Step aside Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, Twilight director names dream cast for reboot

Catherine Hardwicke thinks Jacob Elordi and Jenna Ortega would make a good Edward Cullen and Bella Swan.

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson star in the Twilight films. (Photo: Summit Entertainment)

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke would choose Jacob Elordi and Jenna Ortega to play the lead roles in a reboot.

The original movie – based on the book by Stephenie Meyer – was released in 2008 and starred Robert Pattinson as vampire Edward Cullen who strikes up a romance with teenager Bella Swan, played by Kristen Stewart, and Hardwicke says she would pick Elordi and Ortega for the roles if she had to name the dream cast for a remake.

During an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, host Josh Horowitz asked: “Is Jacob Elordi Edward Cullen today? Is Jenna Ortega … [Bella]” and Catherine replied: “Oh, that would be perfect.”

She added of Priscilla star Elordi: “I mean, he’s amazing. He probably would be Edward today.”

Hardwicke went on to say: “It would’ve changed anyone’s life if they got that part, … I do think there’s a lot of really cool young actors today. Of course, you just mentioned Jenna Ortega, she’s amazing.”

The original film spawned four sequels – New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2 – and it was recently reported a Twilight TV series is in the works at Lionsgate TV.

When asked about the new TV project, Hardwicke insisted she doesn’t know much about it. She said: “[I haven’t] actually found out exactly … I don’t know yet [what it will look like]. Maybe they don’t even know.”

She went on to reveal she was involved in a Twilight reunion last year when she attended Pattinson’s 37th birthday party along with Stewart.

The director explained: “Strangely enough, I ended up … I went to Rob’s birthday party recently. I kinda crashed with my friend Toni Collette, who had just done a movie with him. We had a fun thing, and then Kristen crashed it too. That was just a few months ago, and it was just like, ‘Oh my God!’ We all hugged each other – like, this is so crazy and cool.”