'New Moon' actors greet fans at Oceana Naval Air Station

It wasn't Taylor Lautner, but three actors from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" came to Oceana Naval Air Station on Wednesday to pose for photos with fans and meet wounded Marines.

Three hundred service members and family members won the opportunity to have their photos taken with the actors on a stage inside the exchange. Others, many of them girls in their early teens, got in line to walk past and take photos.

An estimated 2,350 came to see actors Christian Serratos (Angela), Alex Meraz (Paul) and Daniel Cudmore (Felix), who also got a tour of the base. "New Moon" was released on DVD and Blu-ray on Saturday.

The event was coordinated by the Oceana Navy Exchange, a mall for personnel and their families.

Meraz said a trip to Oceana was outside his normal routine.

"We all jumped at the offer to come out here," Meraz said. "It's a privilege."

He said he's heard the movies' following described as so popular it's cult-like.

"People are so excited about this," Meraz said. "So it just blows me away that I'm part of something like that."

Before meeting fans, the actors met a group of injured Marines and their families.

"It was a humbling experience," Serratos said.

Kimberly Johnston surprised her niece, Jessica Strain, 18, by bringing her to the exchange.

"I didn't even know until we got here, and then she points at the sign," Strain said. Strain had hoped to get an autograph on her copy of the movie but wasn't able to.

Robin Joseph, the general manager of the Oceana Navy Exchange Complex, worked to get the actors here. All three were given green flight jackets bearing their names, the U.S. flag, the Oceana patch and the patch for Strike Fighter Squadron 31 (the Tomcatters).

A studio executive told Joseph that two other actors, Nikki Reed (Rosalie) and Tyson Houseman (Quil), could not make it because they were sick.

Madisyn Izatt, 13, patted her chest after walking off the stage.

"It was scary. I got scared when I first got up there," she said. "They're movie stars."

So what are the people who play werewolves and vampires like in real life?

"I know they smell good - really clean," said Demi Naff, 14, giggling.