A woman has married a life-size cardboard cut-out of the actor Robert Pattinson.
The groom was an image of the 28-year-old portraying Twilight vampire Edward Cullen, and the bride was Lauren Adkins of Las Vegas, who spoke to the Daily Mirror about her big day.
“People might think I’m crazy but my flat-pack R-Patz is the closest I’ll get to the real thing and he’s the one for me,” the 25-year-old explained.
“A friend who thought I was going mad said one night: ‘If you love him so much, why don’t you marry him?’ Her words rang in my ears. She was right. Why didn’t I?”
Adkins admitted that she was “obsessed” with the character of Edward Cullen in the Twilight novels, calling him “quiet and mysterious, yet superhuman and invincible. And so sexy.”
Once Pattinson took on the role, Cullen was immediately smitten. “When Robert Pattinson appeared on screen at midnight, he was perfect. I knew that very minute I wanted to marry him.”
The Viva Las Vegas Wedding Chapel agreed to host the marriage. Adkins wore a traditionally white wedding dress and spent £2000 on the ceremony, before heading off on honeymoon to Los Angeles.
“I wanted us to climb up to the Hollywood sign together,” she said. “I had to carry him ... but everyone makes sacrifices for the man they love, right?”
