‘Twilight’ star Ashley Greene says the studio ‘advised against’ Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart dating

“Twilight” star Ashley Greene said that the studio wasn’t in favor of Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart having a real-life romance.

“The studio advised against it,” Greene, who starred as Alice Cullen in all five “Twilight” films released between 2008 and 2012, said in the latest episode of her podcast called “The Twilight Effect” with Kast Media.

“They saw how successful ‘Twilight’ was and the last thing they want is for the couple to get together and then hate each other and then the chemistry to be gone and that’s it,” she added. “So I kind of get that. But at the same time, you’re put in these situations where it’s an epic love story and it’s difficult not to catch feelings in those situations.”Greene shared similar comments during a recent interview with Insider, saying that it was “only natural” for the costars to develop romantic feelings for each other given how much time they spent together over the course of several years.

“Twilight” was directed by Catherine Hardwicke and based on Stephenie Meyer’s fantasy novel of the same name, about a vampire named Edward Cullen (Pattinson) who falls in love with ordinary teen Bella Swan (Stewart) upon her move to Forks, Washington.

The movie went on to become a global success and spawned sequels based on Meyer’s book series, but the stars didn’t anticipate the scope of its popularity.

Pattinson previously said that he thought “Twilight” would be an indie movie given the storyline and the involvement of Hardwicke and Stewart. So when the film took off, he was perplexed.

Stewart was in a relationship with her “Speak” costar Michael Angarano prior to and during the filming of “Twilight.” By the filming of the second movie, “New Moon,” Greene said that Stewart and Pattinson were together.

“They’re in these really intense situations and as an actor, you find something about that person to fall in love with,” she said. “So it kind of made sense. But they’re also great actors, so all day every day, they’re supposed to be in love and so it’s not like they had to hide much.”

Pattinson and Stewart, known as Robsten, dated for a few years but split shortly before the final franchise installment, “Breaking Dawn: Part 2,” was released in November 2012. Stewart had been photographed kissing Rupert Sanders, the married director of her film “Snow White and the Huntsman.”

Stewart and Pattinson briefly got back together following the cheating scandal but split for good in 2013. In 2015, Stewart called their split “incredibly painful.”

In a 2019 interview with Howard Stern, the “Spencer” star spoke candidly about falling in love with Pattinson, saying: “There was nothing I could do.”