facinelli (Carlisle): “I think I can enjoy the chaos more this time because I expected it….Last time I stepped out of the limo on premiere night and was like, ‘Whoa.’ I was blown away by the screams. It was so intense. Now that I knew what to expect, I can just roll with it. This just does not happen very often. These kids are so supportive of the film. They even want my autograph and I am old enough to be their dad….I don’t envy what the main three have to go through everyday. That’s why Kellan and I held hands off the plane. If they want a circus, we’ll give them a circus. We were just having some fun. And by the way, we already broke up.”
• Alex Meraz (Paul): “I think guys won’t mind if their girlfriend drags them to a Twilight film this time because there is a very masculine side to this film. It brings a whole different level of excitement. The wolves are much more animalistic and raw and unrefined compared to the vampires in their fancy house with their nice cars. Vampires are older and more suave and mature. The shapeshifters are not. We are young, aggressive and have tons of testosterone and nudity. It will make for a more balanced date night movie selection. And even if guys don’t want to see it, if they want to see their girlfriends, they better go because that’s where their girls will be. And I feel like we are buttering up their girls with our abs so they could get lucky.”
• Nikki Reed (Rosalie): “I feel an insane amount of pressure personally because I was not the first choice for Rosalie. The fans envisioned someone else for this, so I feel like I am still working that much harder to win their approval. I want them to be happy with me. It is a genuine need of mine.” Reed, who moved to Europe for the three months between filming of New Moon and Eclipse because she “couldn’t really handle how crazy it was,” is hoping that Breaking Dawn isn’t divided up into two movies. “I suppose I would like to keep [the series] to four movies, unless they really feel like they can’t condense the last book into one movie properly. But I think we can do it as one, it isn’t that much longer of a book. But I don’t know anything about what they have planned. We don’t even have a director, that I know of, or a start date. I think they are probably going to wait and see how this one does. Because the movies cost more to make as we move along and do more special effects.”
• Kellan Lutz (Emmett): “We want to make a fourth film, and to get to that goal, Two and Three have to make some money, and the way to do that is to get butts in seats. And so we have to keep the fans happy. Two and Three are edgier and darker. There is more action….It isn’t all about Rob getting all kissy-faced. They are sexier. Three is gonna show how badass us vampires can be. [Eclipse director] David Slade has such an eye for that dark action.”
• Anna Kendrick (Jessica): “[Fans] want so badly to see the books come to life that you get the feeling that they would show up for anything, but I think this film dives deeper than the last one into the legends and the romance and the love triangle, and there is more action, and now we have werewolves, too. So I feel like they are going to be happier with this film. At least I hope so, because the one thing that would really get us in trouble and put the fourth film in jeopardy would be not making the fans happy. If they walk and don’t support New Moon, I don’t think there will be a fourth film.”
But no pressure, Twihards.
— Reporting by Carrie Bell
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Photo credit: Lautner and Stewart: Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Pattinson: Tina Gill/PR Photos
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The signs are actually hilarious! I’m not sure I understand the obsession, but it does seem that the actors appreciate the fans, which is nice. Although Kellan Lutz might want to be careful (she “follows him everywhere”?) in indulging his “superfan” like that.
I know, Crispy’s signs were awesome, right?!?
Crispy = “Bella’s Fella 4 Ever”
“I’d hit that with a Volvo” — that’s funny.
I wanna be that SuperFan…WOW. She must’ve been in heaven.
Thanks EW. I am now officially excited for this coming weekend!
Does anyone know of a Firefox extension that will remove all articles, blog postings, etc. about Twilight? I’m not sure I can survive the week.
Well it is the week of so I suggest just dealing with it. Tell yourself it’ll be all over soon. And then onto Eclipse!
I’ll be drowning myself in cheap vodka.
If it’s the week of, fine. But what about the other 51 weeks of the year? I’m actually glad Eclipse is coming out fairly soon. The sooner it comes out, the sooner this madness will end for good.
It’s called a “mouse”. It works by not clicking on Twlight-related articles.
Hilarious!
Bahahahahahhaaa.
Yes. Epic Reply.
I was hoping to find something similar to remove all mention of Sarah Palin… and the Gosselins
If you ever find it, please let me know about it.
If you hate “Twilight” so much, why do you bother to click on the articles and make comments? When I see articles that don’t interest me, I simply don’t bother to read them. Obviously, there are tons of people who do enjoy “Twilight” and it’s pretty mean-spirited (and kind of pathetic) to try to rain on their parade by leaving anti-”Twilight” comments every chance you get. I’ve got news for you, “Twilight” isn’t going away any time soon. There are still at least 2 more movies to go.
