TWILIGHT
Isabella "Bella" Swan moves from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to rainy Forks, Washington to live with her father, Charlie, while her mother, Renée, travels with her new husband, Phil Dwyer, a minor league baseball player. Bella attracts much attention at her new school and is quickly befriended by several students. Much to her dismay, several boys compete for shy Bella's attention.
When Bella is seated next to Edward Cullen in class on her first day of school, Edward seems utterly repulsed by her. He disappears for a few days, but warms up to Bella upon his return; their newfound relationship reaches a climax when Bella is nearly run over by a fellow classmate's van in the school parking lot. Seemingly defying the laws of physics, Edward saves her life when he instantaneously appears next to her and stops the van with his bare hands.
Bella becomes determined to find out how Edward saved her life, and constantly pesters him with questions. After tricking a family friend, Jacob Black, into telling her the local tribal legends, Bella concludes that Edward and his family are vampires who drink animal blood rather than human. Edward confesses that he initially avoided Bella because the scent of her blood was too desirable to him. Over time, Edward and Bella fall in love.
Their relationship is disturbed when another vampire coven sweeps into Forks. James, a tracker vampire who is intrigued by the Cullens' relationship with a human, wants to hunt Bella for sport. The Cullens attempt to distract the tracker by splitting up Bella and Edward, and Bella is sent to hide in a hotel in Phoenix. There, Bella receives a phone call from James, who claims to be holding her mother captive. When Bella surrenders herself, James attacks her. Before she is killed, Edward, along with the other Cullens, rescues her and defeats James. Once they realize that James has bitten Bella's hand, Edward sucks the venom from her bloodstream before she is infected and becomes a vampire. After doing so, she is brought to a hospital. Upon returning to Forks, Bella and Edward attend their school prom and Bella expresses her desire to become a vampire, but Edward refuses.
NEWMOON
On Isabella "Bella" Swan's 18th birthday, Edward Cullen, the vampire she loves, and his family throw her a birthday party. While unwrapping a gift, she gets a paper cut, which causes Edward's adopted brother, Jasper, to be overwhelmed by her blood's scent and attempt to kill Bella. To protect her, Edward decides to end their relationship, and the Cullens move away from Forks. This leaves Bella heart-broken and depressed.
In the months that follow, Bella learns that thrill-seeking activities, such as motorcycle riding, allow her to "hear" Edward's voice in her head. She also seeks comfort in her deepening friendship with Jacob Black, a cheerful companion who eases her pain over losing Edward. Bella later discovers that Jacob is a werewolf. He and his fellow werewolves protect Bella from the vampires Laurent and Victoria, the latter of whom seeks revenge for her dead mate, James, whom the Cullens killed in Twilight.
Meanwhile, a series of miscommunications leads Edward to believe that Bella has killed herself. Distraught over her supposed suicide, Edward flees to Italy to provoke the Volturi, vampire royalty who are capable of killing him. Alice and Bella rush to Italy to save Edward, arriving just in time to stop him. Before leaving Italy, the Volturi tell Edward that Bella, a human who knows that vampires exist, must either be killed or transformed into a vampire. When they return to Forks, Edward tells Bella that he has always loved her and only left Forks to protect her. She forgives him, and the Cullens vote in favor of Bella being transformed into a vampire, to Edward's dismay. However, Edward gives Bella a choice: either she lets Carlisle change her after her graduation, or, if Bella agrees to marry him, he will change her himself.
The Cullens and the Swans
- Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan, a teenage girl who has fallen in love with Edward Cullen, a vampire. She is heartbroken when Edward abruptly leaves her, but is raised out of her depression through her friendship with family friend Jacob Black.
- Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen, Bella's vampire love who abruptly leaves town to protect her.For much of the film, Edward only appears as a figment of Bella's imagination.
- Ashley Greene as Alice Cullen, a member of the Cullen family who can see "subjective" visions of the future and who becomes best friends with Bella. Greene explained that she would like to boost her strength and stamina for the sequel and said, "Compared to the first film it's a much larger part for me."
- Billy Burke as Charlie Swan, Bella's father and Forks' Chief of Police.
- Peter Facinelli as Carlisle Cullen, leader and father figure of the Cullen family.
- Elizabeth Reaser as Esme Cullen, Carlisle's wife and the mother figure of the Cullen family.
- Kellan Lutz as Emmett Cullen, a member of the Cullen family. In an interview, Lutz said, "I've talked to the producers, and they say I have a lot of funny lines."
- Nikki Reed as Rosalie Hale, a member of the Cullen family who "feels really strongly about her hatred for Bella." Reed, a brunette, stated that she will not dye her hair blonde to film the sequel. "It took 36 hours initially to make me blonde, and every other day, I was bleaching my head and my skin," recalled Reed. "This time around, we are testing out different wigs and stuff."
- Jackson Rathbone as Jasper Hale, a member of the Cullen family who thirsts for Bella's blood after she gives herself a paper cut. This particular scene is Rathbone's favorite, and he stated that he is "very excited to film [it]." Jasper also has the ability to sense and control the emotions of others.
Quileute tribe
- Taylor Lautner as Jacob Black, Bella's old childhood friend and a member of the Quileute tribe. He becomes close to Bella after Edward leaves, and transforms into a werewolf. Lautner says of the role, "[Jacob] transforms mid-story—in the first half, he's Twilight Jacob. I'm wearing a wig. My character's very clumsy, outgoing, and friendly. When he transforms into a werewolf, he becomes something very different."
- Chaske Spencer as Sam Uley, the leader of a werewolf pack that protects humans against predatory vampires.
- Tinsel Korey as Emily Young, Sam's fiancée and a mother figure to the wolf pack.
- Tyson Houseman as Quil Ateara, one of Jacob's best friends.
- Alex Meraz as Paul, a volatile member of the wolf pack.
- Kiowa Gordon as Embry Call, one of Jacob's best friends. Gordon describes the character as "Jake's right hand man, tall, skinny, shy and the fourth to turn into a werewolf."
- Bronson Pelletier as Jared, the joker of the wolf pack.
- Graham Greene as Harry Clearwater, a Quileute elder and friend of Bella's father, Charlie.
- Gil Birmingham as Billy Black, Jacob's father and a Quileute chief.
Nomadic vampires
- Rachelle Lefevre as Victoria, a vampire who wants to kill Bella to avenge her lover, James.
- Edi Gathegi as Laurent, a vampire who also tries to kill Bella.
The Volturi
- Michael Sheen as Aro, the leader of an ancient Italian vampire coven known as the Volturi.
- Jamie Campbell Bower as Caius, one of the leaders of the Volturi and a key character in the plot of the film.
- Christopher Heyerdahl as Marcus, one of the leaders of the Volturi.
- Dakota Fanning as Jane, a guard of the Volturi who has the ability to torture people with illusions of pain.
- Cameron Bright as Alec, Jane's brother.
- Charlie Bewley as Demetri, a member of the Volturi. When asked about the character, Bewley said, "He has unparalleled tracking abilities together with insane strength, speed and classiness".
- Daniel Cudmore as Felix, a Volturi enforcer.
- Noot Seear as Heidi, a vampire who brings humans to the Volturi to eat.
- Justine Wachsberger as Gianna, a human who works for the Volturi.
Humans
- Anna Kendrick as Jessica Stanley, Bella's self-involved friend.
- Justin Chon as Eric Yorkie, Bella's friend.
- Christian Serratos as Angela Weber, Bella's friend.
- Michael Welch as Mike Newton, Bella's friend who has a crush on her. He joins her on a date with Jacob.
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