Scott Eastwood has opened up about his poor audition for the role of romantic lead, Edward Cullen, in the film adaptation of Twilight. Based on Stephenie Meyer's novel of the same name, the story centered on a teenage girl moving to a small Washington town to live with her father and finding herself falling for Edward, a vampire who must protect her from an evil coven of bloodsuckers. The cast for the film included Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke and Cam Gigadent.

First entering development at Paramount Pictures and MTV Films in the early 2000s, a Twilight film lingered in development hell for three years before the rights were sold off to Summit Entertainment in 2007. Looking to spawn a franchise from it, a script was crunched out just prior to the Writers Guild of America strike by Melissa Rosenberg, who sought to deliver a faithful adaptation of the novel. Though receiving mixed reviews from critics, it would become a box office hit with over $407 million grossed on its $37 million budget and spawning four sequels that would bring in a total of $3.346 billion.

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In an interview with Variety to discuss his role in Guy Ritchie's latest action thriller, Wrath of Man, Eastwood recalled his audition for the teen romantic drama. Finding the project to be "such a YA movie", the 35-year-old actor elected to not try "all that hard" and to "go through the motions." The end result was a bombed audition and Eastwood looking back with a bit of regret given what came of the film. Read what Eastwood said below:

Then the movie turns into seven movies and Robert Pattinson has made a quadrillion dollars [laughing]. Then I was thinking, ‘Ya may have wanted to try maybe just a little bit.’

Scott Eastwood in Wrath of Man.

Regretting bombing an audition for a film is a feeling many performers in the industry share, including Michael B. Jordan's Star Wars efforts. Even with the Twilight films having amassed over $3 billion, it was probably for the best that Eastwood avoided joining the YA series. Pattinson and Stewart have frequently opened up about their issues with their lives and careers since the first film came out, and box office numbers aside, the films were generally duds as critical reception remained low across all five installments.

Though his Twilight audition might have been a bust for Eastwood, he has certainly not seen his career suffer in the years since. From starring in the DC Extended Universe with David Ayer's Suicide Squad and 2017's The Fate of the Furious, he's still getting his name in some high-profile projects. Plus, with roles set in films alongside A-list talent including Tyrese Gibson and Gina Rodriguez after Wrath of Man, Eastwood looks to have dodged the silver stake in not landing the role of Edward.

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Source: Variety