That’s what I do whenever I see stuff on Spencer Pratt. I can’t stand that pratt so I avoid those articles at all costs. Plus I figure if I read it, then the site will think I’m actually interested enough to open the link, which I’m not!!
Oh, ladies, ladies…Crispy IS a Twilight fan. Whether or not he/she is a fan of the actual series is debatable, but he/she is DEFINITELY a fan of the Twilight hysteria. That’s why the haters dwell here. Even if they hate the books/movies, Twilight still pulls them in – just in a different way. They try to resist the pull and it results in a spew of angry comments. It’s a vicious inner battle they face, try to keep this in mind when dealing with them.
Who do you think you’re kidding, Crispy? You live for Twilight! You must, because I see you on the Twilight message boards all the time. You love it and you know it!
It’s true. I’m always on TwilightMoms trying to get some fat cougar action.
I’m ready for you anytime, Crispy.
Too bad for Crispy that the TwilightMoms actually have TASTE.
The only good thing is, after this week no one will give a rat’s ass about Twilight because the only people that wanted to see it will have seen it and it will drop off big time just like the first one.
Everything Alex said cracked me up. Very clever sales Alex.
I love them all. I can’t wait to see it this friday.
All of these quotes cracked me up. Funny bunch. Well expect for Kristen Stewart who would obviously turn her nose up at this movie if she wasn’t in it.
I have noticed that same thing about Kristen and Robert. I think they hate that they ever got involved with this franchise. They hate it. But they love money I am guessing..
I can’t wait for NEW MOON! Is it Friday already??
Seriously EW, how much Twilight coverage can you guys do? How many times will these people grace your cover? The movies and the books are bad and worse, I think you guys know it. Have some integrity! I hate seeing this magazine that I love become a cheering section for tween garbage.
It’s Twilight premiere week. Either go to another article or drink a tall glass of “Get the Eff Over it.”
I did go to the next article. It was about Twilight too!
Crispy, I truly feel bad for you. I know that this is pure torture for you. Only a few more days.
Oh, but wait, then we have Eclipse promotions and trailers.
You might as well go ahead and put yourself out of your misery.
Or go watch old Lost reunions to occupy your time.
Go Twilight.
Reruns…sorry. That must have been my fourteen year old mentality battling through.
Michael Sheen is a hoot. I’ve got tkts for the Midnight show Thursday night. Can’t wait!
I have to agree with some of the posters. If you don’t want to read about Twilight saga hype, no one asks you click the article. Move on, and ignore it.
I agree, I dont have to click this article and normally wouldn’t. I just chose to click this one and post on it because I feel like EW.com posts half a dozen new Twilight related blogs a day. And its not like this is a Twilight premiere week fluke. I’m not personally offended by the Twilight series or its fans, I just want EW to have well balanced entertainment coverage.
If you want well-balanced coverage, you’ll have to go elsewhere. I still cringe at the remembrance of 3 horrible summer months of Megan Fox. Twilight coverage is NOTHING to EW’s coverage of M.F. day after day, week after week last summer.
Puh-leeze. Twilight coverage is hour after hour.
It used to annoy me too but it’s become so ubiquitous that I don’t notice it anymore, like white noise or crazy homeless people. Just pop in your headphones and walk on brother. Let the cat ladies have their sad little Twilight orgy and just ignore it.
It’s not even so much that I have to click on the article. The headlines and the home page pictures are enough. Enough with Twilight please!!!!! The first movie was one of the worst movies of the last decade. All three principle actors are ugly as can be and as egotistical as can be!!!! I HAVE HAD IT WITH TWILIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
“All three principle actors …egotistical.”
Wow. You really have no effing clue what you are talking about.
Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder, so I will let that slide.
But egotistical? Do your homework before making stupid immature comments. The cast members are 90% of the reason for the overly zealous and obsessive fandom.
You can hate the movies all you want, I don’t expect everyone to like them, but don’t degrade the cast when you do not know anything about them.
THEN JUST IGNORE IT!!! Stay off your computer if there’s so much Twilight stuff that’s coming up.
OMC, Kellan is hilarious! He was a great choice to play Emmett. I think the did a great job overall with the casting. I have met Peter. He’s really funny, too. And I’m 13, so he’s old enough to be my dad. I screamed when I was about to meet him. I love, love, love Taylor. I love Nikki, too. She’s a great person. Love them all (with the exception of Rob… he’s icky).
Not like ROB? That’s sacrilege!
J/K
Yay New Moon! Haters can eff off. How lame can you be to prowl the articles and message boards of things you don’t like? I don’t personally know anyone who has that kind of time. Get some lives, folks.
Very insightful comments by the cast – and Peter Facinelli is always funny, love him.