Henry Cavill Responds to Twilight Creator: He is a Excellent Edward Cullen

Earlier than Robert Pattinson landed the breakthrough function of Edward Cullen in “The Twilight Saga,” it was none aside from Henry Cavill who was on the prime of “Twilight” creator Stephenie Meyer’s want checklist. When she introduced in July 2017 that Summit Leisure had optioned the rights to her guide, Meyer wrote on her weblog, “Essentially the most disappointing factor for me is dropping my good Edward. Henry Cavill is now 24 years outdated. Allow us to have a second of quiet through which to mourn…”

Meyer had already solid a possible “Twilight” film in her head by the point the movie adaptation went into improvement. By then, nonetheless, lots of Meyer’s primary decisions aged out of the roles. Edward Cullen is a highschool teen, so the then-24 yr outdated Cavill was too outdated.

Cavill just lately stated on an episode of the “Completely satisfied Unhappy Confused” podcast that he had no concept Meyer considered him because the “good Edward” till after the primary “Twilight” film was made. Because of this, Cavill feels no rivalry with Robert Pattinson.

“By no means as a result of I didn’t know concerning the film,” Cavill stated. “I didn’t learn about them eager to solid me and the Web wasn’t fairly the device that it’s now and so I solely came upon afterwards. I used to be like, ‘Oh okay, that might have been cool.’”

Cavill misplaced out on the “The Twilight Saga” due to his age, however he’d later star in franchises comparable to “Mission: Unimaginable” and the DC Universe as Superman. In a previous interview on “The Graham Norton Present,” Cavill stated lacking out on massive components is rarely a foul factor.

“Primarily, I received near a bunch of stuff and didn’t get it, however it’s humorous that individuals suppose that’s a foul factor,” Cavill stated. “In Hollywood — or within the performing business — everybody’s attempting to get a task they usually’re not essentially getting them. And so, to get a chance to be within the limelight by lacking out on the large roles is definitely a superb factor versus a foul factor. And I rely my fortunate stars for every a kind of.”

Cavill at present stars in “Enola Holmes 2,” now streaming on Netflix.