Will Kristen Stewart's Affair Affect Her Image and Sales of New 'Twilight' Movie?
Kristen Stewart's cheating scandal might have attracted negative attention for the actress but could her personal love life affect her image and the success of the new "Twilight" film?
"The fans are so romantically tied to this movie in both the real-life romance and the on-screen romance, so I'm sure this is hitting them pretty hard," said box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian of Hollywood.com. "They think of Bella and Edward and Kristen and Rob like family...But are girls not going to see the movie because of this? Heck no."
The Washington Times is convinced that the scandal involving Stewart, 22, and Pattinson, 26, is unlikely to affect the box-office numbers for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" coming out November 16.
The affair with Rupert Sanders, 41, Stewart's "Snow White and the Huntsman" director, could also in a way boost the actress's image among fans.
"It could make her actually more alluring," said Ian Drew, senior editor at Us Weekly magazine. "It's not like Sally Field did this, so it could actually enhance her appeal and make her even bigger."
The infidelity scandal might even draw more people to movie theatres for "Breaking Dawn - Part 2," according to Hollywood.com. The site noted that viewers might go see the film "just so they can be even more mad at Kristen."
Stewart and Pattinson met when filming the screen adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's popular "Twilight" series in 2008. In the installment's final film, characters Bella and Edward are married with a new baby. Before the cheating scandal surfaced, Pattinson denied rumors of an engagement to Steward in the July issue of BlackBook magazine but did not rule out the option completely.
"There was a magazine, with these pictures, saying I was married. It's not [true]," he said. "At least, not yet."
