When Robert Pattinson talks, Twi-hards listen. And when a heartbroken Robert Pattinson asks Twi-hards to make sure his new flick does better at the box office than The Dark Knight Rises, they show up in droves and ensure that despite only playing in three theaters (in NY and LA), Cosmopolis grosses $72,300. Not too shabby at all! And possibly part of a master plan involving a highly orchestrated cheating scandal.
Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I'm not the only one who has had a sneaking suspicion that maybe just maaaybe Kristen Stewart didn't actually cheat on Rob with Rupert Sanders. Maybe the story was neatly crafted by the couple themselves or a snickering team of movie publicists, as a publicity stunt that could kill several birds with one big fat juicy stone ...
The Cosmopolis box office results -- which may have been a canary in the coal mine to test the potential for a huge Breaking Dawn: Part 2 opening -- isn't the only piece of evidence to support the scenario.
There's also the fact that the two seem to be getting out of multiple Twilight press events scot-free. Given how OVER it the two of them have seemed for some time, I could totally see Rob and Kristen having their agents try to finagle a way for them to get out of promoting the franchise they've undoubtedly become fatigued with over the past few years. By chalking their absence up to being "estranged" and "distressed" due to a split, they could easily back out of the usual circuit of junkets, Twilight conventions, and even award shows (cough like the VMAs) they never seemed really game for in the first place.
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And by no longer being known (publicly) as one-half of "that Twilight couple," both Rob and Kristen might have better shots at more versatile roles. Not to mention that a faux breakup throws the public "off the scent." If we assume they're dunzo, the couple automatically gets the privacy they've always seemed to crave!
Or ... perhaps she really did cheat, and they're really broken up, and Jon Stewart wasn't that off by assuming they've both been crying into empty pints of Chubby Hubby. Who knows? But if anyone's capable of an elaborately scripted break-up for bigger box office gains, it's two young movie stars and the forces initially responsible for their blockbuster success.
Do you think the RPattz/KStew split may be a stunt?
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Yeah, because that would make total sense if these guys were Speidi a few years ago and on their way OUT of the public eye. All these two had to do was keep going out in public to stay current and relevant and make money. I think it's a good conspiracy theory, but not plausible.
I could see it being plausible because they are trying to break out of the twilight mold they have been cast into. So if they were already talking break up and wanted to do something that would distance themselves from the roles that they have been stuck in I could see them using this. They are trying to to not get stuck as a "type cast" and their careers ending in a few years when the craze dies down. It happens a lot in the movie industry were a star is born in a teen movie and then they recast and recast them in similar roles until they get to old and then we never see them again, most never break out of that first big role and are stuck in that genre until they fade away.
I agree tnyangel. They were banking off of walking through their front doors together. They didn't have to go anywhere fancy, or even say anything and they got paid. Now, the lime light has kind of dimmed on her and she's lost her gig as Snow White for a sequel that will probably be huge. Good idea, but Kristen is losing too much money for this to just be a scam. He might actually be making more off of it. Hey! New theory! Robert Pattinson knew she was cheating so he SENT the camera's out to take the photos to highten his career and bring hers down! More plausible? I think so!
Linzemae, I think you're onto something.
Seriously though, if this whole thing is true, I don't feel sorry for any of the adults involved, I feel worse for the kids. They did nothing wrong.
Um, no, i dont think so. They would be slated if that ever came out.