'Twilight' Star Jackson Rathbone Joins 'No Ordinary Family'

The depicter of Jasper Hale in the vampire movie would be Daphne's classmate who has a personal trauma of being robbed.

August 28, 2010

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ABC's new show "No Ordinary Family" has lifted the interest a notch higher. The execs have tapped "Twilight" star Jackson Rathbone to appear in the sci-fi show, not only as a guest but as a recurring character, EW reports.

Rathbone, known as battle expert Jasper Hale in the "Twilight" franchise, will slip in the role of Trent Stafford, a high schooler who befriends Kay Panabaker's Daphne. Trent was recently the victim of a home invasion robbery.

Now, Daphne is part of the family who gains superpower after a vacation that ended up in Amazon River. Her ability is telepathy.

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"No Ordinary Family" debuts September 28 at 8/7c. Michael Chiklis stars as family patriarch Jim Powell who is super-strong, Julie Benz is his wife who has super speed and Jimmy Bennett is Daphne's little brother who has vast intelligence.

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