In 1803 an insurrection headed by Robert Emmett, a young barrister of much promise, broke out, but was immediately quelled, with the loss of some lives in the tumult, and the death of its leaders on the scaffold.
In 2008, however, he became part of the cast of the Twilight movies, playing Emmett Cullen.
The two form the central focus of the Cullen family that includes Esme, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice and Emmett.