Writer Stephenie Meyer wanted Henry Cavill to play Edward Cullen in the ‘Twilight’ adaptation, but he was already twenty-four years old at the time of the casting, which she thought was too old for a teenage vampire. In a post on her blog in 2007, she wrote, “The most disappointing thing for me is losing my perfect Edward. Henry Cavill is now 24 years old. Let us have a moment of silence to mourn.” The role eventually went to Robert Pattinson. Cavill only found out about any of this, telling the podcast, “The Internet wasn’t the tool it is now, so I found out later.
