Kaleb Nation cast as Edward in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight film
December 10th, 2007 at 2:30 pm by --KALEB NATION--
Los Angeles, California, December 10, 2007 - In a shocking and unforeseen move, Kaleb Nation has been cast as the most sought-after male in literary history.
“It was quite a shock,” Kaleb said, upon hearing of being cast as Edward Cullen, the lead character in author Stephenie Meyer‘s wildly popular series of books. “To be cast as Edward was so very…unforeseen!”
The announcement comes shortly after actress Kristen Stewart was announce to play the lead role of Bella Swan, the main character of a wildly popular series of novels by author Stephenie Meyers. Her Twilight series is currently topping the bestseller lists, selling more than even Harry Potter for the past 4 weeks.
At first, Kaleb was hesitant playing a vampire, but later overcame his fear of the changes he would have to undergo in his transformation into Edward.
“It was the teeth,” Kaleb comments. “I was so worried about those- how would I do it? But then I remembered how Cate Blanchett had to grow those ears, and then teeth didn’t seem so hard after that.”
Upon the announcement, Kaleb was whisked away to California, taking time for only one brief press conference, and he is to meet with counselors, directors and promoters of the film shortly thereafter. Another unsuspected attachment to getting the part: the fame.
“I’ve got to walk around with a bodyguard now,” Kaleb says. “Every since that announcement, people have been swarming me- and the only downside is they call me Edward, not Kaleb. They like me as him better than me as me — and the movie isn’t even out! Luckily, Tony and Romano take care of things. I try to let my fans through…”
Kaleb Nation is nineteen. He resides in Texas, where he runs a blog from his website, http://www.kalebnation.com and writes books. This will be his first film. He is very excited about the role.
“Slightly disconcerting, but still great.” he says.
The movie, which begins production February 2008, will be directed by Catherine Hardwicke. Karen Rosenfelt and Greg Mooradian will produce along with Mark Morgan.
Added December 11 2007 – You people can’t be serious! This article should have died a long time ago.
Please go here: http://kalebnation.com/blog/2007/12/10/you-people-cant-be-serious/
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Tags: hoax, Kristen Stewart, movies, Stephenie Meyers, Twilight
December 10th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
…This IS a joke, right?
December 10th, 2007 at 12:41 pm
wow love edward omg he is so cooooollllllll!
December 10th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
What a strange choice. Edward is supposed to be extremely pale, and I really cannot imagine even the best makeup artists being able to make a naturally-pale looking Kaleb.
Hehe.
December 10th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
i love edward who doesn’t omg like so rocking cool
December 10th, 2007 at 2:43 pm
really? edward is like my favoritest of all time
December 10th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
i luv edward and devil wears prada so if its anything like the hills ill love the movie
December 10th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
edward edward edward is all i think about
December 10th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
OMG wow edward rocks!
December 10th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
There isn’t anything about this on Stephenie Meyer’s web site or Twilight Lexicon. This must be a joke they would never pick one without any experience for such a major role.
December 10th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
wat??? pls tell me this is a joke!!!!!!
December 10th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
What are you people thinking??? This totally made my anticipation for the movie crumble.It better be a joke!
December 10th, 2007 at 6:48 pm
Okay. This can’t be true since
one – Summit said Edward will not have fangs, like he doesn’t in the book.
two – Edward doesn’t wear suits, since he still goes to highschool. He wears name brand clothing, not suits. Jeans, sweaters, jackets… I don’t even recall Twilight mentioning Edward in a suit.
Three – They need someone with acting experience.
December 11th, 2007 at 9:53 am
You’ve caused an uproar! Good job.
December 11th, 2007 at 10:28 pm
Oh, I really do hope this is a joke. This guy isn’t even on IMDB!
December 11th, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Edward Cullen HAS been cast. Robert Pattinson is playing Edward Cullen – says so on Stephenie Meyer’s website.
December 12th, 2007 at 2:35 am
YOU PEOPLE CAN’T BE SERIOUS! This article should have died a long time ago.
Please go here: http://kalebnation.com/blog/2007/12/10/you-people-cant-be-serious/
December 12th, 2007 at 10:53 am
Haha. Oh my, there’s even a question someone did on Yahoo! Answers about this post. How hilarious… I can’t believe how seriously people took this. LOLROF!
