The teen vampire tale "Twilight" won't hit the big screen until December, but fans of the book series were in a frenzy to see the cast at Comic Con. Hundreds camped overnight outside the San Diego Convention Center for a chance to see the first previews and get a glimpse of Robert Pattinson who plays Edward, the hunky neck biter who falls for a human chick.
"You don't understand it until you've read it," Syena Sarrafpour, 17, told the AP. "The cast of amazing people — they're hot — obviously adds to the excitement."
Pattinson, 22, said he was overwhelmed by the attention the role has brought him.
"It's kind of terrifying in a lot of ways," he said in an interview. "I still can't really come to terms with it... As soon as one person started to recognize me, literally now I'm just freaking out the whole time."
The British actor played Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
Fans were also excited to see Kristen Stewart, who plays the story's heroine, Bella Swan.
"Everyone wants to be Bella," said Sarrafpour. "And (author) Stephenie Meyer wrote Edward as like the perfect guy."
Twilight opens in theaters December 12. Comic Con runs from July 24 to 27 at the San Diego Convention Center.
