News about Chris Weitz

Taylor Swift was almost included in the beloved Twilight saga. The songstress, 32, was a Twilight fan and had a request for a cameo in the second film, New Moon, but director Chris Weitz refused to let her know she was not a distraction for viewers. However, years after the decision, he says he regrets it: "I kick myself for it too." On Ashley Greene's The Twilight Effect podcast, he may have been hanging out with Taylor Swift, and perhaps we should have been friends.'

Taylor Swift may have made her big-screen debut before appearing in "Valentine's Day" in 2010. According to "Twilight: New Moon" producer Chris Weitz, the pop star may have added the sequel to her acting résumé if her agent's request for her to be in the film. "Taylor Swift and I had the same agent at the time, and he said, "Taylor would like to be in this film not because of you, but because she's a Twihard." She'll be seated at the cafeteria, or the diner, or something else. "She just wants to be in this film," Weitz recalled during an episode of Melanie Howe's "The Twilight Effect" podcast hosted by Melanie Howe and franchise alum Ashley Greene.