'Twilight' Director Explains Why Taylor Swift Was Turned Down for a Cameo Role

Here’s why Taylor Swift was turned down…

The Twilight Saga: New Moon director Chris Weitz revealed that he turned down Taylor‘s request to be in the movie.

“Taylor Swift was a huge Twi-hard, and 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!’” Chris said (via The Independent).

Chris said that Taylor was open to any kind of role, even if she was just “someone at the cafeteria, or the diner or whatever. She just wants to be in this movie.”

Ultimately, Chris said no as he didn’t want Taylor to be a distraction.

“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. “I kick myself for it too, because – I was like, wow, I could’ve been hanging out with Taylor Swift. She must have been like, ‘Who is this jerk?’ But sometimes you make decisions thinking this is for the best of the film.”

Taylor might be getting an Oscar nomination next year.