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Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart pose for the cameras in Berlin, where they’ve been promoting The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. For obvious reasons, the clip above offers no information about the making of Eclipse or New Moon or Twilight or Breaking Dawn, but it’s fascinating nonetheless.
You get to see the pressure — the absurd madness — major movie stars have to endure while plugging their films. I’ve seen guys herding cattle treating their cows and oxen with more respect.
Robert Pattinson missed out on all the fun because he has been working on Water for Elephants in California. As everyone should know by now, Francis Lawrence is the director of this period drama co-starring Reese Witherspoon and Christoph Waltz.
Directed by David Slade, Eclipse opens in the United States and about a dozen other countries on June 30. Melissa Rosenberg adapted Stephenie Meyer’s novel.
Also in the Eclipse cast: Bryce Dallas Howard, Kellan Lutz, Xavier Samuel, Dakota Fanning, Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Julia Jones, Booboo Stewart, Billy Burke, Daniel Cudmore, Anna Kendrick, Kiowa Gordon, Sarah Clarke, and Jodelle Ferland.
They handle this so well. Taylor is only 18 and Kristen is only 20. Many adults would run and hide. Summit got lucky in finding such great leads for their franchise.
I think it’s interesting to show this side of their press coverage. It helps give the reader/fan a better understanding of the less glamourous side of stardom. Certain media and commenters can be too judgemental at times when a celeb complains or remarks about this type of pressure.