December 12th, 2007 at 11:03 am
Cat, there are at least three Yahoo Answer posts and 2 Twilight forums who have broadcasted this as truth. So much hate flying around!
Coincidentally, Stephenie announced the real cast for Edward this morning- he played Cedric Diggory in HP i think. Could it be to counter my misinterpreted article? Or did I just write this at the peak of anticipation…
December 12th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
Wow. Those poor, confused Twilight fans.
Yeah, I read about that guy being chosen to play Edward. I haven’t seen the Harry Potter movie that he’s in yet, so I don’t know whether or not he’s a good choice. Of course, I might wind up never seeing the Twilight movie, so it may never matter.
But it is really ironic that they announced it right after you did that spoof.
-Cat
December 13th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
yeah, I am pretty sure ur full of it since on stephenie meyers OFFICIAL website it states that Robert Pattinson is to play Edward…heres the link… http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/twilight_movie.html
December 13th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
This is STILL getting comments?
December 13th, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Sheesh. Kaleb, I think you should refrain from doing spoofs for a while.
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:21 am
this is hilarious haha
nice job kaleb you’ve created a mass debate over cyberspace. why the heck did you even write this?!? you turned up 2nd on Yahoo search for ” ‘twilight’ by stephenie meyers video”
nice
January 31st, 2008 at 9:53 pm
Kaleb. It’s me. I wrote not that long ago. Yes i read the twilight series. NO im not a guy im a girl. Im not that type of girl who fell in love with Edward. Not saying their stupid i just think their funny. I started reading Twilight right after my 13 birthday(November27).I finished the series and i can’t wait for Breaking Dawn the 4th book. And hopefully, you’ll like the series to.
January 31st, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Sorry about that Christian. But you had my hopes up. If there are any guys out there who have read any of the books all the way through please do comment (anonymously, if need be).
February 20th, 2008 at 5:51 am
wow… if i had seen this article when it first came out i would have known it was a fake.. u know why??
You spelled Stephenie’s last name wrong.. nice try
rofl!!
February 20th, 2008 at 8:21 am
Thanks Sara! How perceptive. And I do know how to spell her name but I did that on purpose.
March 10th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
who is this guy? Seriously…There is only one picture of him anywhere haha.
I am pretty sure we all know that it is being played by RP. This is pretty mean haha.
March 10th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
@Lundy: I can’t make myself answer it again. Click on any of the bajillion links I have to my post about this and you’ll know the answer. Really you people are like the plague!
March 12th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
It is so easy! Just take a look at the article on Stephenie’s site. Kaleb’s right
March 20th, 2008 at 8:09 pm
Who the hell is this?First of all, Robert Pattison is EdwardSecond of all, the movie is filmingThird of all, ho the hell r u
March 20th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
@Marsluvzedward: If you had read any of the twenty or so notices I have posted about this article, the emails I sent to the people spreading this rumor, or the message boards I have contacted to stop this, you would know the answer. Somehow your eyes must have glazed over as you dashed down to the bottom of the page to leave a message that makes no sense.
March 22nd, 2008 at 11:00 pm
Were you really the first guy to read twilight? I find that hard to belive. Are you single? You are kinda cute.
March 24th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
probably the first guy to admit to it in public
. and I’m just on the first chapter so not near finished
April 2nd, 2008 at 10:23 pm
i dont think u should care what ppl think, lol if you like the book then you like the book and you would also publicaly be showing other guys to suck it up and read it cuz its great lol
April 16th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
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June 15th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
I loved the twilight series especially the love triangle, ive read all the books so far and cant wait for the fourth to come out ive heard theres going to be another but in edwards perspective i fell in love with edward and my friend liked jacob we have a bet going on who bella’s going to be with in the end.
July 14th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
It’s like the PLAGUE!!! ROFL LOL
You’re really funny. You should’ve known better than to mess with devoted Twi-hards, though! XD Half a year and still going (semi-)strong! This post must’ve gotten you a lot of hate mail
LOL
August 21st, 2008 at 1:54 pm
WTH? FAAAAAAAAAKE
No one can be a better Edward than Robert Pattinson or Gaspard Ulliel
September 6th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
You wish! Thanks for the laugh. Hey, better late than never eh?
November 4th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
I never saw this until today. Hilarious!
