Taylor Swift wanted a ‘Twilight’ role — but director turned her down flat

Taylor Swift dominated the mainstream popular culture within the late 2000s and was even a fan of one other phenomenon on the time.

Sure, T-Swift was a die-hard Twi-hard like the remainder of teenage America that was obsessive about the “Twilight” movies.

“The Twilight Saga: New Moon” director Chris Weitz even revealed how the now-32-year-old singer needed to make a cameo look within the 2009 sequel.

Nevertheless, he shot her down as a result of her star energy was simply an excessive amount of.

Telling the podcast “The Twilight Impact With Ashley Greene and Melanie Howe,” the filmmaker mentioned how sure celebrities needed to seem within the movie as a result of they have been such enormous lovers of the vampire romance movies.

“The craziest one in every of all these was to listen to that Taylor Swift was an enormous Twi-hard, and really Taylor Swift and I had the identical agent on the time,” the “A few Boy” director mentioned.

“[Our agent said] ‘Taylor wish to be on this film — not due to you, however she’s a Twi-hard. She can be somebody on the cafeteria or the diner or no matter, however she simply desires to be on this film,'” he recalled being advised.

However Weitz was afraid the “Shake It Off” crooner’s fame can be too distracting within the movie.

“The toughest factor for me was to be like, the second that Taylor Swift walks onto the display, for about 5 minutes, no person goes to have the ability to course of something,” he famous.

It seems Taylor Swift is a Twi-hard when it comes to the "Twilight" series of films, which feature Kristen Stewart.
It appears Taylor Swift is a Twi-hard relating to the “Twilight” collection of movies, which function Kristen Stewart.
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“I kick myself for it too, as a result of I used to be like, ‘Wow, I may’ve been hanging out with Taylor Swift,'” he mentioned of the “Dangerous Blood” singer. “We may have been buddies.”

“She should have been like, ‘Who is that this jerk?’ However generally you make selections considering that is for one of the best of the movie,” the “American Pie” producer added.

Swift in any other case has dipped her toes into the world of appearing in recent times, having roles in movie tasks resembling “Valentine’s Day,” “The Lorax” and the much-maligned “Cats,” in addition to the TV sitcom “New Woman.”

Her subsequent position will probably be starring in the upcoming ensemble David O. Russell function “Amsterdam.”

Taylor Swift is in the running for Top Billboard 200 Artist.
The “Repute” singer will subsequent be seen within the David O. Russell comedy “Amsterdam.”
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The interval comedy follows three buddies — performed by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington — as they attempt to remedy a thriller within the Nineteen Thirties.

The star-studded solid additionally contains Robert De Niro, Chris Rock, Alessandro Nivola, Andrea Riseborough, Anya Taylor-Pleasure, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Zoe Saldaña and Rami Malek.

The film was not too long ago moved up from its unique launch date of Nov. 4 to its new premiere on Oct. 7.

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