Peter Facinelli Talks to Next Movie About The End of “Twilight”

Forbes magazine calculated that Carlisle Cullen was the wealthiest fictional character because some 350 years of compound interest and investments amassed him a fortune of $34.5 million. How does it feel to be the wealthiest vampire in history?Actually I was voted number one the year before last, and last year I was voted number two. Scrooge McDuck beat me. I think it’s because I spent a lot of money on the wedding [of Bella and Edward]. It knocked me down a peg.

How happy are you that you don’t have to bleach your hair anymore?It was tedious to get the blond hair and wear the contacts and have pale skin, but it was part of the character, and I don’t think I would not want to do that. I like that I look different in “Twilight” than I normally do, and that Carlisle is so distinct from everything else that I’ve done. But I am excited that I can go in the sun now — I don’t have to hide in the shadows.

Carlisle is the patriarch of the Cullen clan and, in real life, you’re married to actress Jennie Garth and have three children. Did that help you easily transition into the father figure in “Twilight”?For sure! When I first heard about the role, I thought I was too young to play the father of a 17-year-old, so I didn’t think I was right. But then I read Carlisle was actually a vampire who looks like a 23-year-old but is actually 350. The two things I think I have in common with Carlisle are that I like to think that I am a compassionate person and I am a father figure, so I know what it’s like to be the head of a family. I did have those strengths going in and I had to create the rest of the character — the way he walks, his cadence and the way he speaks. How do you bring 350 years of experience to the screen? I did a lot of history on the last 350 years of where his travels might have taken him, just because I wanted to have that information inside of me so it felt like I knew his journey.

Do your daughters watch you in the “Twilight” movies?My 8- and 14-year-old enjoy the movies, but my five-year-old — I don’t know how much she gets. The first time she saw one she was very young and she thought I was Skyping her, so she was talking to the screen.

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