At one point, Lemon Snicket’s and Uninvited star Emily Browning seemed a shoe-in for the role of Bella Swan in Twilight–author Stephenie Meyer even gave her a stamp of approval. What happened, then? Browning addresses these rumors in a new MTV interview–
“What actually happened is that I was asked to audition — not take the part, but to just audition — shortly after ‘The Uninvited’ had finished filming,” the actress said. “And I’m not the type of person who can just work back-to-back. So I was just exhausted, and I was like, ‘I’m sorry, but I just can’t sign on to a trilogy right now.’ “
Memories of that exhaustion, she explained, are what frees Emily from all the “what if?” questions some actors might have after missing a superstar-making role. “To be honest, if I had gone on to do the film straight after ‘The Uninvited,’ I would not have been a good Bella,” Browning reasoned. “I was exhausted, and I needed to come home and hang out with my family for a little bit. And I’m hoping people realize that now. I haven’t actually seen the film, but I’m sure Kristen [Stewart] did a billion times better job than I would’ve done.”
Emily Browning Addresses Her ‘Twilight’ Notoriety
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There’s been a dearth of new pics of Alex Meraz, who is set to play Paul in New Moon. Never fear! Alex Meraz has added a gorgeous new photo to his official Myspace page. That is all.
[thanks, Hazeena!]
Fandango has an excellent new interview with Robert Pattinson concerning his new roles as he plays Salvador Dali in Little Ashes and Edward Cullen in New Moon. He talks a bit about how things are going with New Moon so far–
Pattinson: The interesting thing about this one is that so much of my character is in Bella’s head. It’s based on a mixture of memories and nightmares. Bella thinks she is going mad. I get to do some really creepy stuff. In other words, Bella is really frightened of [her hallucinations]. It’s really, really different than Twilight. I think that a lot of people will be kind of scared by this one. I wanted to try and put that into Twilight but I couldn’t really find a way to make Edward scary.
Fandango: You contributed a couple of songs to the Twilight soundtrack. Are you still pursuing music, and will you be doing more for New Moon?
Pattinson: I’m in talks to do a soundtrack for another movie, composing. I cannot say what it is yet, but I really, really, really want to do. I don’t think I’m going to have anything on New Moon, but never say never.
Read the rest over at Fandango. While you’re at it, check out the final set of VMAN photo outtakes as well!
[thanks, Rachael, Lizel & Erin!]