Original ‘Twilight’ Star Confirms He’s Not Returning for New Netflix Series: ‘I’m Bummed’
The ‘Twilight’ star revealed he’s not reprising his beloved character.
Screen Rant reported that Facinelli, alongside his Twilight castmates Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, and Jackson Rathbone, stated he wouldn’t be providing his voice for an animated version of Carlisle in the upcoming Netflix show while at a November 2025 Motor City Comic Con panel. Facinelli, who was featured in all five of the Twilight films, said he would have enjoyed reprising the character.
“Well, here’s the truth, I’m bummed, because I love that character so much, so I hate the idea of having someone else play it,” said Facinelli during the Twilight panel. “But also, that movie, to me, like so many people, if you watch that movie, it takes you back to a time. There’s a nostalgia to it. It takes you back to a time when you were watching it with your mom, or watching it with your friends, when you were watching it in the movie theaters. I feel like there’s a part of growing up that people experience over the last 25 years, 20 years, you know, with these movies.”
Rathbone, who played vampire Jasper Hale, also revealed that several of the original Twilight stars pitched for themselves to voice their respective characters for Midnight Sun.
“We were like, ‘Hey, it would be kind of cool, we’re still pretty fresh out of it. It’s not that far. Our voices haven’t changed that much. Let’s go ahead and let them know, as a group, collectively, we’d love to come back and do it the right way,’” said Rathbone, as reported by Screen Rant. “No one asked for a lot of money, trust me. [Laughs] We’re always coming back because we love y’all, man, we wanted to do it for the fans. We love our characters. And they very nicely said, ‘No.’ We couldn’t even get an audition for it, which is funny.”
Peter Facinelli Spoke Positively About ‘Twilight’ in February 2025
While speaking to Yahoo! Entertainment in February 2025, Facinelli responded to the belief that the Twilight film franchise was at fault for destroying the “vampire genre.” The actor suggested he didn’t necessarily consider the movies to be vampire films.
“I would say there’s a lot of Twi-hards that would disagree [it ruined the genre]. I know the fan base is still pretty strong. To me, it was always a love story set in the vampire backdrop. … It’s like Romeo and Juliet in this vampire world and this family that’s just super supportive,” said Facinelli to the publication. “That kind of love and support from family and friends is what everyone wants. I think that’s why people love the Cullens. So I don’t think it ruined anything. I think it’s apples and oranges.”