Josh Peck, 36, revealed he virtually performed the function of Edward Cullen in Twilight, on the newest episode of his podcast, Good Guys. Although the function in the end went to Robert Pattinson, the previous Drake & Josh star stated after his audition, he was up in opposition to simply three different guys. He was discussing the expertise with visitor Taylor Lautner, who performed the opposite iconic function of Jacob in the favored vampire and wolf themed motion pictures.
“I remember it’s like 2006-7, they’re like, ‘Audition for this movie Twilight, it’s based on a book, it’s going to be great,’” he recalled. “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.’”
Josh went on to confess he was shocked he was nonetheless in the operating for the function of Edward due to his weight. “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,” he stated.
“Spoiler alert, didn’t get it,” Josh jokingly added. “But I remember, and then seeing R Patz playing this part, I’m like, in what f*cking world were they like, they’re like, OK, here’s what we’re thinking. Chris Hemsworth or Stanley Tucci.’ Like, what the f*ck?! Impossible!”
This isn’t the primary time Josh talked about his weight struggles. The gifted star has been open about his journey all through the years and talked brazenly about essential moments, in his ebook Happy People Are Annoying. “For me, when I think of childhood, the singular, powerful, and all-consuming memory that comes to mind is being fat,” he wrote, including that meals was his “first love,” and it made him attain 300 kilos as a teen. “I have good memories from childhood too, of course, I grew up with a deep awareness that I was loved, decent, cared for, and blah blah blah, but FAT, very very fat.”
After getting impressed to drop extra pounds, Josh misplaced 120 kilos via weight loss program and train, and continues to encourage others with their very own weight reduction journeys.
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