Things You Never Knew About 'Twilight,' Including Why Robert Pattinson was Warned About Kristen Stewart & the Huge Star Who was 'Glad' Not to Be Cast as Bella
No matter how many times you’ve binged the Twilight movies, we bet that there’s a lot that you don’t know about them.
The iconic film franchise, inspired by Stephenie Meyer‘s novels about glittering vampires and werewolves, catapulted Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner to international fame.
We’re still talking about the movies in 2025, and there’s so much that we’re still learning about them.
For instance, did you know that a very famous Harry Potter star was in the running for a role? A High School Musical actor also auditioned for a popular part. In fact, one popular actress was in the running to play three different parts and never got cast.
Another Oscar-winning actress was ultimately “glad” not to be cast as Bella after she auditioned for the part.
Several actresses had to wear wigs, a key role was almost recast after the first movie and Robert was warned that he would be arrested if he did one thing wrong when he was first cast. There are also some secret details about that steamy sex scene.
Scroll through the slideshow to learn so much more about the hit franchise…