Who else auditioned to play 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 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 was the first choice for Edward in Twilight?

RELATED: Henry Cavill: How Old Is 'The Witcher' and 'Justice League' Star? In 2007, before casting for the first Twilight film started, Stephenie Meyer posted ideas about who could play Edward on her blog. The author admitted that Cavill was her first choice for the role.
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Who did Stephenie Meyer want to play Edward?

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 auditioned for Bella in Twilight?

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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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 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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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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Was Carlisle supposed to play Edward?

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 else auditioned for Belle?

4. Emma Roberts and Lily Collins were also in the running for Belle… Along with Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum.
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Who was originally cast as Carlisle Cullen?

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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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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Who was originally cast as Jacob Black?

Taylor Lautner, who played the role of the werewolf Jacob Black in 'Twilight' saga, was almost replaced in the second movie, 'New Moon'. Read on to know more. Taylor Lautner has immortalised the role of the hunky and handsome werewolf, Jacob Black from Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga.
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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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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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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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Who should have played Rosalie in Twilight?

7 Rachel McAdams As Rosalie Hale

The inclusion of a renowned thespian like McAdams would have been a welcome addition for the filmmakers as well as the fans. McAdams may be, and have been back in 2008, a little old to play a vampire who was turned at the age of 18.
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Did Bella wear a wig in Twilight?

12 Kristen Stewart wore a hairpiece

A wig was the only option to give Bella those flowing brown locks of the first two movies. However, the wig didn't look as natural as the hair and makeup department would have hoped. The weird thing is that nobody noticed until after the film had gone through editing.
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How was Carlisle Cullen changed?

Although originally Carlisle was a disappointment, he eventually discovered a coven of true vampires living in the sewers. During a chase with them, Carlisle was bitten and changed into a vampire. To avoid slaughter, he hid in a potato cellar during the transformation.
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Why did MCR stop Twilight?

Lead singer Gerard Way has admitted the band were offered a lot of money to produce a song for the Twilight album but turned it down because he felt the eyeliner look had been hijacked by mainstream companies wanting to capitalise on the image.
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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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Who was Edward Cullen based on?

He retains some of the traditional mindset and outdated speech from his human life in the early 20th century. The development of Edward Cullen's character was influenced by Gilbert Blythe, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and Edward Rochester―particularly the latter, who, like him, sees himself as a "monster".
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Who turned down the role of Bella?

An curved arrow pointing right. 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.
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Who almost played Jacob in Twilight?

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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