November 4th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Wow, I can’t believe people actually believed this…
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Great article Kaleb. It was thoroughly amusing, as were all of the comments condemning you to the Volturi’s wrath for your criminal lies
November 4th, 2008 at 7:17 pm
I think…I think…I think..AHAAH I might wet my pants right now…AHAHAHAHAHHA..and they took it seriously..AHAHAHAHAHAHA. I bet they feel stupid now…AHAHHAHAHA.
November 5th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
I still laugh when I read it.
November 11th, 2008 at 3:10 am
ROFL! The post itself was funny enough, especially the bodygaurds. But the reactions from the twilighters were HILARIOUS! People actually believed this? And they got mad? (Personally, I think you would have made a great edward XD)
(MAHA! I have contributed to keeping this post alive forever!)
November 11th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Apparently, yes! This is still getting comments!!! I loved it, btw. Sometimes, I ask myself: why robert????!!!!!
November 15th, 2008 at 12:11 am
Ahaha. I can’t believe the number of people going off at you and listing reasons why this is fake. I mean, isn’t it kind of obvious? I feel embarrassment on their behalf.
Loved the post. Absolutely hilarious. For the record, I think you’d make a great Edward. *snicker*
November 15th, 2008 at 12:17 am
I forgot to mention, I just visited The Top 5′s site. How come I didn’t know you were a radio show host until today? Seriously, no one tells me these things.
April 14th, 2009 at 12:22 am
What are you people thinking??? This totally made my anticipation for the movie crumble.It better be a joke!
May 5th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
[...] me directly making fun of the books, before I had read or knew anything about them. In fact, my first popular blog post (popular meaning ‘had more than 2 comments from my family members’) was a spoof I wrote [...]
May 5th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
hahahahahahahahaha
Hilarious.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
How could this be true!!!!!?????????? Twilights already out!!!!!!!!
jk love that kaleb-i just had to keep the comments going!
May 5th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
Congrats Kaleb, this one artical caused a massive uproar, thank god it died down cause I was dieing from laughing too hard! The first time I saw a forum asking if you were going to play Edward Cullen I fell off my chair laughing! And When I saw a picture of you in another forum I was choking from the thought at just how gullible some die-hard fans are! But the comments from the fans who believed you still crack me up!
May 5th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
i have seen twilight and YOU are NOT edward!!!! GAH I'M SO OUTRAGED!
hahaha jk kaleb this was a hilarious spoof xD
thanks for the laughs
May 6th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
nice article. i wish i would have seen it in 2007. oh well, its nice. u would have done a good job as edward, even tho rob was amazing
May 6th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
haha funny wish i had seen this then too
lol 
lol i was missing out on a whole fantastic world
my friends told be about twilight a year ago and i thought they were crazy but is was only cause they did a REALLY bad job of explaining it
May 6th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Kaleb I think that you are one of the only people who could write an article and still have people commenting on it now like I am !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think its so funny that some people are so gullible!!!!!! hope you get better soon
May 6th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Viva La …this article! Great job Kaleb!
May 7th, 2009 at 7:35 pm
Ha! This is hilarious! I can't believe that people actually believed this!
And it's also funny to see that no one knew who Robert Pattinson was before Twilight. XD
July 20th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
I think you would be a pretty good Edward Cullen, LOL. At least your hair isn't like Rob's. And that's good. Really good.
Anyways, It was really funny to read. Thumbs up, Kaleb!
I can't believe people actually believed this. It's awesome. You're awesome… 
July 20th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
I think you would be a pretty good Edward Cullen, LOL. At least your hair isn't like Rob's. And that's good. Really good.
Anyways, It was really funny to read. Thumbs up, Kaleb!
I can't believe people actually believed this. It's awesome. You're awesome… 
September 11th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
People really believe anything XD
September 11th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
People really believe anything XD
September 12th, 2010 at 3:38 am
I miss these days. So much has changed in the past 2 and a half years.
December 9th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
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October 19th, 2011 at 8:22 am
I saw some thing about “Erupting Star” and I went, “What? This has to be a joke.” SO then I searched it up and found ”Erupting Star is Not Real.” Then found this and burst out laughing, especially at the comments. Thanks for the laugh!
October 18th, 2012 at 2:19 pm
OMG the saga is almost over and this still makes me laugh … Let’s see you try an even smoother article on being cast as Ren from Tigers Curse
October 18th, 2012 at 2:22 pm
Atleast you already have Rens hair!!! Rotfl