Twilight may be an easy target to hate on with its sparkly vampires, strange logic, and occasionally poor writing, but many people love the books and movies for their complex love story and unforgettable characters.
Even in the cast of Twilight, there were those who itted that they disliked the series and those who praised it. While some have been more public about their frustration than others, some actors wish to no longer be associated with the franchise.
Likewise, there are the other actors who praise the stories and were thrilled to appear in them.
Twilight fans themselves also had a divisive reaction about the cast of Twilight. On the one hand, there were sine actors who loved fans' ion and enthusiasm for the characters and universe. However, on the other hand, there were some actors who thought that their presence was intimidating and overwhelming.
Becoming one of the most recognized faces in the world after appearing in the franchise was another pressure that several stars faced. While this allowed some to have a successful career, it also stressed out some cast who were only just out of college.
Here are the 10 Actors Who Regretted Being In Twilight Movies (And 10 Who Adored It).
20. Regretted: Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson has not exactly been subtle about his dislike for the movies that made him a star. In several press interviews, where he was meant to be promoting Twilight, he spent time ridiculing them instead.
Despite the fact that the movies helped launch his career, he faulted the central love story and ripped apart the logic of his own character.
Famously, as Hypable reports, he stated: “I could never legitimize why a 108-year-old guy would want to still be in high school.”
Perhaps by being the first one to attack the franchise, he was trying to be taken seriously as an actor. However, derogatorily referring to Twilight fans in 's Interview magazine as people who “sit in front of their computers and comment on anything… to do with Twilight” got him a lot of hate.
19. Adored: Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen was tasked with playing the main leader of the Volturi, Aro, the cruel villain of the franchise. However, he did not choose to do the role for the benefit of his own career.
He explained to Daily Record, “I was mainly excited about it because I knew I would make my daughter very happy.”
To make his daughter, who was clearly a huge Twilight fan, happy, he agreed to the franchise. However, in the same interview, he went on to it “I read the books and I really enjoyed them. I didn't think I was going to, but I really did.”
Sheen may be one of the most unlikely Twilight fans, but his love for the series is apparent in interviews and his fondness for the character.
18. Regretted: Anna Kendrick
It’s incredible to think that Hollywood A-Lister Anna Kendrick was once just a background character in the Twilight franchise.
When talking about her time on set, Anna Kendrick has cited the weather as being a nightmare to film through. She stated: “Imagine if the first four weeks of a new job were spent outdoors in the freezing rain.”
Considering that Jessica Stanley was absent from the final movie, it appeared that no one was more relieved about this than Kendrick.
“I can tell you this… I’m not in it! So I don’t have to talk about it,” she said in an interview about Breaking Dawn: Part 2.
17. Adored: Billy Burke
Charlie Swan may be the world’s most clueless father in cinema, but Billy Burke makes him an endearing character.
Despite being a minor character, one thing that Burke learned on set was how to act as a father. He even told MTV News that it made him a better father to his newborn child, Bluesy LaRue Burke.
Bluesy was born after Twilight, which allowed Burke to transfer his skills of being a protective father to real life.
He also told MTV News that Bella would be a good role model for Bluesy. "I would like her to be a worldly person," he said.
Who would have thought that Twilight would be an instructive guide on how to be a good parent? Probably not Billy Burke, but he’s extremely thankful for the movies for teaching him how to be a better dad.
16. Regretted: Kristen Stewart
Kristen Stewart has been fairly vocal about her disdain of the franchise. However, her problems with Twilight appear to be that she struggled with the celebrity attention that came with the role.
She told The Hollywood Reporter that “a whole lot of other baggage” came with the franchise, though she did note that it was “really cool baggage.”
Achieving this kind stardom at 17-years-old seems to have left a bad taste in Stewart’s mouth. In several interviews, she criticizes the logic of Stephenie Meyer’s writing.
She summarized her character on The Graham Norton Show, saying “as soon as she becomes a vampire they kind of ignore their duties instantly, they just wanna bone.”
“It’s the most ridiculous situation,” she stated, which could just as easily be her assessment of her time as Bella.
15. Adored: Peter Facinelli
When asked if he would miss Twilight, Peter Facinelli told Vanity Fair: “I’m going to dress up like Carlisle and do birthdays and Bar Mitzvahs.”
As the patriarch of the Cullen family, Peter Facinelli’s portrayal of Carlisle Cullen was memorable and he quickly became a fan-favourite. It seemed that he had fun too and was sad to say goodbye to his character.
“It’s a little sad. I’m going to miss the fans,” he went on to say. “They’ve treated us so well…[b]ut just because the movies are over, doesn’t mean the fans will disappear.”
While some of the Twilight cast, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart in particular, struggled with the fan attention, Facinelli seemed to love it.
His respect for the fans shows his respect for the franchise and how he felt privileged to be a part of the Twilight saga.
14. Regretted: Taylor Lautner
Unlike his co-stars, Taylor Lautner doesn’t appear to have criticized his characters’ logic, but that doesn’t mean that he enjoyed filming Twilight.
As Jacob Black, the ripped werewolf, Lautner spent most of the movies without his shirt on. While this may have been enjoyable for some fans, according to Lautner, “taking the shirt off… it’s not fun.”
Considering that all of the Twilight movies are filmed in grey-skied Seattle, this posed problems for Lautner. He went on to tell E! News, “in the books, it’s always supposed to be cold and gloomy and the sun can never be out so that’s not fun.”
Another problem that Lautner had while filming was sharing scenes with a co-star he publicly hated: his long black wig from the first movie.
“There was hatred between both of us,” he told MTV News. “It did not like me, I did not like it. Not fond memories”.
13. Adored: Anna Kendrick
Despite her dislike for the bad weather, Kendrick was thankful for some aspects of the franchise.
She wrote in her memoir, Scrappy Little Nobody: “[the Twilight movies] kept me in room and board while I did (other) movies for no money. It was like the world's most ridiculous day job.”
Despite starring in Oscar-nominated Up in the Air, cult classic Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, and the hugely successful Pitch Perfect, they were not enough to her. So while Kendrick was trying to make a name for herself outside the Twilight universe, she was able to use the hefty Twilight paycheques to live on.
As she concluded in Scrappy Little Nobody: “I got all the fun [of working on the movies] with none of the consequences.”
12. Regretted: Elizabeth Reaser
Elizabeth Reaser played Esme Cullen for all five movies in the franchise but has spoken out against Twilight.
In particular, she has criticized the more mature female fans who harassed Taylor Lautner throughout the series.
She told Fox News, “Taylor was 16 and still a boy when much older ladies would be asking me about his body. It was just really inappropriate.”
Among the specific incidents that Taylor has gone through, he itted to being "freaked out" as a 40-year-old female fan struggled to remove her pants so he could sign them.
While obviously this does not represent all of Twilight's fans, this example would be reason enough for Elizabeth Reaser to disassociate herself with the franchise alone.
11. Adored: Mackenzie Foy
Considering the fact that Breaking Dawn: Part 1 and 2 helped establish this young child actress, it is no wonder that she is grateful to have been a part of the franchise.
The movies helped establish Mackenzie Foy as a talented actress and helped her obtain roles in The Conjuring and Interstellar.
According to an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, playing Renesmee Cullen was “an amazing experience.” Foy went on in the interview to describe Kristen Stewart as “the sweetest person I have ever met” and Robert Pattinson as “funny, silly and I just loved being with him.”
Working with such established actors in a popular franchise appears to have been the best thing for her acting career.
Considering that she is the now star of the Nutcracker movie, Foy can attribute her success to her role in Twilight.
