“I remember saying, ‘It’s someone Byronic.
It’s someone British.'”
Simply put, they did not have that undead sparkle.
Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory and Edward Cullen.Murray Close/Warner Bros.; Deana Newcomb/Summitt
“I wanted somebody that didn’t seem like a real person,” Hardwicke said.
“Who is that going to be?
This vampire has lived for 90-something years.
Feig added, “I remember saying, ‘It’s someone Byronic.
It’s someone British.
Enter: the all-British cast of theHarry Potterfilms.
“I said, ‘What’s up with him?’
And she said, ‘Cedric Diggory,'” Feig recounted.
“And I said, ‘Yeah, who’s that?’
And she said, ‘Rob Pattinson.’
And I said, ‘Did he read for us?’
And she said, ‘No.’
And I said, ‘Why?’
And she said, ‘I don’t know.’
I said, ‘Well, let’s see if he can read.'”
After sending an audition tape to Summit, Pattinson did a chemistry read withKristen Stewartat Hardwicke’s home.
“Rob and Kristen auditioned on my bed, the kissing scene,” Hardwicke said.
“Rob was so into it he fell off the bed.
I’m like, ‘Dude, calm down.’
…At the end, Kristen was like, ‘It has to be Rob.’
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