{"id":132815,"date":"2023-10-26T23:19:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T23:19:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=132815"},"modified":"2023-10-26T23:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T23:19:27","slug":"drake-josh-star-josh-peck-was-almost-edward-cullen-in-twilight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/drake-josh-star-josh-peck-was-almost-edward-cullen-in-twilight\/","title":{"rendered":"Drake & Josh Star Josh Peck Was Almost Edward Cullen In Twilight?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry, WHAT?!<\/p>\n

We’ve heard a lot of Hollywood what-if casting stories. Most recently we got a really good peek into what\u00a0The Notebook<\/em> starring\u00a0Britney Spears<\/strong> might have been like. But this one is SO unexpected! Especially to the star in question!<\/p>\n

Josh Peck<\/strong> had\u00a0Taylor Lautner<\/strong> on his\u00a0Great Guys<\/em> podcast this week, and he revealed to the\u00a0Twilight<\/em> alum — for the first time we’ve heard it — that he was a “close” runner-up to play the role of Edward Cullen! Huh?? For real! The\u00a0Drake and Josh<\/em> star recalled:<\/p>\n

“I remember it’s like 2006? 7? They’re like, ‘Audition for this movie, Twilight<\/em>, it’s based on a book it’s going to be great.’ So I send in my tape, for Edward. A month later, I’m with my manager he goes, ‘It’s down to you and three guys, you’re close.’”<\/p>\n

Obviously one of those three guys was Robert Pattinson<\/strong>, who got the part. But to think one of the runners up was JOSH? Of Drake and Josh<\/em>?? That close to playing Edward?? Just a couple years later it wouldn’t have been that wild a thought. We mean, look at him during his emo phase in 2009.<\/p>\n

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That’s a guy who could sparkle in sunlight, right? Look at those baby blues!<\/p>\n

But again, as Josh reminds, this was a couple years before his glow-up! Or as he puts it:<\/p>\n

“I’m like, ‘Really?’ I hadn’t even had a tummy tuck yet, I’m like, ‘There’s no way. He’s got to be so shirtless, it’s not going to happen.’ Spoiler alert — didn’t get it.”<\/p>\n

We don’t know if his manager was just being optimistic or what, but that is a WILD thought experiment! LOLz! Josh laughs at the very the possibility to this day:<\/p>\n

“But I remember then seeing R-Patz playing this part I’m like, ‘In what f**king world were they like, okay here’s what we’re thinking, Chris Hemsworth or Stanley Tucci?’ Like what the f**k? Impossible!”<\/p>\n

Ha! Don’t be so self-deprecating, Josh! You’re a hunky guy! Just, yeah, not Pattinson we guess… But hey, who is?? The other actors who reportedly got close for Edward were Ben Barnes<\/strong>, Shiloh Fernandez<\/strong>, and Jackson Rathbone<\/strong> — and none of those guys are R-Patz, either!<\/p>\n

Do YOU think Josh Peck could have turned\u00a0Twilight<\/em> into an international phenomenon? Ch-ch-check out the full convo (below)!<\/p>\n