Nowadays, it is apparent that Robert Pattinson was the fantastic choice to play the brooding, lovesick vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight, but that wasn’t usually the situation. Initially, the studio that developed the 2008 motion picture didn’t see the eyesight. Director Catherine Hardwicke realized Pattinson was destined to be a heartthrob, but she a short while ago unveiled that producers “didn’t believe” the actor was desirable enough for the role at to start with.

Hardwick recounted Pattinson’s uncomfortable 1st perception all through her Nov. 20 physical appearance on the podcast Watchalong. “When he came in excess of to my residence, he had black bangs for hair and was sort of out of shape for the reason that he was hanging out at the pub all the time,” Hardwicke stated of initially conference Pattinson.

Following being wowed by his auditions with Kristen Stewart and sending the tapes to Summit Amusement, Harwicke recalled how the studio critiqued Pattinson’s physical visual appearance.

“They known as me back again and go, ‘Do you assume you can make this male search good?’” Hardwicke said. “I stated, ‘Yeah, I do. Did you see his cheekbones? We’re performing a makeover on the hair and everything and he’s heading to start off doing the job out and he’s going to be attractive.’ But they did not think it at 1st. He like walked in excess of there with a stained shirt or some thing. It was Rob.”

Pattinson’s look may perhaps have thrown producers for a loop given that all the speculation at the time was pointing to Henry Cavill at the leading decide on for Edward — Twilight writer Stephenie Meyer experienced even expressed her wish for Cavill to play the section.

But the good thing is, the producers at Summit Entertainment have been ultimately won about by Pattinson’s charms (and cheekbones). The British actor landed the now-iconic section, beating out an estimated 5,000 actors who ended up in thought to perform the vampire. Recently, Josh Peck revealed he had produced it considerably in the casting system for Edward. Other motion picture stars who had been up for the element involved Dave Franco, Ben Barnes, and Jamie Campbell Bower.

The studio at the rear of Twilight may not have recognized how warm Pattinson was again in the working day, but hundreds of Twihards confident did.