It was a choice that divided a fanbase: Team Edward or Team Jacob?
Back in 2008, when the pop culture phenomenon known asTwilightbegan its world domination, the film's starsRobert Pattinsonand Taylor Lautner were pitted against each other, both onscreen (in the battle for Bella's heart) and off, as fans also picked sides.
Eighteen years later, it still haunts Pattinson.
While in Paris promotingThe Drama, a reporter for France's Canal+ brought up the age-old question to his co-starZendaya. "I'm Team Edward all day, let's go," she replied, without hesitation.
The reporter then posed the question to Pattinson, who immortalized vampire Edward Cullen in all fiveTwilightfilms. "No one's Team Jacob," he quipped, waving his hand for effect. "That was just a marketing thing."
But it was a real allegiance for the female reporter. "I was," she tells Pattinson, who rolls his eyes playfully. "Sorry."
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It's not the first time someone has admitted to Pattinson's face they weren't Team Edward.
While promotingDie My Lovewith Jennifer Lawrence in 2025, the twoquizzedeach other about their respective film franchises — in her case,The Hunger Games.
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"Team Edward or Team Jacob?" Pattinson asked. Lawrence took a moment to ponder, and then delivered the news gently. "In the books, Jacob," she confessed. "In the movie, Edward."
Pattinson himselfwasn't always Team Edward. While promotingNew Moonin 2009, he toldOK!magazine: "You always get weirdos like Edward who seem to attract women for some reason. If Edward wasn't a fictional character and you met him in reality, he is like one of those guys who would probably be an axe murderer or something."
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