Henry Cavill comments on missing out on Robert Pattinson's role in Twilight films

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Henry Cavill has spoken about missing out of the role of Edward Cullen in the Twilight films, as the film's author Stephenie Meyer had hoped he would get the role.The 39-year-old star, appearing on Happy Sad Confused podcast Wednesday, said that he was not aware Meyer had hoped he would get the role, which he was passed over for at 24 due to being too old to play the high school vampire.The British actor said he felt there was no rivalry with Pattinson because he never knew he was wanted for the role in the first place.

The latest: Henry Cavill, 39, has spoken about missing out of the role of Edward Cullen in the Twilight films, as the film's author Stephenie Meyer had hoped he would get the role'I didn’t know about the movie,' Cavill said. 'I didn’t know about them wanting to cast me and the internet wasn’t quite the tool that it is now and so I only found out afterwards.

I was like, "Oh okay, that would have been cool."'Cavill, who has gone on to play Superman and appear in the Mission: Impossible franchise, said that he has been in the running for a number of prominent roles in his career, but didn't mind missing out. 'Essentially, I got close to a bunch of stuff and didn’t get it, but it’s funny that people think that’s a bad thing,' Cavill said. 'In Hollywood - or in the acting industry - everyone’s trying to get a role and they’re not necessarily getting them.'And so, to get an opportunity to be in the limelight by missing out on the big roles is actually a good thing as opposed to a bad thing.