in TV shows like CSI and New Girl, as well as star-studded 2010 rom-com Valentine's Day, but the pop icon could have appeared onscreen a huge part of Noughties film culture: Twilight.Chris Weitz, director of *The Twilight Saga: New Moon—*starring and , and the second in five films devoted to the hit books—has confirmed that the film almost had a Taylor Swift cameo.
In a recent interview on , a podcast hosted by actor and Twilight star , he opened up about his decision to ultimately turn Taylor down when her agent came calling. "Taylor Swift and I had the same agent at the time, and he said, 'Taylor would like to be in this movie—not because of you, but she's a Twi-hard,'" Weitz said.It turns out Swift wasn't even going for screen time here, she just wanted to be part of the vampire universe that we were all, admittedly, obsessed with at that time.
Her agent reportedly told Weitz: "'She will be someone at the cafeteria, or the diner, or whatever, but she just wants to be in this movie.'"Alas, it wasn't to be.
The New Moon director decided that ultimately, having such a star appear in the background of the movie was likely to draw focus. "The hardest thing for me was to be like, 'The moment that Taylor Swift walks onto the screen for about five minutes, nobody is going to be able to process anything,'" he said.She is a complete show-stealing queen in the absolute best way, so we see the logic.
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