Peter Facinelli does not think Twilight ruined the vampire genre.
In an interview with GQ Spain published in January, Robert Pattinson, Facinelli’s co-star in the franchise, said, “It’s crazy” that people still come up to him and complain about the films. Yahoo Entertainment asked Facinelli, who was promoting his new film The Unbreakable Boy, what he thinks of the criticism.
“I would say there’s a lot of Twi-hards that would disagree [it ruined the genre],” Facinelli said. “I know the fan base is still pretty strong. To me, it was always a love story set in the vampire backdrop. … It’s like Romeo and Juliet in this vampire world and this family that’s just super supportive.”
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Facinelli, who played vampire patriarch Dr. Carlisle Cullen in the movies, said he loved Twilight‘s theme of “chosen family.”
“That kind of love and support from family and friends is what everyone wants. I think that’s why people love the Cullens,” he continued. “So I don’t think it ruined anything. I think it’s apples and oranges.”
The cast and crew of “Twilight”: Elizabeth Reaser, Jackson Rathbone, Christian Serratos, Taylor Lautner, Rachelle Lefevre, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Nikki Reed, Kristen Stewart, Billy Burke, Robert Pattinson, director Catherine Hardwicke and screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg in 2008. (Lester Cohen/WireImage)
Facinelli keeps in touch with Pattinson every “once in a while.” The same can be said about Kristen Stewart. “They’re pretty busy,” he said.
The actor said he also still talks with Cullen family members and former co-stars Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone and Nikki Reed.
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“Ashley lives close to me; our kids play together. Nikki, I checked in on [her] when she had the [L.A.] fires. She almost came over to my house. I was like, ‘Come over if you need to,’ and she was like, ‘Isn’t your ex-wife there?’ I was like, ‘I’ll make room, we’ve got plenty of space,'” he said. (Facinelli took in ex-wife Jennie Garth after wildfires broke out on Jan. 7.) “They’re family to me. They’ll always be family.”
Facinelli appears in the new inspirational drama The Unbreakable Boy, which he also produced. It follows a couple (played by Zachary Levi and Meghan Fahy) as they raise their son Austin, who is autistic and has brittle bone disease. Facinelli plays the family’s preacher.
“It was such a beautiful story about this dad who just felt like he was failing. And I’ve been there as a dad too; sometimes you feel like you’re failing,” Facinelli said about why he wanted to make this film, which is based on a true story. He and Garth have three adult children, and he also has a 2-year-old son with his fiancée, Lily Anne Harrison.
“[Austin] had more to teach his father about love and life than anything his dad could ever possibly teach him,” Facinelli said.
The Unbreakable Boy is in theaters now.
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