With "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" coming right around the corner in November, "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart's cheating scandal has many fans wondering how could she do such a thing.
Will it knock their faith to go see the epic finale in Stephanie Meyer's beloved vampire series?
Many say no.
It could be awkward for Stewart and Robert Pattinson, who are not only husband and wife in the movies but are real-life boyfriend and girlfriend.
According to actress Christian Serratos, who plays Angela Weber (a mortal pal of Stewart's character Bella) in the five films, Stewart's fling with the married father-of-two isn't something that should affect ticket sales, reported US Magazine.
"Of course people are fans of us now, but I think above anything, they're fans of these characters," she told Us Weekly at the Viva Glam magazine September issue launch party in Hollywood July 31. "I don't think anyone's really gonna give a sh-t. They're gonna see the movie; it's going to be awesome."
Serratos said that she hopes they can work things out.
"I support anyone who's in love," explained the 21-year-old actress, who recently went blonde.
The story broke out about the shocking affair on July 24 when US Weekly printed photographs of Stewart and "Snow White and the Huntsman" director Rupert Sanders canoodling on July 17.
E! Online reported that most famous films that link off-screen and on-screen affairs were box-office hits, such as Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith."
"In general, it doesn't seem as though romantic tangles in real life have much effect on the financial performance of films," said Brush Nash of the box-office data site, The Numbers.
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's Cleopatra, the most prominent of all Scarlet Letter-branded films, did suffer, image-wise, if not budget-wise, under the weight of the tabloid romance. But it also rated as a must-see, reigning as 1963's No. 1 film, and winning four Oscars.
E! also reported that Evie, managing editor of Twilighters Anonymous, who, befitting the name of her site, goes only by Evie, says she thinks the numbers of the aggrieved, the aforementioned weepers and yellers, are small-"although they can make a lot of noise online."
The vast majority of 'Twilight' fans, Evie says, "clearly see the actors' lives are not related to the movie and furthermore that the actors' lives should be kept personal."
As such, Evie says, "Fans will go see the last installment. It's their last chance to see any of the story on screen."
Michelle Pan of the fan site, BellaAndEdward.com, said that she wouldn't miss it.
"Most fans like myself have been eagerly awaiting this movie for years now," she says. "The release of Breaking Dawn-Part 2 in theaters is an event that has been in the hearts of fans long before Robsten."
Entertainment Weekly writer Owen Gleiberman also said that it wouldn't hurt the fan base.
"Like, uh...no way," Gleiberman wrote. "The hard-core fans of the Twilight films are sort of like the Republican base, who would crawl through shattered glass this election day to vote against Barack Obama even if they don't happen to like Mitt Romney. Twilight fans, similarly, are way too devoted to the series to let a little thing like a tainted-by-gossip Kristen Stewart deter them from buying a ticket to the series' climactic final chapter."
CBS News reported that the president of worldwide marketing for Summit Entertainment, Nancy Kirkpartrick, told Entertainment Weekly, "While it is studio policy not to comment of the personal lives of actors, Summit is moving full steam ahead and looking forward to this November's opening of 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2.' We are confident that the film delivers amazing entertainment for our passionate fans and general audience alike."
Both Stewart and Pattinson have to go on promotional duties anyway. Not only is it a part of their contract, but both, who play Bella and Edward in the "Twilight" films, are two people that fans definitely want to see on the red carpet.
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