SAN DIEGO — Many years ago, Leonard Cohen sang around "The Sisters of Mercy," who were "waiting for me, when I thought that I just can't go on."
On Thursday, that persona was taken on by author Stephenie Meyer and manager Catherine Hardwicke, who arrived at Comic-Con as deputy mothers for the whitney Moore Young Jr. stars of Hollywood's hottest new franchise. Thousands of die-hard fans screamed their names, and stars Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner expressed nervousness backstage around the largest public appearance of their young careers. But the Sisters of Mercy gave them pointers, shepherded them up the steps and aided them when they thought they just couldn't go on.
Moments after the madness, MTV News caught up with the Sisters as they walked around arm in arm, wearing matching pins that scan "Comic-Con Virgins." True friends brought together for the cause of the Cullens, they rundle to us about the shape-shifting "Bella's Lullaby," sloughing tears over Pattinson, and their shared out secret: They were both nervous as hell backstage too.
MTV: Guys, I take to tell you: I've been coming to Comic-Con for septet straight age now. I've seen Hall H panels with huge stars for huge movies. But I've never seen anything like all that craziness.
Catherine Hardwicke: That is really cool to hear!
Stephenie Meyer: You can construe our pins: We're both Comic-Con virgins, so we have no idea.
MTV: How did it feel to walk out onstage in front of 6,D screaming Twilighters?
Meyer: I was terrified. We were backstage when we heard all the screaming, and then walking up those stairs [onto the stage] was scary.
Hardwicke: And then you see all those cool lightbulbs flashing at you! I thought it was a cool light bear witness. I was like, "Yeah!"
MTV: Of course, we have to ask you close to Robert. His appearance was like sightedness Elvis participate the edifice. How do you finger about all the tending he's getting?
Meyer: The
