She laughed: “It was always like, ‘Oh my God, embarrassing.
“Anything too much is so perfect for that period of time, where you’re not going to do subtle stuff when you’re, like, a teenager dying.”
Kristen – who dated Robert for four years after meeting him on the set of the first film in 2008 – admitted it took some time after the films ended to appreciate them for what they were.
“It’s really funny ‘cause it was like we did five of those movies, and it took five years — and then we’ve never stopped talking about it.
“During the time in which they were coming out, we were always being asked to look at it from the outside – which was not possible to do yet.”
Her comments about the serious nature of the performances echo similar remarks made by Robert in April.
He told Vogue: “I really love that movie. I think I would have done it exactly the same – to be honest, I don’t even think I’d be able to do the performance now.
“Everybody was approaching it so earnestly and took it really, really, really seriously.
“There was no kind of tongue-in-cheek element. No one’s winking at the audience. It’s like it’s very real, which is strange for a movie about a vampire romance.”
– BANG Showbiz