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Harry Potter and Twilight are two of the biggest young-adult film franchises of all time, and they put Daniel Radcliffe and Robert Pattinson on the map.

Both blockbusters also signify near misses for one actor who auditioned for the chance to play Harry Potter and Edward Cullen.

Daniel was only 11 years old when he portrayed the beloved boy wizard alongside Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in 2000.

Eight years later, Robert was 22 when he was cast as the glittering vampire lead alongside Kristen Stewart in the first Twilight movie.

The franchises featured large and talented casts, and there’s a common thread between them – an actor who landed supporting roles in both after auditioning for the lead. He opened up about the experience in an interview.

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Robert Pattinson landed a star-making role playing Edward Cullen in the Twilight franchise. However, he almost wasn’t cast over concerns he wasn’t attractive enough for the part.

At the time, Robert had already established himself as an emerging talent in Hollywood with his portrayal of Cedric Diggory in the Harry Potter movies. However, Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke recently revealed the shocking concerns about the actor’s appearance, which almost cost him the role.

Thankfully, the studio saw reason and agreed to cast Robert in the part. He played the lead, sparkling vampire in the blockbuster adaptations of author Stephenie Meyer‘s beloved novels.

Now that we’ve learned about the concerns, you might be interested in seeing who else was in the running to act alongside Kristen Stewart in the mega-popular saga.

Thousands of actors auditioned for the role, but a much smaller list of frontrunners and A-listers were actually considered. The shortlist includes a Schitt’s Creek star, several actors who booked other roles in Twilight and someone who admitted that they later regretted their audition.

It also includes Stephenie‘s first choice for Edward, who only learned that he was in the running years after the fact!

Who all was up for the star-making role? We pulled together a handy list and everything the actors have said about their auditions.

Scroll through the slideshow to see all of Robert Pattinson’s biggest competition for the role of Edward Cullen in Twilight…

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke is revealing why the studio was initially hesitant to cast Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen.

The 37-year-old actor played the iconic vampire in all five Twilight movies, released each year from 2008 to 2012.

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Robert Pattinson opened up in a new interview.

The 37-year-old actor sat down for a conversation with Barry Keoghan for Wonderland Magazine. While Robert was actually interviewing the 31-year-old Saltburn star, he dropped a few gems of his own throughout.

Notably, he called out a lie in Hollywood while discussing aging. He also explained why he thought it was a good thing to feel like a “total fake” on the set of a new project.

Scroll through the slideshow for Robert Pattinson’s two big takeaways from the interview…

Earlier this year, there was a mini Twilight party at Robert Pattinson‘s birthday party!

Catherine Hardwicke, who directed the first film in the saga, just recently revealed that she and Kristen Stewart both crashed the actor’s 37th birthday party back in May.

The directed opened up about the mini reunion during an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast.

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Twilight hit theaters 15 years ago today on November 21, 2008 and we’re taking a look back at the author’s dream casting for the roles, before the films were made.

Author Stephenie Meyer, who wrote the Twilight book series, shared a blog post she wrote from 2007 that has recently resurfaced with her original actor and actress choices to play the title characters in the movies!

Back in 2007, before the first movie was made, Stephenie wrote on her blog, “My opinions on the movie matter to no one. I have no influence on what goes on with the movie at all. No one is going to ask who I think should star in Twilight.”

So basically, Stephenie‘s opinions on who should be cast weren’t taken into consideration.

The original movies starred Kristen Stewart as Bella and Robert Pattinson as Edward.

Keep reading to see who the Twilight author wanted to play all the title characters…

Suki Waterhouse confirmed her pregnancy over the weekend and now she’s sharing a new baby bump selfie!

The 31-year-old singer and actress took to her Instagram account on Monday (November 20) to share a photo from her weekend at the Corona Capital Festival in Mexico City, Mexico.

“thank you for such a beautiful time in mexico! ❤️” Suki captioned a carousel of photos from her weekend, which included shots with bestie Georgia May Jagger.

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