Peter Facinelli, Twilight’s kindly Dr Cullen, was convinced the movie was destined to be a hit as soon as his 11-year-old daughter saw it.
Figuring she’d be a good barometer of Twilighters everywhere, Facinelli was both relieved and gratified when his daughter and 15-year-old niece both said they loved the film and found it truthful to the book.
“It’s the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet in a vampire world,” the actor, pictured centre, said on CBS’s Early Show.
“The story is told through Kristen Stewart’s character, so I think every girl is going through the journey that she is going through and she falls in love with this beautiful guy that they can’t be together for some odd reason - he’s a vampire and wants to kill her.”
One of the oldest cast members at 34, Facinelli didn’t find it much of a stretch to play the Cullen family’s patriach– especially as the book and movie make it clear he’s their adopted father.
And he relished the challenge of playing a vampire who tries to live as a human.
“He wasn’t very happy being a vampire so he kind of held on to every part of humanity that he could,” he says. “He formed this coven of vampires that are trying to live human in this little town. And he’s the local doctor and that is his way of giving back to humanity.”
Rob Pattinson hasn’t been everyone’s choice as the perfect Edward, but Facinelli is a fan, likening him to the “Elvis meets James Dean of the vampire world.”
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