The Twilight stars are human?! It’s true… they aren’t born into stardom like Edward Cullen was born into…vampdom? Before the Breaking Dawn began…each of these stars started out just like any ol’ kid with a dream. For instance, Robert Pattinson got his first Hollywood fill in 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire after acting in school plays. Kristen Stewart landed her first major film role in 2002 as Jodie Foster’s diabetic daughter in the thriller Panic Room after getting discovered in a school play.Taylor Lautner competed as a martial artist and was in the 2003 U.S. Karate Open! Kellan Lutz was a struggling actor until he landed his Twilight role: Before he had only appeared on an eight-episode arc in Lisa Kudrow’s short-lived 2005 HBO sitcom The Comeback.  Read the rest of this entry »

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