Kristin Stewart says “Twilight” Bella no longer “control freak”

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Kristin Stewart has described her character Bella from the upcoming third installment of "The Twilight Saga" as being in a different mindset from the previous series — more expressive and less of "sort of a control freak."

Stewart, visiting South Korea to promote "Eclipse" with co-star Taylor Lautner, made the remark at a press conference early on Thursday while pointing out her favorite scenes from the new series, the first being when Bella and Jacob kiss, and when Bella thereafter faces Edward to confess her emotions surrounding the incident.

"It was like a line she finally crossed… She finally expressed herself. She's always too controlled and sort of micro manages her life, she's sort of a control freak," the 20-year-old actress said. "So I liked to have a moment where she maybe thought she had made a mistake but I also really like how quiet and understanding Edward was after that."

Meanwhile, both actors admitted that the increasing popularity of the series has heightened the amount of pressure they feel for each subsequent film they shoot but explained it rather serves as motivation.

"For me it's definitely a lot more pressure to do a good job with 'New Moon' and even more so with 'Eclipse,' just because there's more tension to the films… I need to do more to please fans more than before so I definitely felt more pressure," Lautner said.

"But our fans are so incredibly supportive. You also just feel so motivated — it's not so much negative pressure — it's actually excitement to bring this film to them because we're extremely lucky to have such supportive fans," he added.

Stewart said, "It's very unique to have an outside pressure because you always have a personal responsibility but as soon as you find out there are millions out there feeling the same way and are excited, it makes you work that much harder."

Stewart and Lautner will wrap up their promotional activities in Korea with a red carpet event later in the day followed by a fan meeting which will be aired live on portal site Daum.

"Twilight," the first installment of the series released in late 2008, became an unexpected global hit, topping the box offices of several countries on the day of its release including in North America, Italy and Mexico.

Its sequel "New Moon" was even bigger, raking in 72.7 million dollars on its day of release on November 21, 2009 to become the film with the largest single-day domestic gross and the movie to see the highest profit on its opening day in North American film history.

The series has also catapulted its young trio of actors — Stewart, Lautner and British actor Robert Pattinson — into instant international stardom.

The vampire saga, based on the best-selling novel series of the same name by Mormon housewife-turned-author Stephanie Meyer, will open in U.S. theaters on June 30 and on July 8 in Korea.

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