Twilight Casting Call

Attention Twilight-devotees: Has your sizzling, wolfy, imprinted passion for our beloved series fizzled? Has Edward's razzle-dazzle ceased to flip your switch lately? We're stuck in a bit of a rut, with 18 months between last June's Eclipse release and Breaking Dawn's November 2011 debut, so we thought we'd wet your whistle with a few tantalizing pictures of the cast. Exhibit A:



This shot from the honeymoon scene was featured in Entertainment Weekly last week!



Isle Esme...um...Yes, please!

Oh Twilight...how we miss you!
Today, we decided to cope with the dreadful, unfair, is-it-time-yet, ten-month-long countdown to Breaking Dawn opening in theaters with our own little casting call. The last few months in Twilight news have been filled with buzz about the cast...

SO many vampires!
WHO will play them all?

As we read the fourth book of the saga, we both had visions of vampires dancing in our heads. One we discussed at length (probably because we both enjoyed his character so much) was Garrett. Even though we had very different pictures in our heads, when you line them all up, we were both pretty close to the way Stephenie Meyer saw him:


Other great new additions to the cast include:
Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy). She is only listed on the "Breaking Dawn: Part 2" IMDB page, which fits right into our theory on what will be included in Part 1 and what will be included in Part 2. We think the wedding, honeymoon, pregnancy, and the birth/Edward changing Bella will be included in Part 1 and the rest of the action will be saved for Part 2. The anticipation is killing us!

Here are a couple characters we thought were cast perfectly:



Maggie (Irish Coven)
Marlane Barnes



Benjamin (Egyptian Coven)
Rami Malek

Zafrina (Amazon Coven)
Judith Sheknoi

Tanya (Denali Clan)
Myanna Buring

For a full list of characters, go here.

Characters we thought might have been better cast:
Rosalie's casting is something we have discussed again and again. Rosalie is described as exceptionally beautiful, even for a vampire; she is tall, statuesque, and has long, wavy, blonde hair. While she was human, she was said to be a woman with elegance, class, and eyes the color of violets.

Sarah envisioned someone like Hayden Panettiere. Lindsay considered Blake Lively or maybe Olivia Wilde (when she was blonde). So, Lindsay googled "Rosalie Hale casting" and found site after site offering ideas for a better Rosalie. All three of our ideas were mentioned along with Evan Rachel Wood, Rachel McAdams, and Kristen Bell. We would like to clarify that we are not Nikki Reed haters (there are some people who feel WAY more strongly about this issue than we do.) She just isn't who we pictured when we read it.

Let's talk about Jasper. Catherine Hardwick cast Jackson Rathbone (pictured a few shots below with the other Edward prospects) after he didn't make the cut for Edward (thank God). He's so awkward looking. And what is with that accent? It's certainly not Southern, which he is supposed to be, and it seems to come and go. He is described as tall with honey blond hair, is muscular but lean, and is physically 20 years old. Here's who we might have pictured for Alice's love:

Brooding.  Mmm.

What?  He could be 20...
and he's certainly dangerous.

 And, the best for last...Lindsay thinks Edward was cast perfectly...YUM:

But, Director Catherine Harwicke recently revealed who her OTHER choices were for Edward Cullen. She also stated that she referred to them as Bachelors 1, 2 and 3:

If you're missing Twilight like we are, we highly recommend picking up a book and re-reading the series before November...Or, check out Bree Tanner if you haven't already...Or, re-visit Midnight Sun online. Double yum!

A great shot of the original cast from Vanity Fair magazine!

 And, finally, tantalizing picture Exhibit B: