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Honest, it's been 10 years since Twilight came out. Here's where the cast are now.

 

They say time flies when you’re having fun.

Not sure what you’ve been up to since 2008, but just to let you know, it’s been 10 years since the first Twilight movie came out.

If you were in a teenager of some description in 2008, this would have been a big life moment for you, going to the midnight screening with all your friends to watch Twilight, the 2005 vampire sci-fi romance novel by Stephenie Meyer, come to life on screen.

Despite featuring lots of A-list Hollywood actors, we can all agree the five Twilight films – Twilight, The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011) and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012) – were truly terrible.

But we watched them anyway.

To celebrate a decade having passed (yippee), here’s exactly what the Twilight cast are up to now in 2018.

Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan)

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Poor, sweet Bella in 2008. Image: Summit Entertainment.
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And now in 2018. Image: Getty.
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Kristen Stewart was only 18 when Twilight catapulted her into Hollywood.

Stewart now works mostly in the independent film genre, having appeared in Adventureland, Clouds of Sils Maria, Still Alice and Personal Shopper. We'll likely see her next in the upcoming Charlie's Angels re-make.

Stewart and her Twilight co-star Robert Pattinson dated from 2009, but split after US Weekly published photos of her having an affair with her Snow White and the Huntsman director Rupert Sanders in July 2012. Although the co-stars reconciled, they eventually ended their relationship for good in 2013.

The 28-year-old actress now identifies as sexually ambiguous and is currently dating Victoria's Secret model Stella Maxwell. She doesn't appear to have an Instagram account.

Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen)

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Hands up who had a poster of this guy in their room? Image: Summit Entertainment.
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Robert Pattinson in 2018 after leaving the Twilight life behind. Image: Getty.
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Was anyone else personally offended when Robert Pattinson was cast as Edward Cullen? Our Edward Cullen.

Sadly, no actor would have ever lived up to our teenage expectations of the pale, shimmery vampire boy with red hair and knowing eyes.

Since Twilight, Pattinson's been in movies like Water for Elephants with Reese Witherspoon, Queen of the Desert and Map of the Stars, and modelled for Dior.

The 32-year-old was most recently engaged to musician FKA Twigs until their engagement was called off in 2017. E! reports he's currently dating British actress and model Suki Waterhouse.

By the looks, he's not on Instagram.

Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black)

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Or perhaps Jacob was your favourite twilight love interest. Image: Summit Entertainment.
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If you were (or still deep down, are) a Twilight fan, you'll have been on one of two teams.

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Team Edward or Team Jacob.

Fans watched Taylor Lautner, much like his character Jacob, go from an awkward teenager to a fairly attractive human throughout the five Twilight saga films.

The 26-year-old since played smaller roles in Grown Ups 2, Netflix's The Ridiculous 6 and Scream Queens, where he met his former partner Bille Lourd. Lautner and Lourd were together when her mother and grandmother, actresses Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, suddenly passed away within days of each other.

They split in 2017. According to Instagram, he's now dating a nursing student and influencer who goes by the name of Tay.

Nikki Reed (Rosalie Hale)

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Rosalie was the tortured beauty. Image: Summit Entertainment.
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Most people knew actress Nikki Reed from the controversial film Thirteen and teen series The OC before seeing her play Edward Cullen's older sister Rosalie in Twilight.

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The 30-year-old hasn't acted much since the final Twilight film Breaking Dawn - Part 2 in 2011, but she now runs Bayou With Love, a socially conscious and eco-friendly fashion and accessories label.

After her divorce from American Idol contestant Peter McDonald in 2014, Reed married fellow fictional vampire, Vampire Diaries actor husband Ian Somerhalder, in 2015. In August, 2017, the couple welcomed their first child, a baby girl named Bodhi Soleil.

Kellan Lutz (Emmett Cullen)

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The scary one. Image: Summit Entertainment.
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Kellan Lutz played the role of Emmett Cullen, the older, brawnier vampire brother who liked to drive big cars and crack inappropriate jokes.

Post-Twilight, the 33-year-old's been in The Comeback, The Legend of Hercules and The Expendables 3. He's also modelled for Calvin Klein.

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Lutz married model and TV host Brittany Gonzales in 2017. His Instagram account shows they have an adorable rough collie doggo.

Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen)

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Ashley Greene has continued acting long after appearing as the clairvoyant Alice Cullen for the last time in the Twilight saga's final film in 2011.

Most recently, the 31-year-old was cast as Fox & Friends host Abby Huntsman in the upcoming film based on the downfall of Fox News' Roger Ailes, which will also star Margot Robbie, Nicole Kidman and Charlize Theron.

Greene married her longtime partner Paul Khoury earlier this year.

Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale)

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Jasper Hale always looked.... constipated? Image: Summit Entertainment.
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Jackson Rathbone played the quite and brooding Jasper Hale, a young war veteran from the south who struggled the most with the Cullens' 'vegetarian' diet.

Rathbone hasn't been up to too much in the public eye since finishing up with Twilight. He's been in some TV shows - The Last Ship, Finding Carter and Aim High - but his Instagram bio says he's an 'Actor / Producer / Musician / Weirdo'...

The 33-year-old is married to Sheila Rathbone, who runs a lifestyle blog about raising their two  kids in Texas.

Elizabeth Reaser (Esme Cullen)

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This lady is way too young to have teenage kids. Image: Summit Entertainment.
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Elizabeth Reaser was a seasoned actress before joining the Twilight cast as the vampire mum Esme Cullen, having appeared in The Good Wife, Law and Order, True Detective and Grey's Anatomy.

Right now you can watch her on Netflix in Manhunt: UnabomberEasy, and as Shirley Crain in The Haunting of Hill House.

Peter Facinelli (Dr Carlisle Cullen)

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This guy too, way too young to be a dad of teens. Image: Summit Entertainment.
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Most millennials first met Peter Facinelli as the 'wayyyyy to young to be a dad' Dr Carlisle Cullen.

The 44-year-old's been in Glee, S.W.A.T., Damages and Supergirl, and will star in the upcoming film Running with the Devil alongside Nicolas Cage and Laurence Fishburne.

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Facinelli has three daughters with ex-wife Jennie Garth.

Anna Kendrick (Jessica Stanley)

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Before she was Beca, Anna Kendrick played Jessica Stanley. Image: Summit Entertainment.

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Probably the most successful actress to come out of the franchise, Anna Kendrick played Bella's neurotic friend/enemy Jessica Stanley in Twilight.

The 33-year-old has since starred in Up in the Air, for which she received an Oscar nomination, the Pitch Perfect films, Trolls and A Simple Favor with Blake Lively. She also wrote a memoir, Scrappy Little Nobody.

She's been dating British cinematographer Ben Richardson since 2014.

Also, please watch this video of Kendrick doing her hilarious Kristen Stewart impression on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon. Post continues after video.

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Billy Burke (Charlie Swan)

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The moustache of Charlie Swan. Image: Summit Entertainment.
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The moustache didn't make it to 2018. Image: Getty.
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Playing the always awkward Charlie Swan, Billy Burke nailed the role of playing a dad who has no clue what his daughter is up to.

The 51-year-old has been in TV shows including Red Riding Hood, Revolution and Zoo, and films Lights Out and Breaking In.

Burke is married actress Pollyanna Rose, they have a daughter named Bluesy LaRue Burke.

Who was your favourite Twilight character? Did you get into the books and movies?