Who else auditioned for Bella?

Some soon-to-be-major actresses (including some who would also become faces of their own respective franchises) that auditioned for Bella Swan included Emily Browning (Meyer's early first choice), Michelle Trachtenberg, Lily Collins and Jennifer Lawrence.
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Who turned down the role of Bella in Twilight?

Some actors and actresses have opened up about auditioning for roles they didn't end up getting. Jennifer Lawrence auditioned for Bella Swan in "Twilight," but Kristen Stewart was cast instead. Matthew McConaughey thought his audition went well for "Titanic," but he didn't get cast as Jack.
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Who did Stephenie Meyer want to play Bella?

Before Pattinson and Stewart secured the roles, Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer wanted Sucker Punch's Emily Browning and, future Superman himself, Henry Cavill to play Bella and Edward respectively in the movie adaptations of Twilight.
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Who turned down the role of Edward Cullen?

4. Henry Cavill. Cavill best known for his role of Superman was badly considered for the role of Edward by the author Stephanie Meyer.
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Who all auditioned for Edward Cullen?

Over 5,000 actors reportedly went out for the role of Edward Cullen, including Dave Franco, Jamie Campbell Bower (who would go on to play Caius in the follow-up films), Schitt's Creek's Dustin Milligan and Michael Welch (who landed the role of human Michael Newton).
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Who did Stephenie Meyer want to play Rosalie?

Meyer's dream choice to play Carlisle Cullen was Charlie Hunnam. For Alice and Rosalie, her choices were Rachel Leigh Cook and model Joanna Krupa, who she thought looked the most like how she envisioned the character. (Olivia Wilde was also a popular choice amongst fans.)
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Was Gerard Way supposed to play Edward Cullen?

Plus, in 2007, she posted another blog that she continuously updated with dream casts for the movies, and then fans' picks for the characters. The fourth-most requested person to play Edward Cullen, by fans, was Gerard Way, lead singer and co-founder of My Chemical Romance.
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Who does Leah Clearwater imprint on?

While some fans believe that Leah fell in love with or imprinted on Jacob during Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer has stated this isn't true. This would simply have made their interactions too complicated, since she started out disliking Jacob, then they gain a "friendly" understanding.
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Who was originally cast as Emmett in Twilight?

Even the most diehard Twilight fans may be surprised to learn that Kellan Lutz was initially up for the role of Edward. Lutz, of course, portrayed Edward's brother, Emmett Cullen, in the films.
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Did they change Rosalie in Twilight?

1 NIKKI REED HAD TO WEAR A WIG TO PLAY ROSALIE

Nikki Reed's natural hair color is brown, so when she was cast as Rosalie for the first Twilight movie, she had to dye her locks blonde to better resemble her character.
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Did Twilight cast get along?

One of the unique things about the first Twilight movie was its large ensemble cast. Because there were so many young adults on set, many of the actors likened the experience to sleepaway camp. Furthermore, the cast developed close relationships with one another whilst making the film.
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Why did Emily Browning turned down Twilight?

'The author at one point stated that I would be her ideal Bella, but I chose not to audition because I was at a point in my career where I wasn't sure I wanted to work,' she revealed in a new interview with The Playlist.
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Who was the first choice for Edward Cullen?

Henry Cavill was Stephenie Meyer's first choice to play Edward. However, by the time production was to begin, he was 25 years old, and no longer looked the part of a 17-year old. He was then offered the part of Carlisle Cullen but turned it down due to his commitment with The Tudors (2007).
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Who was almost cast as Jacob Black?

This included werewolf hunk Jacob Black, a character that would go on to be played by Taylor Lautner. When the Twilight movies were first getting off the ground, though, Meyer thought Jacob Black needed to be portrayed by Steven Strait.
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Why did Victoria change in Twilight?

By now you've likely heard that Bryce Dallas Howard is replacing Rachelle Lefevre as vampire Victoria in the third Twilight Saga film "Eclipse," due to scheduling conflicts with her indie movie "Barney's Version." But what wasn't clear from Summit's press release was that Rachelle did not want to say goodbye to the ...
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Did ARO want Bella?

Aro desperately wants Edward, Alice, and Bella to join the Volturi, but in the end, he is genuinely saddened to lose Carlisle's friendship and hopes to regain it, and he's relieved that is all he lost; Aro is fully aware that the outcome could have been a great deal worse. Aro witnesses his own death in Alice's vision.
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What was Rosalie's power?

Rosalie falls into this category as her power is beauty: she was “angelically beautiful” as a human, and her transformation enhanced her beauty, making her many times more beautiful than most vampires, to the point where she's labeled as the “most beautiful person in the world”.
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How do the Cullens have so much money?

Cullen, age 370, has accumulated a fortune of $34.1 billion — much of it from long-term investments made with the aid of his adopted daughter Alice, who picks stocks based on her ability to see into the future.
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Did Twilight inspired Fifty Shades of Grey?

"Grey" is a spinoff from author E.L. James' "Fifty Shades of Grey" series. The popular erotic series actually started as "Twilight" fan fiction and was written from the point-of-view of Anastasia, a female protagonist based on Meyer's character Bella.
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Is Twilight based on Buffy?

"Twilight" is the seventh story arc of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight series of comic books, based upon the television series of the same name, and is written by novelist and comic book writer Brad Meltzer.
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What band inspired Twilight?

Muse is a band that inspired Stephenie Meyer while she was writing the Twilight Saga. They are a British alternative rock band from Devon, England.
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Who was supposed to played Carlisle in Twilight?

Peter Facinelli was in his early 30s when Twilight was in production, but at first, it was decided to make Carlisle Cullen a bit older so he'd feel like more of a father figure. It was not book accurate, but the role was obviously meant for Facinelli.
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Who did Stephenie Meyer want to play Carlisle?

Meyer wanted Charlie Hunnam to play Carlisle Cullen.

The reason this actor was able to get such a hold on me was his work as the title character in Nicholas Nickleby. He pretty much was Carlisle in that movie."
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Why do Jasper and Rosalie have the last name Hale?

Given that he (in the books, at least) was physically similar to Rosalie, it was decided that they could pass as twins, and so Jasper changed his surname to Hale instead of Cullen, which helped the coven pass as a family of adopted children.
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