Ashley Greene auditioned for role of Bella Swan
'New Moon' star Ashley Greene auditioned for role of Bella Swan - Appearing on Live with Regis and Kelly Monday morning, actor Ashley Greene said that she auditioned for the part of Bella Swan twice before landing the role she has as vampire Alice Cullen. The Twilight Saga: New Moon also stars Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner.
The Jacksonville, Florida native was working as a hostess in a restaurant when she found out about the audition and read the first book in the popular Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. As soon as she read it, she says, "I was dead set on getting the role, worked my tail off, auditioned five times and finally got that call."
But the call wasn't for the role she initially tried out to get.
"I started out with Bella. I auditioned for that role twice and met with Catherine (Hardwicke, Twilight's director), and they just kind of decided I wasn't quite right for that, which I was really bummed about, and then about a week later they called and said why don't you come in for Alice, and I was more than happy to come on for Alice."
Ms. Greene also will appear in the third movie of the series, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, which is currently in post-production and will hit theaters in June, 2010.
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