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Twilight Stars: Unknowns to Superstars in a Year’s Time

by Will on May 30, 2009 · Comments

in Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Twilight

The Twilight cast went from being relative unknowns to some of the hottest stars in Hollywood in a year due to the success of the movie. The video above shows Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart going relatively unnoticed at last year’s MTV Movie Awards–it’s safe to say every eye will be on them tomorrow nightd. MTV takes a look at their rise to stardom along with Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke–

“Pretty much, everyone was more or less an unknown when we cast them,” she explained. “Now they’ve all blown up big, like, crazy.”

“I think it’s going to be different,” she said of the reception she expects for stars like Pattinson on this year’s red carpet. “Most people, now, know who Robert is. He’s been at the top of the Star Meter on IMdB for a year now — he’s really blown up big.”

You can read more at MTV.

[thanks, Fernanda and TeamSpaceHeaters!]

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  • unicorn glow(vampire_vixen)
    gosh; i love themm..i was a kristen fan before twilight and now i am a even bigger fan; and of course rob..lovee him to death....they are both so real..and thats one of the reasons why we love them...i hope kristen wear something niice tomorrow..and i also hope they party later and have fun because they deserve it..they have been working too hard...

    kristen; i love u girl; but ummm..please dont bring michael..i dont know if u two are still a couple; and i am not saying get with rob because we all know what the answer is and the hope is; i am just saying tomorrow is for twilight and michael isn't a part of the movie; so kick him to the side for one night only...lmao...i am serious
  • Hilary
    *taps glass with knife* Here here! Well said! Attention person thinking they are dating Kristen Stewart, on the night of the MTV awards please keep your a$$ on the sofa and allow the twihards to watch their two favorite actors behave like a couple.

    Also, allow a hot steamy kiss to occur.

    Thank you.
  • karis1020
    LOL LOL LOL I SOOOOO agree with you there!!! He will just ruin the atmosphere aka their flirting with each other LOL....also if he does come and Robsten win Best Kiss....ohhhhh I want to see MA's face....your funeral baby so yeah stay home :D
  • unicorn glow(vampire_vixen)
    lmaooo......ur so funny karis
  • MrsArianaEdwardCullen
    I agree MA needs to stay HOMEEEE! :D there's no need for him to ruin the moment and the chemistry between Kris and Rob.... and it will be awkard if, no not if, WHEN Rob and Kristen win best kiss. that would be so funny if he came and Michael had to sit in row 15236546 (all the way in the back) while Kris and Rob sit in the front row hahaha:D
  • Stacy
    I love this interview....Kristen is so cute...I cant believe people think she doesnt like twilight...
  • It's amazing to see how they are now... all loved by amazing fans like us... *tears* :)
  • iheartrobpattz
    can't wait to see what happens tomorrow at the awards THIS year. no one notice them then....tomorrow all eyes will be on them:)
  • *hands NewMoon a tissue* They have got to be two of the most beautiful people on the planet. I had a permasmile for the whole segment and now I have a cheek cramp. I just love them!
  • lol thanks... I agree they are the best
  • unicorn glow(vampire_vixen)
    awww dont u just love this interview.. they are so kool; and yes i know kristen love twilight and her fans..people just twiseted her words and then some crazy people who can't get over themselves went all crazy with it.. she's mostly mis-understood; but i love her and her realness and she's a great actress...
  • Vampgirl(Team Robsten forever)
    Oh I agree like the Nylon interview which to tell you the truth I didn't say why people got their panties in a twist, and don't we all have our foot in the mouth moments? another thing that irks me is this sentence "she should smile more", "she should be more apprectivative". Are you her employeer or something she is human, stop trying to make her into another celeb robot. I know I have said that people give Rob a pass, this has not always been the case, remember the infamous Entertaiment Weekly cover? well I remember how the Rob haters return in droves, so this is what I have learned about haters, when you are bestowing your love on both they avoid the sites, but when either Rob and Kris do something wrong, here they come.

    And it's sad because I don't even understand what most write.
  • forevertwilight
    I really don't understand how Kristen has resisted from leaping on Rob and humping him through out the time they have been together...
    there chemistry has got stronger and stronger better then any other celebrity's that i have seen, even my own mum and dad!

    I saw this MTV interview last year it was cute, they finished off each others sentences loads, and was very touchy feely and flirty. ROBSTEN FOR THE WIN TONIGHT
  • ♥LoveThemCullenBoys ♥s Edward♥
    Anybody watched "Friends".... She is his Lobster.... LOL!!!
  • NaughtyButCute
    HAHAHAHA That's sooo true!!!
  • CF911 Team Tyler!
    I really love this interview. Even back then Robsten seemed like such good friends. I have never doubted that Kristen was a huge Twilight fan, but if you think of how many stupid interviews and public appearances she had to do and had to answer the same stupid questions over and over and over again, I probably would have came off the way she started to. I really can't blame her for that. That is actually what I have always liked about Kristen is that she is not fake and never pretends to be. It may come off arrogant at times, but she means well.
  • Vampgirl(Team Robsten forever)
    Kristen is the anti-Britney, ant-Paris, she is not a bimbo, she is a stay at home girl, she loves her family basically she is one of us, the reason I come to her defense so many times is that she reminds me of my little sister, even though my sis can be a big pain the butt, and I have seen Kris' other works Speak, In the Land of Women, The Messengers, Zathura, and Catch That Kid, I can't wait for the Runaways, plus Adventureland and Cake Eaters, future Oscar contender for sure. As for Rob, what can we say, but I have been saying it, he is Britian's version of Johnny Depp. So looking foward to Remember Me, Unbound Captives, Bel Ami, and last but not least Eclipse and Breaking Dawn.

    For the offical Robsten, come on they would push Brangelina aside, they are younger and they are hotter. So yeah if Robsten is true deal, bye bye Brangelina, you just have been up stage by a much younger and hotter looking couple, who would make even more beautiful babies than you.
  • Stacy
    I agree! I become such a huge fan of hers after twilight even though I had seen some of her movies before...but I love all the interviews she does, cant wait til tomorrow...plus she has worn some really pretty dresses promoting twilight so I interested to see what she wears tomorrow!
  • pamloves
    same here. she is an amazing actor some actors have not master the interviewing yet and can't blame her. i hate being asked the same questions as well.
  • ♥LoveThemCullenBoys ♥s Edward♥
    See how much they go together... they finish each others sentences from the beginning.... Gosh.. how modest

    they were about all the attention back then and now Rob can't even eat a power bar without someone taking he's

    picture and there is not one girl that would do anything to trade places with Kristen. I really hope they know

    how much the fans love them for bringing Bella and Edward to life.


    Side note: They would make a Kick A$$ couple if they were together!!!!!
  • i_like_em_sparkly (Sparkly)
    After being kissed by Rob for theNew Moon scenes I will have to tazer her if she doesn't come to her senses. He has always wanted her...she just has to say the word.

    If that was me I would have married him by now and would be practicing starting a family if you know what I mean. She's such a stupid lamb!!!

    LMAO
  • ItsRobert_Effing_Pattinson
    Look at you with the tazer again...Am I rubbing off on you?!?

    LOL
  • Vampgirl(Team Robsten forever)
    I'm having this picture in my head of a group of Twilighters pulling a Stewie Griffin on poor MA, waiting for him at his house, using Effing's Tazer, knocking him out, putting tape around his mouth, tying him up and stuffing him in trunk of a car. That would take care of him getting in the way of Robsten's night.
  • pamloves
    i would go to vegas to marry him. they are way to cute of a couple. she will come to her senses some day lets hope so. MA is not for her.
  • cara
    i dunno, a book like this would have flopped with highly known stars, but how many of them really have the staying power for after this series? i suppose time will tell
  • marie_C - Team switz
    is much better this way, u don't know the actors and at the end ppl end up loving them, look hp for example.
  • cara
    dear sweet god i was first? how did that happen?
  • V_Jacobs_Girl
    I think it's a beautiful thing. If it weren't for Twilight there wouldn't be a New Moon and a reason for Tay to get all beef cake on us :D
    1st!
  • twi-lisa
  • Danielle
    Its soo good that they all came to be huge stars and what i like about them they don't let it all go to their head like most celebrities do.
  • no comment
    i think its pretty cool to see them grow with with these films because of these films and we helped them along their journey
  • Aloha - Scooby Doo
    It's charming in hindsight, isn't it?
    And you can actually hear them speaking!!!
  • cara
    most charming part is " They arent cheering for us" haha, now we never get that, its all fan screaming all the time
  • ohmy_feathers
    Aw reminiscing! I remember being sooo excited when I saw last years MTV awards and I saw them! I was also happy to see Paramore perform! :)
  • you had to have unknown people because you want it to be as realistic as possible and if you had a a-lister play edward or bella it would have never worked.. i cant wait til tomorrow :)
  • iheartrobpattz
    I have always thought that too. Thats why i've never been for dakota fanning as jane. she is too mainstream. I like the fact they didn't use mainstream actors. even though they have become popular now, its works because that's who it started with.
  • yeaa me neither like that want channing tatum for riley.. uh no you cant do that .. hes way to mainstream.. plus i kinda pictured riley as this geeky guy who is hoplelessly in love with victoria haa.. todayyy!!!
  • pamloves
    it would not have worked you are right about that.
  • TheLionFellIn<3W/Ceci-ROBECI
    Aww I remember that... hehe... MY dork... he's gorgeous... his nervous laugh... hehe!!! They are both gorgeous... more Rob though *sigh* gotta love my sweetie pie!! LOL, I am sure there won't be a soul that won't be tuned to the MTV awards tomorrow night.. shoot, I know I will be glued to that damn tv ;-)
  • CF911 Team Tyler!
    Bottom line, I will be the happiest person tomorrow night at 9PM. Rob and Kristen and Taylor and Kings of Leon. What more could you want?
  • natalie_teamrobsten
    I really didn't know rob or kristen as I do now I can't believe how famous they have become and they deserve it i'm proud of them!!!!! And as for tomorrow I can't wait and I know we will all be satisfied with what we see in the MTV awards and in the trailer!!
  • alicecullen13
    they come like such a long way. like realy they were like hardly noticed at last years and this year, as mtv has said. they are "king and Queen of the ball." their lives have changed like so fast its incredible.
  • Bre
    awhhhh so cute!! i love them post stalkers bc they actually had FUN with it and now fans and paparazzi are annoying as crap!!
  • 30yearoldtwifan "Team Slade"
    Rob looks so skinny here! wow he has changed so much from last year! Matured and Sexy as hell! not that he wasn't back then, but I LOVE his body now a lot better!
  • iheartrobpattz
    mature and SEXY is right!
  • AshleyAnne5
    Rob and Kristen are probably thinking... "why can't our lives be like this now?" "people kind of knew who we were last year and now we get followed EVERYWHERE!" but that all comes with the territory I suppose and I cannot be happier that they are Edward and Bella!
  • 30yearoldtwifan "Team Slade"
    Yeah they are totally up a notch from last year, and they deserve all the happiness! I cant wait for tommorw! I wonder what they will be wearing? I bet there all going to look perfect!
  • nemesis_robward's girl =D
    n_n i so, so sooooooooooo happy for them....they are on the top of the Starmeter cause they deserve it..... they are honest, true, charismatic and humble people who worked really hard not knowing what to expect when the movie came out, but because of their effort and dedication they're enjoying the fruits of this labor......... thanx so much u guys for bringing edward, bella and twilight to life!!!!!!!!!!
  • Vampgirl(Team Robsten forever)
    I know they have remind with their feet planted on the ground fame has not changed them.
  • TheHoneyBear
    Creepy how Catherine knows that Rob has been on top of IMdB's Star Meter ever since.
  • iheartrobpattz
    when it comes to Rob, she is probably just like all of us! LoL!
  • TheHoneyBear
    but i did not even know that IMdB had a freakin' star meter or something like that.
    it's creeping me out that she knows about it... and not me.
    i mean i'm like one of rob's 100 cyber-stalkers. how could i not know it?
  • iheartrobpattz
    LoL! That's why we have this site! To keep us updated. And don't forget she's the one who wanted him as edward and said he would be perfect.....Turns out she was right:) gotta love him. BTW, imdb has twi updates too but as much.
  • yay wow so proud of myself..... first time i send in something and they put it up..... woohooo..... this is jux as good as being first.....
    hehehe when i 1st saw this video i though it was sooooo cute..... aww those were the old days.....
    "spunk ransom"........ how cute....
    and by the way rob..... i DO like ur name...... cause one day it will be mine too!!!!!!!!!
    i never loose hope
  • nemesis_robward's girl =D
    ****cheers to u lil grasshopper**** hehe i have never send anything, i just read and comment lol.... but maybe i will, some day O.o
  • hehehe thnx for the props...... u should its fun....
    ahh today has been a day of excitement ........ and so will tomorrow
  • nemesis_robward's girl =D
    i'm counting the hours, secs, milisecs lol.......so much fun tomorrow =D
  • rosycullen
    Congrats Ferni, good for you... ya necesitaba ver algo de mi adorado Rob, estaba como loca esperando ver algo de el, y "la esperanza es lo ultimo que se pierde" (bueno en vista que ya perdimos la razon) ; )
  • gracias gracias....... jijijijiji
    si yo asi estaba me comia la ansiedad de ver algo de Robbie......... mañana vamos a tener un buen taco de ojo en los mtv m.a
  • rosycullen
    Ohala y no nos de un ataque antes
  • jajaja...... ojala..... pero si por alguna razon mañana nos vamos de este mundo......... nos iremos felizes..... no cres????
  • rosycullen
    Si en caso me muero y dejo algun asunto pendiente, te imaginaras a quien voy a perseguir, en buena onda, no lo quiero volver loco.
  • pobechito........ no lo atormentes mas de lo ke ya esta
  • rosycullen
    Jamas... solo siento la necesidad de protejerlo = D
  • jejeje protegerlo de ti misma....... y de mi..... y de todas de las demas aki
  • YouAreMyLifeNow
    I loved them then and I love them now. They are the realist celebrities I've seen. They are so natural and not putting on a pretense. Rob is so adorably awkward sometimes, which makes him that much more sexy. And Kristen is real and doesn't pretend to be something she's not to impress people. She speaks her mind and I highly respect that about her. I just love both of them.
  • EdwardForever
    I love watching him talk about his music. He's always so shy about it. I would so love to see him play the piano live just to watch the emotions on his face. *Gah* Now, I've done it. I'm never going to fall asleep tonight with that image in my head!
  • Mrs. Robsessed
    omg....his voice. It's been too long since i have heard that insane accent. Another sleepless night for me!
  • anonymous
    They just look so good together. But if she is really inlove with her bf Michael, then we should just be happy for her. But I guess some of the people here is right. Rob obviously is very into her ever since.
  • I love how everyone in the background is just ignoring them :D
    So funny.
    That won't be happening again anytime soon
  • "they've been paid" LOL!
  • NaughtyButCute
    My heart melts when I hear Rob talk... *swoon*

