The central thrust of The Twilight Saga: New Moon is the conflict between dreamy vampire Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and dreamy werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) due to their overwhelming feelings for Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart). This, of course, begs the question of who would win in an actual fight between Jacob and Edward, and when I asked the stars about this, I also decided to throw in the obvious follow-up – who would win in a no-holds-barred fight between Rob and Taylor? Read their answers to these burning questions below.

“We were actually discussing this on set, it’s funny,” Lautner answered. “Who would win in a fight between Jacob and Edward? Because there’s a scene outside Bella’s house where Edward grabs my shoulder and Jacob doesn’t take that so takes his arm and rips it off, and that moment Jacob would transform into a wolf. And we’re having this discussion – it got really deep. We were like, ‘if I were to poof into a wolf right now, what would happen? Who would win?’ Our discussion points were we’re usually with our pack, so if I’m without my pack am I going to be weaker? Honestly, I don’t know. That discussion is still up in the air. We should probably get Stephenie Meyer on the line and ask her.”

Pattinson was a bit more decisive, although it could be considered a spoiler for those who haven’t read the books yet. “I think it’s actually a fact that Edward would win, if I read the books correctly. So I guess I can hold onto that, for my ego.”

As far as the real-life fight goes, Rob is less confident. “I did hear, the other day, that Taylor had agreed to an interview where the interviewer was going to fight him. I don’t think I’d ever agree to that. And, after looking at Taylor’s martial arts videos from when he was, like, nine, I wouldn’t really want to do anything. Maybe if I had some kind of weapon.”

Taylor thought Rob was selling himself short. “Oh man. I don’t know between me and Rob. He actually does a lot of boxing in his time off. It might be a good match-up.”

Typically non-committal. So that leaves it up to the fans to sound off with wild speculation.

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