Movies.com : ‘The Crossover Appeal of the Twilight Actors’

In a new interview from Movies.com’s Breaking Dawn countdown, they take a look at the cross over appeal of the Twilight Actors, focusing primarily on Rob, Kristen and Taylor.

Here’s an excerpt from the article :

Here’s something that I’ve been hearing a lot lately, “Twilight fans only likeRobert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Launter…insert name of whatever actor… in Twilight.” Then, after that, whatever film doesn’t make Twilight proportions at the box office, the blame is laid at the feet of the Twilight Saga actor in question. The point is, is that fair? Are fans really only interested in seeing Twilight Saga actors inTwilight?

Over the last year and a half both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have had multiple projects hit the big screen. Pattinson hadRemember Me followed byWater For Elephants. Kristen Stewart had The Runaways and Welcome to the Rileys. None of those pictures reached Twilight proportions at the box office. In fact, Water for Elephants’ domestic gross was $58,709,717 on a picture that reportedly took 38 million to make. Even if you consider that it took in more in the foreign market, it’s not exactly a rousing success for a film having two Academy Award winning actors, and Robert Pattinson in the cast. Welcome to the Rileys, featuring Emmy and Academy Award winners in the cast in addition to Kristen Stewart didn’t do any better taking in $158,898 domestically. However is this economic result all because Twilight fans didn’t support the movie? What about the fan pull of the other actors?

Now granted, the argument can be made that it’s crazy to compare low-budget indies likeWelcome to the Rileys and Remember Me to Twilight. Unfortunately, that’s some of what is seen around the Internet. What isn’t being considered is context, and that Twilight fans aren’t just vampire fans, or romance fans. Twilight Saga fans’ tastes run the gamut. This is especially true since we’re talking a fandom whose only common denominator is that it’s mostly comprised of women. After that, all demographic matches are off. Show up at any Twilight Convention or signing event, and you’ll find just as many 13-year-olds mingling with the plus 40 crowd. Where it was particularly telling, was at Comic Con this year. Twilight fans of all ages were there all four days, but on the days when the Twilight cast wasn’t around, they were wearing Doctor Who, Glee,and Supernatural shirts just to name a few fandoms.

Read the entire article HERE

Do Twilight fans really only want to see the actors in Twilight films?  I  for one enjoy seeing the actors in other roles outside of Twilight.  While it is my love of the series that led to my support for the actors, if I’m being honest, I really enjoyed Rob much more in Water for Elephants than in any  of the Twilightfilms.