Twilight: New Moon director says he turned down Taylor Swift’s request to star in the film

Inside Twilight New MoonViewers may have seen Isabella Swan develop a closer relationship with her boyfriend Jacob Black while introducing other werewolves on screen, but director Chris Weitz hinted that there could be another new addition to the cast for the sequel: Taylor Swift.

During a podcast interview. The Twilight Effect with Ashley Greene and Melanie HoweThe director recalled that Swift’s agent told him at the time that the singer wanted to appear in the 2009 film, given how “Twi-hard” it was.

Taylor Swift was a great Twyhard, and Taylor Swift and I had the same agent at the time, and she said, Taylor wanted to be in this movie, not because of you, but she’s a Twyhard. said Weitz. According to Weitz, the agent mentioned that Swift’s role could be “someone in a cafe or restaurant” because she just wanted to be in the movie.

However, given Swift’s stardom and potential distractions, Weitz turned down the proposal, a decision he admitted he might regret.

“The hardest part for me was when Taylor Swift walks around the screen, for about five minutes, no one can process anything,” Weitz said. “I blamed myself for that too, because I was like, ‘Wow, I could be with Taylor Swift.’ We could have been friends.”

Reflecting later, Weitz added, “It should have been ‘Who is this guy?’ But sometimes you make decisions because you think it’s best for the film.”

Although no special cameos were made New MoonSwift has continued to make appearances on the big and small screen, including a new girl, The donor, The Lorax, Valentine s cats.

Swift will be the next David O. in Russell’s film amsterdamAlso starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington.