Twilight first came out in 2008, and the stars have enjoyed a mixed bag of fortunes since graduating from the cult franchise. As Kristen Stewart gets married, The Mirror takes a look at what happened to the rest of the cast…
Twilight fans spent years longing for the main stars, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, to make a go of it in real life. While the pair – who played lovers Bella Swan and Edward Cullen – dated on and off for four years, they split in 2013 after Kristen’s much-publicised affair with Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders.
While Robert has since had a baby with a famous UK singer and model, Kristen has just married actress Dylan Meyer. The couple got engaged in 2021. “We’re marrying, we’re totally gonna do it,” the actress told the Howard Stern Show. “I wanted to be proposed to, so I think I very distinctly carved out what I wanted and she nailed it. We’re marrying, it’s happening.”
Kristen and Dylan exchanged their vows in the garden of their Los Angeles home on Easter Sunday in an intimate ceremony attended by their closest loved ones. But what became of the other stars of the franchise? Here, The Mirror takes a look at what came next for the cast of the cult romance series…
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Kristen Stewart
The world was obsessed with KStew and RPatz as they were dubbed at the time. From the first time they met, film bosses were worried their on-screen chemistry would spill over into real life – Kristen was only 17 when filming started. Almost inevitably, the duo did get together, becoming the darling couple of the film industry and delighting fans.
Things quickly took a nosedive in summer 2012 when Kristen was caught cheating with her Snow White and the Huntsman director, Rupert Sanders – just a few months before the final Twilight movie came out.
In an uncharacteristically open statement, she finally confirmed her relationship with Rob before apologising for the hurt she’d caused. She said: “This momentary indiscretion has jeopardised the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I’m so sorry.”
A source told the Mirror at the time that Rob’s heartbreak was only compounded by the fact he’d been planning to propose. “Robert hoped to marry Kristen and was making preparations to spring a proposal before she admitted cheating. He had bought the house in Los Angeles to be their home and saw them staying there for a long time,” the insider said.
The pair reunited in 2013 but split soon after. Kristen later came out as bisexual and dated her assistant Alicia Cargile, model Stella Maxwell and screenwriter Dylan Meyer.
Career-wise, Kristen won praise for her performances in Camp X-Ray and Still Alice, and won a Cesar Award for The Clouds of Sils Maria. She returned to mainstream films with action film Charlie’s Angels and horror Underwater and Princess Diana biopic Spencer, and this February began filming and producing a new film alongside comedy legends Seth Rogan and Alia Shawkat.
Robert Pattinson
After his split from Kristen, Rob moved out of the home they shared and in 2014 started dating singer FKA Twigs. They got engaged a year later but went public with their split in October 2017, with Twigs opening up about the racism she faced from others throughout their relationship.
“He was their white Prince Charming and I think they considered that he should definitely be with someone white and blonde and not me,” she said on BBC Radio4’s Grounded with Louis Theroux.
“It was deeply unfair at the time that I was made to feel so self-conscious and so ugly. It was a lot. That period was a lot.” The following year, Rob met current his girlfriend, model Suki Waterhouse. The pair have been very private about their relationship, but in March 2024 confirmed that they’d welcomed a baby daughter.
Professionally, he moved on from Twilight with appearances in Cosmopolis; Maps to the Stars, and The Lost City of Z before taking on the iconic role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in The Batman by director Matt Reeves. He also just starred in Mickey 17, with fans saying it could be his best role yet.
Taylor Lautner
Child star Taylor Lautner was flung into the public eye with his breakout role as werewolf Jacob Black in the Twilight films, but hasn’t achieved quite the same success as Kristen and Rob in the years since.
Taylor released a critically-panned thriller entitled Abduction in 2011 before the end of the Twilight series, but his main notable part after the films ended was in Grown Ups 2.
He has pivoted instead to television, with roles in BBC Three comedy Cuckoo and Ryan Murphy’s comedy Scream Queens.
Away from the screen, the actor once dated Taylor Swift and met Californian nurse Taylor Dome in 2018. They tied the knot in a romantic sunset ceremony on a vineyard in Paso Robles, California, in 2022. Dome decided to take her beau’s last name, making them both Taylor Lautner – a fact he often jokes about in funny TikTok videos.
Ashley Greene
Ashley was a fan-favourite for her work as the future-seeing Alice Cullen, Ashley Greene appeared in A Warrior’s Heart, thriller Summer’s Blood, and horror The Apparition. The actress has a new horror film, The Ritual, coming out this summer, and yet another horror with a release date yet to be confirmed.
In 2018, Ashley married Australian-Lebanese television announcer Paul Khoury following a two-year engagement. Their daughter Kingsley Rainn Khoury was born in September 2022.
Nikki Reed
Best known for her role as the tough vampire Rosalie Cullen, Nikki Reed hinted at trouble in paradise on the Twilight set.
Rumour has it she fancied Robert Pattinson and was upset when he got together with Kristen – claims Nikki has long denied.
She did, however, hint at some major on-set feuding. “In the beginning, it was innocent and fun, and we were like one big happy family – it was like being at sleepaway camp,” she told Seventeen.
“And then success comes along and changes the dynamic. We’re not all best friends, and we’re not all going to hang out together after the final movie is done.”
