Kristen Stewart not dating Twilight co-star

Published: 9:01AM Wednesday November 18, 2009 Source: BANG Showbiz

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Kristen Stewart insists she isn't dating her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson.

The 19-year-old actress, who plays Pattinson's character's lover in the first movie in the series, understands why fans would want them to date in real-life but a there is a difference between fiction and reality.

Stewart says of her handsome 23-year-old co-star: "I get why fans want to know more about the cast as real people and they want us to be together and all of that.

"I just have to sort of not think about that. People have a hard time separating us from our characters."

Stewart also confesses she is a control freak and used to worry about her public perception , but now claims she doesn't care what people think of her.

She told Parade magazine: "As soon as I stopped trying to control everything that came out of my mouth and every picture of me that came out, that's when I became so much happier.

"It wasn't like some big turning point, I've just grown into being able not to care as much. I realise that I'm not going to be able to influence the way everybody perceives me."

Rumours of Stewart and Pattinson dating circulated again last week after their Twilight Saga: New Moon co-star Peter Facinelli linked a photo of them holding hands at a Paris airport to his Twitter page.

He wrote: "Co-stars caught holding hands. Guess this picture proves everything."

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke also recently claimed the pair were in a relationship, saying: "I didn't have a camera in the hotel room. I cannot say. In terms of what Kristen told me directly, it didn't happen on the first movie. Nothing crossed the line while on the first film.

"I think it took a long time for Kristen to realise, 'OK, I've got to give this a go and really try to be with this person'."

tvnz.co.nz movie reviewer Darren Bevan is heading along to the NZ Premiere Event of New Moon this evening. Check out his review online at tvnz.co.nz from around 11pm.

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