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The Twilight film franchise might have seemed very totally different.
As a substitute of launching the profession of British actor Robert Pattinson as sparkly vampire Edward Cullen, the favored movies virtually starred Josh Peck within the main position. On the Monday, October 23, episode of his podcast. “Good Guys,” Peck, 36, revealed that he auditioned for the half — and made it fairly far within the course of.
The episode featured visitor Taylor Lautner, who portrayed werewolf and Bella’s different love curiosity, Jacob, within the 5 Twilight films, which had been launched from 2008 to 2012. Throughout their dialog, Peck, who acquired his begin on the Nickelodeon present Drake & Josh, revealed that he auditioned for the position of Edward.
“I keep in mind it’s like 2006-7, they’re like, ‘Audition for this film Twilight, it’s based mostly on a e-book, it’s going to be nice,’” he recalled. “I ship in my tape … [for] Edward. A month later, I’m with my supervisor, he goes, ‘It’s right down to you and three guys. You’re shut.’”
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Peck mentioned that he was shocked he was nonetheless within the working to play Edward, significantly due to his weight. “I’m like, ‘Actually?’ I hadn’t even had a tummy tuck but, I’m like there’s no approach, he’s acquired to be so shirtless. It’s not going to occur,” he mentioned.
“Spoiler alert, didn’t get it,” Peck continued jokingly. “However I keep in mind, after which seeing R Patz taking part in this half, I’m like, in what f–king world had been they like, they’re like, OK, right here’s what we’re considering. Chris Hemsworth or Stanley Tucci.’ Like, what the f–okay?! Unimaginable!”
Peck has beforehand spoken out about his struggles together with his weight and substance addictions. In his 2022 e-book, Glad Individuals Are Annoying, the How I Met Your Father actor mentioned his principal childhood reminiscence was being fats.
“For me, after I consider childhood, the singular, highly effective, and all-consuming reminiscence that involves thoughts is being fats,” Peck recalled, including that his “old flame,” meals, helped him attain virtually 300 kilos earlier than he was a young person. “I’ve good reminiscences from childhood too, after all, I grew up with a deep consciousness that I used to be liked, respectable, cared for, and blah blah blah, however FAT, very very fats.”
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After spending years taking part in the “fats, humorous child,” Peck mentioned his position within the 2004 movie Imply Creek impressed him to shed weight.
“My character, George Tooney, was heartbreaking, and it was the primary time I ever acquired to play somebody so painfully flawed, somebody who couldn’t get out of their very own approach, somebody so human,” he wrote.
Peck earned crucial approval for his efficiency and determined to make a change to additional his appearing profession. By means of food plan and train, the actor misplaced 120 kilos over the course of a yr and a half.
