It’s been 12 long years since the Twilight franchise concluded with Breaking Dawn Part 2 in 2012, but one thing everyone still comments on are those darn sparkles. Star Jackson Rathbone is no exception, who recently told an audience full of fans how Robert Pattinson really felt about becoming a sparkling vampire in the series. Rathbone starred alongside Pattinson in The Twilight Saga as Jasper Hale, the newest member of the Cullen family who can manipulate emotions and has trouble sticking to their “vegetarian” diet of animal blood.
Appearing at Emerald City Comic Con earlier this year (via PopVerse), Rathbone told the audience in attendance at the Twilight spotlight panel that – like most of us – Robert Pattinson hated those sparkles. He said that during testing they regularly made the actor “pissed off and angry” at having to be covered in glitter.
Rathbone would go on to say that despite Pattinson’s annoyance, “we still had fun,” while also commenting on how it was the weather on any particular shooting day that would determine just how much sparkling the actors had to do. While Rathbone and his fellow co-stars would relish the chance for a bit of sunshine during the otherwise dreary production, he says it wasn’t an enjoyment for the crew, who would then have to apply a bunch of glitter.
“It went from being a rainy day to a bright sunny day, which is actually even worse, because if it’s sunny they’ve got to make us sparkle. It was one of those things where the sun would come out, and we’d be like, ‘Yay!’ Except for production, ‘That’s screwing us even more!’”
What Is the Future of the Twilight Franchise?
Though the original film franchise ended in 2012 with Breaking Dawn Part 2, that doesn’t mean The Twilight Saga is officially over. Quite the contrary, in fact, as it was announced in 2023 that a television reboot series is in development from Lionsgate. While it was initially thought to be a live action show, it’s since been revealed that it will be an animated series instead, a tidbit that Lionsgate left out of their original announcement, but say was the plan all along.
While the project is still in the early stages and faced delays thanks to the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strikes of 2023, it’s been reported that Sinead Daley is attached to write. Her past credits include Hulu’s Tell Me Lies, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, and Netflix’s The Get Down. Stephanie Meyer, who authored the original novels, is also said to be involved in some capacity.
As to who will be cast in the new Twilight series? That remains up in the air for now, but Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke has thrown her support behind Jacob Elordi and Jenna Ortega to play the modern day Edward and Bella. Neither are attached to the project, but with the Twilight franchise holding a lot of weight by grossing more than $5 billion dollars at the box office, there’s a chance we could see some big names come aboard the project in the future.
