Twilight Star Wants a Jasper Hale Prequel — And Fans Might Actually Get On Board

Twilight wrapped up ages ago, but one of its vamps isn’t done with his backstory. Jackson Rathbone — Jasper Hale himself — is pitching a prequel that digs into Jasper’s messy past. And yes, he’s cool with de-aging tech. Or handing the role to someone new. Your move, Hollywood.

So what’s Rathbone actually proposing?

At Fan Expo Canada, in a chat with Collider’s Maggie Lovitt, the 40-year-old actor said he’d love a Jasper-focused prequel. Not a cameo, not a wink — a real dive into how the guy went from Confederate soldier to vampire to somewhat functional member of the Cullens. That’s always been one of the saga’s thornier character beats, and Rathbone isn’t shying away from it.

"I actually would really love to see Jasper’s story be told, and it would be one of those things where they have the technology, they can de-age me — it’d be sweet... I’m also open to passing the torch."

The messy part (and why he still wants to do it)

Rathbone acknowledges Jasper wasn’t exactly a model citizen before joining the Cullens — understatement of the century — and he doesn’t think a prequel needs to spell out every single detail on screen to work. His take: leave room for imagination, but don’t dodge the hard stuff. He frames Jasper’s arc as one about redemption and forgiveness, with the character learning to see himself differently through others. That’s the angle he finds worth revisiting, even 13 years after the Twilight films called it a day.

De-aging, recasting, and the 'inside baseball' bit

Rathbone’s pragmatic about the logistics: if the studio wants to slap some de-aging on him, great. If they’d rather hire a younger actor, he’s fine "passing the torch." That’s not always what you hear from franchise stars, and it’s a smart way to keep the door open if a Twilight offshoot actually moves.

For the record: no official prequel is in development — this is Rathbone saying he’s game and laying out the sort of story he’d want to tell.