Author Stephenie Meyer wanted Henry Cavill to play Edward Cullen in an adaptation of The Twilight Saga, but he was already twenty-four at the time of the casting, which she felt was too old for the teenage vampire. In 2007, she wrote on her blog: “The most disappointing thing for me is losing my perfect Edward. Henry Cavill is now 24 years old. Let us mourn in peace for a moment.” The role eventually went to Robert Pattinson. Cavill found out about it after the fact, telling the podcast, “The internet wasn’t the tool it is now, so I found out about it after the fact. I was like, ‘Oh, well, that would be cool.'”