Jackson Rathbone Recollects Pondering One other Harry Potter Star Bought Edward Cullen Position

Whereas Robert Pattinson should still be finest identified for enjoying the long-lasting vampire, Twilight star Jackson Rathbone recollects considering a really completely different Harry Potter star landed the position of Edward Cullen. Simply previous to becoming a member of the Stephanie Meyer-based younger grownup franchise, Pattinson had made his movie debut as Cedric Diggory in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Hearth.

Earlier than he landed the position, nonetheless, quite a few names had been floated as doubtlessly main the Twilight forged as Edward, together with that of Rathbone, who was notably one of many closing 4 candidates to play the Cullen protagonist, the opposite two of whom had been Evil Lifeless‘s Shiloh Fernandez and Shadow & Bone‘s Ben Barnes. Although he did not in the end land the position, Rathbone would nonetheless be part of The Twilight Saga as newer Cullen member of the family, Jasper.

Now, through the ScreenRant-hosted Q&A for Twilight moderated by Joe Deckelmeier at Motor Metropolis Comedian Con, Rathbone recollects considering a really completely different Harry Potter actor than Pattinson was in line for the position of Edward. The Jasper actor started by recalling his auditions to try to play the character, through which he “received up fairly shut” to the position, and even was flown to Philadelphia to assist director Catherine Hardwicke with auditioning Kristen Stewart:

Jackson Rathbone: First ever firstclass flight, that was freaking cool. Legitimately, I am sitting in firstclass with Catherine Hardwicke, whose work I like. I am identical to, “Do not be lame. Be cool.” After which we get to Philadelphia and meet Kristen. She’s, like, solely 16 or 17, a child, man. So we learn along with her out within the park, and Catherine had me do the spider monkey scene. So she jumps on my again in the course of —

After a chuckling quip from co-star Peter Facinelli, who was additionally a part of the Q&A with Rathbone, Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz, concerning the “spider monkey” line from the movie, Rathbone stated that was a creation of his personal and got here from being concerned with the band 100 Monkeys on the time. From there, the actor recalled that it “did not work out” for him to play Edward in Twilight, with the star being informed the staff “just like the Harry Potter man extra.”

Nevertheless, earlier than his mind turned to considering of Pattinson, Rathbone as a substitute thought to himself, “Rattling, Daniel Radcliffe is sweet.” Whilst he was informed that it was “the opposite one” who landed the half, Rathbone nonetheless as a substitute turned to considering they meant Rupert Grint, to which he recollects feeling it an “attention-grabbing” selection for the half, chuckling as he coined the time period “Redward” to explain the potential redheaded Edward.

All jokes apart, denoting that Pattinson in the end gained the position, Rathbone referred to as him “the perfect man for the half,” whereas additionally warmly reflecting on how the dynamic he shaped with Hardwicke through the audition course of is what in the end helped preserve him round after shedding the a part of Edward:

Jackson Rathbone: Catherine and I actually hit it off. We’re each from Texas, and he or she was like, “It is advisable to be Jasper.” I stated, “Sure.” After they confirmed me who Alice could be. I used to be like, “No, I do not wish to do it, that is loopy,” after which they had been like, “Have a look at who Alice goes to be.” I used to be like, “That is a very fairly girl.” [Laughs]

Whereas Pattinson and co-star Kristen Stewart have since gone on to talk candidly about their time with the Twilight franchise, Radcliffe or Grint touchdown the a part of Edward would have been an enormous enterprise for both actor. For starters, by the point the primary film was coming round, they had been nonetheless very deep into the Harry Potter franchise, with Half-Blood Prince releasing the identical yr that casting and pre-production on Twilight was underway.

Moreover, neither actor had but begun to try to department out from the Warner Bros. franchise the way in which they might after it got here to an finish. Radcliffe. Other than Grint’s position within the teen dramedy Cherry Bomb in 2009 and Radcliffe’s position within the adaptation of December Boys, it wasn’t till after the two-part Deathly Hallows finale that they really took to tackling every thing from the horror-comedy Horns to M. Night time Shyamalan’s Servant on Apple TV.

Even when they had been seeking to department out sooner, although, Radcliffe and Grint being within the operating for Edward within the authentic movie would probably have come all the way down to their curiosity in taking up one other fantasy franchise, as a lot as Hardwicke and Meyer feeling them to be the appropriate match. Provided that followers of the Twilight novels have usually been explicit a few trustworthy method to adapting the books, it appears probably Radcliffe and Grint would have obtained much more pushback than Pattinson did on the time. However regardless of how the films themselves turned out, many agree with Rathbone that the “finest man” landed the half.

Launch Date

November 21, 2008

Runtime

121 minutes

Director

Catherine Hardwicke

Writers

Melissa Rosenberg