    Does anyone else think Rob looks a lot like Marlo? Here's a couple pics that I love of them both, they are both super sexy!!

    http://tinypic.com/r/eqs0f7/5
  • pamloves
    i know about
    rob from hp
    kristen from the movie with adam brody and meg ryan
    kellan from stick it
    elizabeth reaser plays esme i know her from greys anatomy
    peter i forgot he was in can't hardly wait
    taylor lautner from cheaper by the dozen 2
    cam from never back down
    but i didn't know about the rest
  • Forever-NoMatter (FNM)
    i know. it's weird.
    they weren't really all that famous, but they were in all these awesome movies!
    I love Never Back Down and Stick It. xp
  • pamloves
    yeah i know. i didn't realize that kellan was emmet because he has blonde culry hair in real life. but cam i know it was him even with the wig. his face structure. and elizabeth reaser was amazing in greys if you have watched every episode since the first season. like me.
  • pamloves
    i love never back down to for some reasons its a guilty pleasure movie for me. im not into the mma movies at all but had to see this movie and loved. stick it isn't a guilty pleasure movie for me but its so good.
  • Forever-NoMatter (FNM)
    hahah i know right!? XP
    i loved the way the fighting looked like dancing in Never Back Down and how the dancing in Stick It was something i could never acheive even with a life time of practice! haha
  • pamloves
    yeah. i took ballet when i was in preschool but people with ADD and dancing don't go together on many levels. i don't have the balance like gymnasts do. i don't even know how to doa cartwheel never have and never will
  • Forever-NoMatter (FNM)
    haha. i never was in any type of dance. i have very little hand-eye-coordination! haha
    i have just enough to play volleyball and that's about it! haha.
  • pamloves
    tomorrow they will be the queen and king of the show. that is for sure. all eyes on them.
  • Vampgirl(Team Robsten forever)
    I knew Rob from Harry Potter, Peter from Fastlane, Nikki from the movie Thirteen, Kristen from Into the Wild and Panic Room.
  • pamloves
    i forgot about into the wild. i didn't see that movie but knew she was in it. she has cameo in jumper but its like 20 seconds.
  • Robsten fan
    I really hope Ks+RP win all the awards theyre up for. I'd really like to see them together as a couple in public, it could happen. Although IMDb had changed the pages of RP and KS if you check out Nikki Reed it says that oregano is NOW her BF, that was updated yesterday afternoon. So its looking like Robsten is on!!!!!!
  • ♥KristenFreakingGorgeous76♥
    we can all hope or those who supports them as a couple .. lol
    ImDb, i think anyone who have an account can makes changes ... if im not mistaken..
  • pamloves
    yeah anybody can make a an account as well.
  • giggsy_girl
    ''He’s been at the top of the Star Meter on IMdB for a year now — he’s really blown up big.”

    too true,so if he doesn't win the mtv breakout award,I'm gonna go on a killing spree,he was the breakout star of the last year +.
  • Forever-NoMatter (FNM)
    okay, so last years almost nobodies, are this years everybody, mhmm.
    THIS IS AWE-SOME!

    anyways back to what i was going to say.

