Movies & TV | Aug 17, 2022 09:52 PM EDT

Why Did Taylor Swift Fail To Make It To 'Twilight' Movie? Director Shares Reasonable Explanation

By Alexandria Reeves

Taylor Swift's love for "Twilight" did not help her to make it to the cast members of the franchise movie.

Since 2009, Swifties have known how much Swift loves the movies. In fact, she wanted to appear in "Twilight: New Moon" even in a cameo role - but she never made it.

The franchise's director, Chris Weitz, recently appeared in the latest episode of The Twilight Effect podcast on Tuesday. He told hosts Ashley Greene and Melanie Howe the real reason why he did not consider Swift's appearance despite the singer's popularity.

"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," he said. "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."

Although Weitz also wanted the idea of working with the "Look What You Made Me Do" singer, the director aimed to give the fans the best of the movie.

"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed $709 million in 2009.

"Twilight" Became Biggest Vampire Franchise in History

With or without Swift, the "Twilight" series successfully became a successful vampire movie franchise in history.

Screenrant noted that all films grossed more than half a billion each. After "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," it earned $698 from "Eclipse," $712 million from "Breaking Dawn Part One," and $829 million in "Breaking Dawn Part Two."

It made the sage earn a total gross of over $3.3 billion.

Despite being one of the successful franchises, "Twilight" producer Erik Feig said he missed another teen drama because of it.

"When I was at Summit, I was bidding against Lionsgate on The Hunger Games, and we were the final two bidders. At the very end, Suzanne Collins' agent countered to both of us. We countered back at Summit, and Lionsgate said, 'OK [to their counteroffer.]' I remember someone saying, 'Win some, lose some.' I was like, 'No, this was a big one,'" he told The Hollywood Reporter.

After losing it, he learned not to get too clever with a deal that is going to be "something."

Still, he was able to work on it when Lionsgate acquired Summit.