Kristen Stewart Initially Didn't Think Twilight Would Be A Success

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It’s nearly impossible to imagine Twilight not becoming the cultural icon and garnering the massive success it has today. However, in the beginning, the film’s crew and cast had very low expectations for the film, including Kristen Stewart.

The Twilight franchise was originally adapted from the popular book series written by author Stephenie Meyer. Although the first film did have loyal readers of the book series as a strong fanbase, it did still receive mainly negative reviews from critics. Twilight follows Bella (Stewart) who ends up moving to Forks, Washington to live with her father when she meets the dark, mysterious Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson). She immediately becomes entranced and enamored by him as they further develop their complicated romance due to the fact that he is a vampire. The two are then forced to face the secrets that haunt the Cullen family.

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Twilight made its theatrical debut back in 2008, and with a budget of $37 million, the film managed to earn over $400 million dollars at the box office. Twilight was originally presented as a smaller, lower-budget indie movie. The fandom also came in millions, much greater than the crew or cast of the film could have ever foreseen, especially star of the saga, Stewart. In a recent interview with SirusXM, Stewart clarified that although Twilight is viewed as a franchise, it’s still at its core an authentic indie film. She shared, “I always want to remind people of (Twilight being an indie) without being like diminishing or being like ‘Oh, it was nothing!’ That’s not what I’m saying. We just did not know, and it was kind of an oddball, y’know, slightly marginal teen-movie. I didn’t think everyone was