Who should have been cast in Twilight?

10 Actors Who Could've Gotten a Role in “Twilight” If Casting Directors Had Just Listened to the Book's Author
  • Steven Strait as Jacob. ...
  • Charlie Hunnam as Carlisle Cullen. ...
  • John C. ...
  • Joanna Krupa as Rosalie Hale. ...
  • Daniel Cudmore as Emmett Cullen. ...
  • Rachael Leigh Cook as Alice Cullen. ...
  • Cillian Murphy as James. ...
  • John Stamos as Laurent.
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Who else was supposed to play Edward Cullen?

In addition to Robert Pattinson and Jackson Rathbone among the 4 finalists for the role of Edward, the other two, according to Catherine Hardwicke were Ben Barnes and Shiloh Fernandez. Rathbone was eventually offered the other role of Jasper instead.
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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 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 was supposed to be 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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How Different The Cast Of Twilight Could Have Been



Who all auditioned for Bella Swan?

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 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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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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What did Royce do to Rosalie?

Royce King II was a human who lived during the Great Depression. He was engaged to Rosalie Hale for a short period of time, but gang-raped and beat her almost to death with a group of his friends.
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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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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 was originally Emmett Cullen?

Now, Cam Gigandet once shared he was originally cast as Emmett but asked director Catherine Hardwicke if he could play James instead, leaving the spot open for another actor to take over the role of Emmett Cullen.
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Who was the first choice for Carlisle Cullen?

Meyer wanted Charlie Hunnam to play Carlisle Cullen.

Meyer said: "Second only to Edward on my “passionately decided” list is Carlisle's character. My favorite: Charlie Hunnam. The reason this actor was able to get such a hold on me was his work as the title character in Nicholas Nickleby.
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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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What is Carlisle Cullen's power?

Carlisle's gift is an elevated sense of compassion that allows him to resist human blood. He is able to bite (in order to turn them) people without succumbing to the frenzy and killing them. Esme's gift is to love the people around her passionately, which allows her to easily show affection.
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What is Esme Cullen's power?

Esme Cullen (born Esme Platt and later Esme Evenson) is Carlisle Cullen's wife and the adoptive mother of Edward, Emmett and Alice Cullen, as well as Rosalie and Jasper Hale. She enjoys restoring old houses and her physical age is 26. She has no special power, but has a strong ability to love passionately.
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Who got paid the most in Twilight?

Twilight's MASSIVE Salary Made Kristen Stewart Forbes' Highest Paid Actress! Kristen Stewart marked her breakthrough performance with Twilight. The vampire drama also starred Robert Pattison and Taylor Lautner in lead. Its buzz was massive enough to garner unprecedented fame for each one of the cast members.
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Does Taylor Lautner regret Twilight?

14 Regretted: Taylor Lautner

Considering that all of the Twilight movies are filmed in grey-skied Seattle, this posed problems for Lautner. He went on to tell E! News, “in the books, it's always supposed to be cold and gloomy and the sun can never be out so that's not fun.”
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Are Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson still friends?

A source told HollywoodLife in 2019 that Pattinson and Stewart are still in contact. “Yes, Rob really does consider Kristen a friend even though they don't see each other much at all, the last time being at a mutual friend's home for a party a while ago,” the insider said at the time.
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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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Why did they cast Kristen Stewart?

In Spencer, he casts Kristen Stewart – in what surely must be one of the first sure-fire Oscar performances of the year – as Diana. One of the many reasons he chose her was that the Twilight star can be similarly inscrutable and unreadable.
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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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Who did Stephenie Meyer want to play Bella Swan?

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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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 is the oldest vampire in Twilight?

Amun is also considered the oldest vampire in the Twilight universe, as he was turned before the Romanian coven – the oldest coven there is – rose to power.
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