Since the end of Twilight, Nikki has starred in Empire State, Pawn, Balls Out, and Jack Goes Home. She seems to be on a long career break, with her last TV credit in 2019 while she hasn’t been in a film since 2016.
In 2015, she divorced musician Paul McDonald after four years of marriage and started dating The Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder. They tied the knot after just six months in 2015 and they welcomed their first child, daughter Bodhi, in 2017, before adding a baby boy to the family in June 2023.
Peter Facinelli
Peter Facinelli is best known for his role as Edward’s adoptive father Dr. Carslile Cullen, and appeared in all of the Twilight films.
After the film series ended, Peter mostly pivoted to television, appearing in seven seasons of the critically-acclaimed comedy Nurse Jackie and having recurring roles in musical comedy Glee and DC Comics series Supergirl.
As Twilight ended, Peter divorced wife and actress Jennie Garth and later went on to date and become engaged to actress Jaime Alexander in 2015, before calling it off just a year later.
Peter found love again and proposed to his girlfriend, Lily Anne Harrison, in 2019 and they welcomed their first child together in September 2022, joining his three elder daughters from his long marriage to Garth.
Kellan Lutz
Kellan Lutz portrayed the super strong vampire Emmett Cullen in all of the Twilight films, and went on to secure fairly regular film roles – while not reaching the heights of some of his co-stars.
He appeared in action sequel The Expendables 3 in 2014 and also played the title role in the critical and commercial flop Hercules in the same year, going on to secure roles in thrillers Extraction, Money, and Guardians of the Tomb. His works seems to have slowed down since, with his last film role in 2023 while he hasn’t appeared on TV since 2022.
In 2017, Kellan became engaged to and married TV host and model Brittany Gonzales. They suffered a pregnancy loss at seven months before going on to have daughter Ashtyn and son Kasen.
Anna Kendrick
Before and during her fan-favourite role as Bella’s friend Jessica Stanley in Twilight, Anna Kendrick accrued Tony Award and Academy Award nominations and also received positive reviews for her work in the Twilight films.
Since then, Anna has found box office success in the musical Pitch Perfect trilogy and further comedy roles in Scott Pilgrim vs The World, End of Watch, Trolls, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, A Simple Favour, and Trolls World Tour. She also appeared in the drama Cake with Jennfier Aniston and HBO Max series Love Life.
Anna dated British cinematographer Ben Richardson between 2014 and 2020, followed by Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader, whom she split from in June 2022.
That September this year, she opened up about the psychological abuse she suffered at the hands of a gaslighting ex. Explaining how she ended up “in a situation where I loved and trusted this person more than I trusted myself,” she told how the mystery ex manipulated her.
“So, when that person is telling you that you have a distorted sense of reality and that you are impossible and that all the stuff that you think is going on is not going on, your life gets really confusing really quickly,” she told People magazine. Ultimately, she learned that what she “thought was going on was in fact going on.”
She’s just starred in the sequel to A Simple Favour, aptly called Another Simple Favour, but the movie’s release was overshadowed by rumours of a feud with co-star Blake Lively.
At the centre of the feud rumours lies 2018 press interviews the mother-of-four and Pitch Perfect star did together, where Anna seems to mock Blake for not being as talented as she is. When Blake took an MTV News interviewer to task for focussing on Anna, she said: “Oh my god, guys don’t fight just because I’m the best at everything”.
Elizabeth Reaser
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Elizabeth Reaser played the role of Edward’s adopted mother Esme Cullen in the Twilight films.
She moved back to television after the series ended, taking parts in shows True Detective, Mad Men, The Handmaid’s Tale, and a lead role in Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House.
She hasn’t been on TV since 2021, but last year worked alongside huge stars Walton Goggins and Pedro Pascal in The Uninvited, gaining huge acclaim for her work.
Behind the scenes, Elizabeth secretly married her now-husband Bruce Gilbert in Italy in August 2023, keeping so quiet about the nuptials that she didn’t break the news until April 2024.
Michael Sheen
Welsh actor Michael Sheen OBE played the campy Aro of the Volturi in the Twilight films starting with the sequel New Moon.
Since the films ended, Sheen has continued with films and television. Major film roles for Michael have included starring in Far From the Madding Crowd, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Passengers, Apostle, and Dolittle.
Recent successful television series for Michael include his part in as William H. Macy in Masters of Sex, as Aziraphale in Good Omens, as a serial killer in Prodigal Son, and recently as Chris Tarrant in ITV’s Quiz.
Having previously had relationships with Kate Beckinsale and Rachel McAdams, from 2014 to 2018 Michael dated comedian Sarah Silverman.
He now lives back in Wales with Swedish actress Anna Lundberg, with whom he shares daughters Lyra and Mabli. Michael also has daughter, Lily, with former partner Kate Beckinsale.
Dakota Fanning
After her roles as a child star, Dakota Fanning played creepy Jane of the Volturi in the Twilight films, being introduced in the second film, New Moon.
After the Twilight films, Dakota has appeared in the independent film Effie Gray, had a role in heist comedy Ocean’s 8, and as Lynette ‘Squeaky’ Fromme in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. She recently starred in a horror, and just worked on a new horror, Vicious, which is currently in post-production
Dakota has also played the role of Sara Howard in the series The Alienist, and struck Netflix gold for her work in The Perfect Couple. The actress has been dating boyfriend Henry Fry since 2017.
Source: Mirror
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