- "Twilight: New Moon" director Chris Weitz said Taylor Swift asked to appear in the sequel.
- He told hosts on the "Twilight Effect" podcast that Swift was a "huge Twi-hard" at the time.
Taylor Swift almost appeared as an extra in "Twilight: New Moon," the director of the movie said.
Chris Weitz, who made the 2009 movie, appeared on the podcast "The Twilight Effect with Ashley Greene and Melanie Howe" to talk about his experience creating the hit teen movie.
During the interview, he brought up that many celebrity "Twi-hards" — the name given to superfans of the franchise — tried to get roles in the sequel, including the "Shake it Off" singer.
"The craziest one of all those was to hear that Taylor Swift was a huge Twi-hard, and actually 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. "'She would be someone at the cafeteria or the diner or whatever, but she just wants to be in this movie.'"
The "Twilight" director said he didn't think it was a good idea because of Swift's superstar status at the time.
"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," Weitz said. "I kick myself for it too, because I was like, 'Wow, I could've been hanging out with Taylor Swift. We could have been friends.'"
Weitz added: "She must have been like, 'Who is this jerk?' But sometimes you make decisions thinking this is for the best of the film."
Swift has since gone on to have small roles in TV series and movies such as "New Girl," "The Lorax" and "Cats."
The "Reputation" pop star is next set to appear in David O. Russell's upcoming movie, "Amsterdam," alongside Margot Robbie, Christian Bale, and John David Washington.