Peter Facinelli
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Peter Facinelli (born November 26, 1973) is an American actor, perhaps best-known as the star of FOX's 2002 television series Fastlane. He played Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptation of Twilight.
[edit] Twilight
When his agent first asked him about the role, he said no, assuming a movie about vampires meant it was about blood and guts. His agent told him that Catherine Hardwicke was directing and got him to read the novel. He says "I loved the love story set in this world of vampires, but more than that, I liked that it's about vampires exploring humanity rather than just being a vampire."[1] He auditioned but was considered too young for the part. "They wanted an older actor. Carlisle is young in the book, but visually I was told they wanted his character to look a lot older than the kids."[1]The other actor had another role that conflicted with Twilight's filming and quit. Hardwicke didn't know who to cast as Carlisle until she recieved a gift basket from Peter Facinelli. "I basically bribed my way into Twilight," laughs Facinelli during an interview.
Facinelli chose not to do an English accent for the character of Carlisle. He explains "I never thought of doing that because he is English, but a long time ago, over 300 years ago. I thought we would have adapted to his surroundings. I wound up doing a more standard American accent."[1] He goes on to point out that he was happy that Stephenie Meyer agreed with him because he didn't ask her about it until after filming had started.
[edit] Filmography
- The Price of Love (1995) (TV) - Brett
- Angela (1995) - Lucifer
- Calm at Sunset (1996) (TV) - James Pfeiffer
- After Jimmy (1996) (TV) - Jimmy Stapp
- Foxfire (1996) - Ethan Bixby
- An Unfinished Affair (1996) (TV) - Rick Connor
- After Jimmy (1996) (TV) - Jimmy
- Touch Me (1997) - Bail
- Telling You (1998) - Phil Fazzulo
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998) - Mike Dexter
- Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (1998) - Terrell Lee Lusk
- Blue Ridge Fall (1999) - Danny Shepherd
- The Big Kahuna (1999) - Bob Walker
- Honest (2000) - Daniel Wheaton
- Ropewalk (2000) - Charlie
- Supernova (2000) - Karl Larson
- Riding in Cars with Boys (2001) - Tommy Butcher
- Tempted (2001) - Jimmy Mulate
- Rennie's Landing (2001) - Alec Nichols
- Fastlane (2002) TV Series - Donovan 'Van' Ray
- The Scorpion King (2002) - Takmet
- Six Feet Under (2003-2005) - Jimmy
- The Lather Effect (2005) - Danny
- Chloe (2005)
- Enfants terribles (2005) - Curtis
- Hollow Man 2 (2006)
- Touch the Top of the World (2006) (TV) - Erik Weihenmayer
- Damages (2007) (TV) - Gregory Malina
- Lily (2007)
- Finding Amanda (2008) - Greg
- Chelsea Lately (2008) - Himself
- Twilight (2008) - Carlisle Cullen
- New Moon (2009) - Carlisle Cullen
[edit] References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 'Twilight' Countdown: Peter Facinelli says he's on Team Edward Denise Martin, latimesblog, November 11, 2008
