Singer and actress Taylor Swift (“Cats”) was supposed to be in the “Twilight” franchise, but director Chris Weitz barred her from participating because, according to him, it would be “too big a distraction” from the rest of the film.
Director of the second film in the series, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (2009), Weitz detailed the singer’s surprising near-cameo during an interview on “The Twilight Effect” podcast, led by Ashley Greene (Alice Cullen in “Twilight “) and his colleague Melanie Howe.
“Taylor Swift was a huge ‘Twilight’ fan. And Taylor Swift and I at the time had the same agent, who said to me, ‘Taylor would like to be in this movie, no fault of you, but she’s a’ Twilight ‘fan. “Weitz said.
According to the director, Taylor Swift’s agent said she was willing to play any role in the film. She could be “someone in the canteen, or the restaurant, or whatever. She just wanted to be in this movie.”
Weitz declined the request because he believed Swift was too big a star to appear in the film.
“The hardest thing for me was imagining that by the time Taylor Swift appeared on screen, no one would be able to process anything else for about five minutes,” Weitz said. “I blame myself for that, because … imagine, I could have spent time with Taylor Swift. She must have been like, ‘Who is this idiot?’ But sometimes you make decisions thinking it’s the best thing about the movie. “
The lack of Taylor Swift doesn’t seem to have affected the film’s success much. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” grossed more than $ 700 million at the box office.
But while Chris Weitz was wary of working with Taylor Swift, other directors jumped at the opportunity. She will soon be seen in the David O. Russell-directed thriller “Amsterdam” (“American Hustle”), which will be released in theaters on October 7th.
Source: Terra
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