    Robert or Kristen is soo going to receive a lot of awards.
    reasons why;
    1) they are supppperly talented
    2) they have become famous over night (and if that aint a break out then i don't know what is!)
    3) they have awe-maze-ing chemistry (off and on the set)
    4) give them 5 seconds or less and they could make you fall in love with them! (and the Twilight Saga!)
    5) they are both very beautiful actors and people
    6) they are very sweet and kind
    (fingers are starting to hurt so i'll stop there :P)

    VOTE FOR THEM OR THE EVIL MOVIE FAIRY WILL KILL YOU! o.O
  • pamloves
    yup. they do that you. its amazing and kristen has done a lot of movies like panic room and some others but twilight has made her known a little more.
  • Forever-NoMatter (FNM)
    yeah. :)
    its really cool to have seen her transform from before and after twilight. haha
  • pamloves
    there is one movie i love of hers. its with adam brody and meg ryan and she might have blonde hair but she is so different. people may not like how she acts but if you notice a lot of veteran actors still act the same.
  • pamloves
    adventureland is another good movie.
  • Vampgirl(Team Robsten forever)
    I saw In the Land of Women on YouTube, that movie was a little depressing I'm not going to give the plot away so I won't spoil it for some, who have not seen it, Have you seen Speak?
  • pamloves
    i saw speak years ago but didn't realize it was her. in the land of women is a depressing movie.
  • Vampgirl(Team Robsten forever)
    Tell me about it, have you seen Zathura? is more like a kids movie, but you can see a bit of Kris' comedic side, plus I loved her in the Messengers. So she can do any type of movie, horror, comedy, action, romance, This chick can do anything. So it's going to be weird seeing Rob with another girl in Remember Me.
  • ♥KristenFreakingGorgeous76♥
    i saw Zathura and didn't know that was Kristen, or the girl fr Panic Room (then) .. lol.. i thought she was pretty .. also saw her in JUMPER and didn't realise that as well ..haha..
    agreed, weird to see rob kissing another girl in Remember Me ...lol.. but that's the life of actors/actresses ... would actually love to see him and kristen in another LOVE story movie together ... different setting..
    see how it goes between them ? :D their acting with different storylines..
    I really hope we get to see that ...
    Anyway, maybe sometimes, they don't like to cast ppl who acted together alot?? Like ppl might get bored of them as a whole ... ??
    But of course, if ppl are not bored and go crazy instead, i am sure those hollywood hotheads will do it to earn more money ... shake their money trees...
  • NessiesMom
    rob and kristen deserves the best. now those disney $%#^& could kiss their a$$.
    i wonder if they kiss, if wOn the award. jesus, i'll drop dead on my couch!!
    JUST DON'T BRING ANY DATES, WIL YAh?!

    LOTS OF LUCK, ROBSTEN!
  • Vampgirl(Team Robsten forever)
    I want to see Adventureland and heads up K-Stew's next project is the Runaways and get this, She is going to sing, looks at Kris now she should sing in the Eclipse soundtrack. In fact Robsten should sing a duet.
  • what a cool video just to know before no one or at lest most people didnt know who kristen and rob were and now everyone does :D
  • kerbear585
    i love the two of them! they are great. I was a fan of Kristen's before Twilight but that movie and her upcoming ones have made me an even bigger fan of her's. I would not say they were unknown's just not in the big time movies. they are great though. now they are really rising stars booking role after role. i can't wait to see their upcoming projects!
  • mikiala
    My stupid computer will NOT let me watch this video!!
    ....So depressing :(
  • ♥KristenFreakingGorgeous76♥
    I wouldn't call them unknowns even back then, at least I knew them. I saw Panic Room and thought the little girl is not bad, at least, despite she looked like a little boy (she can be either a boy or a girl = a very good looking person) ... I saw some of Kristen's movies but didn't know it was that little girl fr PR, as i didn't recognise her at all, she's all grown up and became a lady. After Twilight, of course, I knew who she was by then .. am interested to see some of the other movies of hers, but I think it's hard to come by (as most of them are like indie movies, harder to access to in europe?)..
    As for Robert, I knew him fr HP movie, since I'm also a HP book fan, I was fairly pleased that he got cast as Edward.
    Well, they are both very talented, I hope to see more of their movies and hear more of his music ... now after Twilight, I am more in touch with their life and careers ...
  • VivaRogue!
    ha. theyre so... like "hi im in middle skool and i kinda like you but im too shy to say so im just gonna FLIRT MY ASS OFF."
    its pretty cute.
  • kassia
    can someone find the link to this interview on youtube?
  • Jules
    I was really dissapointed when i saw dakota was staying blonde. Jane was described with short brown hair and dakota has the exact opposte!
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