CORVALLIS (AP) — After last weekend’s $69.6 million opening of “Twilight,” millions of Americans have gotten an eyeful of Robert Pattinson, the film’s star.

Without realizing it, they’ve also had a few glimpses of Logan Welch of Corvallis, the Linn-Benton Community College student who played Pattinson’s body double in the blockbuster.

Welch, 20, and his mother, Tiffany Welch, have been appearing as extras in films their entire lives. They are part of Extras Only, a Portland-based company that helps films find extras. “Twilight,” an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire-mortal love story, was filmed in Portland.

So when “Twilight” producers had difficulty finding a stand-in for Pattinson, who portrays vampire Edward, Logan Welch got the call.

He looks so much like Pattinson that producers hired him to be Edward’s body double, photo double and his occasional stunt double.

Welch spent three months on set, took a break from his classes and quit his part-time job for the film.

Initially he was a stand-in for Pattinson, but because Pattinson was doing so much shooting, he couldn’t be in two places at once.

That’s when Welch’s participation grew. His tasks included driving a Volvo through the woods, smashing a desk and yanking logs from a hillside.

Scenes where Edward’s face wasn’t in the frame became Welch’s, which he could shoot while Pattinson was filming elsewhere.

“He was very busy,” Welch said, but not too busy to spend time with his stand-in.

Welch said he enjoyed hanging out and working with Pattinson.

“He’s a great guy; very cool, very talented,” he said.

Tiffany Welch appears in “Twilight” in the background as a cafeteria worker and a teacher. Her son’s work as an extra also included appearing as a patron in a café and as a prom photographer.

Welch hasn’t learned yet whether he’ll participate in the film adaptations of the rest of the “Twilight” series, but he said he’d be thrilled to continue working with the cast and crew.

“I can honestly say it’s the best film experience I’ve had so far.”

Tyler Nordby, a 2006 graduate of Crescent Valley High School, also was chosen to work on “Twilight” through Extras Only. He plays the role of a high school student who appears prominently in many scenes.

“The director specifically picked a few people to be familiar faces,” Nordby said extras who appear consistently throughout the film. Although he doesn’t have any speaking lines, Nordby does have some close-up scenes and appears in classroom scenes behind main characters.

Because Nordby was in so many scenes, he took a break last spring from his studies at Linn-Benton Community College to be in Portland for filming.

“It was exciting to see the stars and get to know and meet all the different people,” he said. “It is definitely a different environment.”

Nordby is looking ahead to the second “Twilight” film:

“I would love to do more work with them.”