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“The one thing I’ll take from Bella and her relationship with Renesmee is kind of the fierce protectiveness and loyalty that she has to this child,” Greene, 35, shares. “I think that is something that innately comes with being a mother, for sure.”

Greene also discusses what it’s like to be a parent at the same time as several of her former castmates — including Nikki Reed,Kellan LutzandPeter Facinelli.

“Being pregnant allows you to connect with people in a very different way,” she acknowledges. “Nikki and I align on a lot of things, so that has been a really nice kind of re-development of a relationship.”

Greene says that the joyful coincidence in all their lives has awoken their “family bond.”

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PAUL KHOURY

Ashley Greene InStyle

“I could not see this person for five years, and then talk to them, and it’s like you pick up right where you left off,” she says, noting that she’s open to the idea of aTwilightcast playgroup one day.

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Greene and Khourytied the knot in July 2018in San Jose, California.

“The ceremony was beautiful,” a source told PEOPLE at the time, adding that the couple came up with a unique way to decide who would read their vows first.

“Paul and Ashley [played] rock-paper-scissors to decide who would say their vows first during the ceremony,” the insider said. “Ashley ended up ‘losing’ and went first.”

It was a moment of fun, but the vows themselves were much more serious. “They wrote their own vows,” the source explained. “It was very emotional and there were definitely some tears.”

source: people.com