Ben Barnes Talks About Twilight and Rob

Ben Barnes Talks About Twilight and Rob

Speak­ing of play­ing vam­pires, “Twi­light” direc­tor Cather­ine Hard­wicke says you were one of the final four actors to be con­sid­ered for the role of Edward Cullen. We all know that Robert Pat­tin­son ended up get­ting the role, but what were your “Twi­light” audi­tions like?

There were quite a few audi­tions. I was the first per­son they kind of approached about it. It was all right. I very quickly read the first [“Twi­light”] book. I really enjoyed it. I think Kris­ten Stew­art is great. I think she’s a really good actress. And I really like Cather­ine Hardwicke.

But then there were two things: First off, they didn’t want to mix “Nar­nia” and “Twi­light.” I think it’s dan­ger­ous to mix char­ac­ters from fran­chises while you’re doing one. So she def­i­nitely didn’t want Prince Caspian being Edward Cullen. It doesn’t make sense. And sec­ondly, I’d still be shoot­ing at age 30, play­ing 17, and nobody wants to see that. That would be kind of sad.

And course you wouldn’t want the kind of crazi­ness with fans and paparazzi that Robert Pat­tin­son has to deal with in his life.

So true!

Source => Examiner / Via => Twifans