Given the notoriety of the source material and its targets audience of teenage girls, it rather assured that the film and its sequels would be pretty popular. And seeing as he previously appeared in a Harry Potter film, he should be familiar with a fervent and ardent following of fans. I suppose biting would certainly be seen as extreme, but I guess what I meant was whether he considered the fact that to many he would actually BE Edward Cullen before he accepted the part.