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Edward Cullen

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Edward Cullen is a character in the film The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), played by Robert Pattinson.

8 Interesting Facts About Edward Cullen

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#001
Edward's Aston Martin Vanquish is reserved for "special occasions," but the car was cut in editing and survives only in the "Extended Prom Remix" outtake on Stephenie Meyer's website.
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#002
Carlisle later wished Edward's transformation had been quicker and less painful, since he had inflicted on Edward the same wounds he himself had received.
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#003
Edward left Carlisle and Esme's family in 1927 to try feeding only on humans he judged truly evil, and came back in 1931, unable to escape the debt of the lives he had taken.
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#004
In the books Edward tells Bella again and again that he cannot control himself around her, and their closeness leaves him frustrated and flustered, a detail the film leaves out.
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#005
Two scenes from the books never made it into the films: Edward watching Bella during gym class, and Bella fainting at the sight of blood at a school blood drive.
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#006
Carlisle had considered making a companion for decades, and said of Edward that even sick he was beautiful, with the kind of face he would have wanted his son to have.
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#007
Robert Pattinson auditioned for Edward Cullen by flying from England to director Catherine Hardwicke's home. There he ran through the "Love Scene"/"Meadow Scene" with Kristen Stewart, already cast as Bella Swan, on Hardwicke's own bed.
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#008
In the weeks before shooting, Robert Pattinson spoke to no one so he could get a real sense of how isolated Edward Cullen felt.
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