Twilight road trip: American vampire hunters find Rob Pattinson in Vancouver

 

Dedicated fans scour the city looking for stars filming Twilight sequel New Moon

 
 
 
 
Leanne Autry of Nashville Tennessee flew out to Vancouver for a chance at meeting the stars filming the Twilight sequel New Moon here in Vancouver. They got lucky and spotted Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) at a downtown Starbucks.
 

Leanne Autry of Nashville Tennessee flew out to Vancouver for a chance at meeting the stars filming the Twilight sequel New Moon here in Vancouver. They got lucky and spotted Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) at a downtown Starbucks.

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VANCOUVER — American Twi-hards Leanne Autry of Nashville, Tennessee, and her sister Sara Bennett of Columbus, Mississippi, are searching the dark alleys and remote reaches of Metro Vancouver hoping for a glimpse of the stars in town filming New Moon, the Twilight sequel.

It took only one hour for the pair to score, meeting Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) at a Starbucks downtown. The pair struck gold Saturday night when they found Rob Pattinson, Kristin Stewart and Nikki Reed at a Vancouver night club.

With the help of local vampire spotter Michele Danielov, the girls will spend four days chasing their dream before heading back to Nashville.

The pair landed Friday after flying in using tickets that Leanne's husband Chad won in a golf tournament. He gave up a planned anniversary trip to California to allow his young wife a chance to track and find Robert Pattinson, who plays vampire heart throb Edward Cullen.

Though New Moon stars Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart are working in Vancouver, they can be hard to spot unless you move quickly and keep in touch with other tracker via fansites and Twitter.

Here's how they are doing so far:

* Leanne the Vampire Slayer has her first victim, spotting Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) downtown one hour after arriving in Vancouver at about 4:30 p.m., Friday.

"There are two Starbucks at the corner of Thurlow and Robson and we picked the right one," said an excited Leanne. Kellan Lutz was in line waiting to get a coffee wearing iPod ear buds.

"I said to Sara that's Kellan and she didn't believe it," she told The Sun. "I said yes it is and she shut right down, she couldn't get out of her seat."

Leanne waited until Lutz had paid for his coffee and approached him, talking very, very fast.

"He couldn't hear me, so I poked him in his enormous bicep," she laughed. Lutz agreed to go around the corner to have his picture taken, to avoid further attention.

"When he went in to hug me for the photo it was very up close and personal," she said. And it was great."

Lutz stayed to chat for a few minutes allowing the Tennessean Twi-hards to tell their story. He even shared a few tips on where to find other cast members.

"I let him go after a few minutes," she said. "I don't want anyone to think that I am the crazy that people are saying I am online."

*Second kill is a huge one. Rob Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Nikki Reed were all at the Metropole Saturday night for a concert by The Dills, a band from L.A.

Leanne and Sara are accompanied by Coquitlam-based Twi-hard Michele Danielov. Video of RPatzz at the show is circulating on the Internet.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Leanne Autry of Nashville Tennessee flew out to Vancouver for a chance at meeting the stars filming the Twilight sequel New Moon here in Vancouver. They got lucky and spotted Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) at a downtown Starbucks.
 

Leanne Autry of Nashville Tennessee flew out to Vancouver for a chance at meeting the stars filming the Twilight sequel New Moon here in Vancouver. They got lucky and spotted Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) at a downtown Starbucks.

Photograph by: Handout, ..

 
Leanne Autry of Nashville Tennessee flew out to Vancouver for a chance at meeting the stars filming the Twilight sequel New Moon here in Vancouver. They got lucky and spotted Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) at a downtown Starbucks.
Sara Bennett of Columbus Mississippi flew out to Vancouver for a chance at meeting the stars filming the Twilight sequel New Moon here in Vancouver. She got lucky and spotted Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen) at a downtown Starbucks.
Searching for Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart: Twilight super fans Leanne Autry and Sara Bennett continue their quest to spot the stars of the Twilight sequel New Moon.
Twi-hard LeAnne Autry and sister Sara Bennett are continuing their search of Vancouver for sights of the Twilight movie shoot.
The Twi-hards at home, Sara Bennett, Sacha McNabb, LeAnne Autry, Cynthia White, Amy Hill, and Brandi Johnson.  From Nashville, sisters Sara and LeAnne are in Vancouver trying to track Twilight stars.
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