<P> Edward Cullen (born Edward Anthony Masen) is a major character, implicated in all of the Twilight Saga films and books . As stated in the first and second novels, he was born on June 20, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois, and was frozen in his 17 - year - old body while dying of the Spanish influenza, when he was changed into a vampire by Dr. Carlisle Cullen . As shown in Twilight, Carlisle only did so because Edward's dying mother, Elizabeth, begged him to save Edward . A member of the Olympic Coven, Edward only drinks animal blood and has the special ability to read minds . He falls in love with Bella soon after she arrives in Forks . Edward knows that he could kill Bella easily, a fact that torments him so much that, in the book New Moon, he decided to leave Forks with his family so they wouldn't be able to hurt her . He returned because he realized he cannot live without her . Edward marries Bella in Breaking Dawn and they have a daughter, Renesmee . </P> <P> Robert Pattinson plays Edward in the Twilight film series . </P> <P> Jacob Black is Bella's best friend . He is a Quileute Native American and a werewolf . In Twilight, Jacob plays the minor role of a forgotten childhood friend of Bella's, and he develops a crush on her . In an attempt to learn more about Cullens, Bella flirts with Jacob, and he tells her tribe legends about "the cold ones", or vampires . After Edward leaves Bella in New Moon, she spends much of her time with Jacob . Though she only considers him a friend, Jacob falls in love with Bella . Although he spends most of his time in Eclipse trying to win Bella, in Breaking Dawn he imprints--an involuntary process in which a werewolf finds their soul mate--on Bella and Edward's daughter, Renesmee . </P> <P> Taylor Lautner plays Jacob in the Twilight film series . </P>

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