Emily Browning: A Better Bella Swan?

Emily Browning: A Better Bella Swan?

The Uninvited star Emily Browning is setting the story straight about her turning down the role of Bella Swan in Twilight.

The 20-year-old actress shared with MTV, “Maybe I should set it straight a little bit, because there are so many rumors flying around. People are coming up to me and saying, ‘Oh, my God. You turned [Twilight] down?’ and all this horrible stuff! What actually happened is that I was asked to audition — not take the part, but to just audition — shortly after The Uninvited had finished filming.”

Emily continued, “And I’m not the type of person who can just work back-to-back. So I was just exhausted, and I was like, ‘I’m sorry, but I just can’t sign on to a trilogy right now.’ I was exhausted, and I needed to come home and hang out with my family for a little bit. And I’m hoping people realize that now. I haven’t actually seen the film, but I’m sure Kristen [Stewart] did a billion times better job than I would’ve done.”

WHAT DO YOU THINK — would Emily make a better Bella than Kristen?

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#1
Jo @ 2:06 pm on 04/30/2009

who knows, maybe?

#2
Bee @ 2:07 pm on 04/30/2009

NO WAY! KRISTEN’S PERFECT! the only one bella i can imagine… emily is just… too sweet… and kristen i way better actress! but no offence :D

#3
alice @ 2:08 pm on 04/30/2009

nooo!!! i cant even think about her as..bella just kristen is eprfect for it

N OOOOO!! krriisenn is peerfectt likee bellaa islike so stupid Xd hahaha i love kristenn, & SHE’S BETTER THAN EMILY! :O

#5
Nayla @ 2:09 pm on 04/30/2009

YES!!!!!!! KRISTEN IS TOO STIFF AND BORING

#6
Lisa @ 2:10 pm on 04/30/2009

I like Kristen better. She’s perfect for the role.

#7
kathy @ 2:12 pm on 04/30/2009

Hell yeah! Even that guy who fimed with a hamburger had more emtion than the real thing

#8
kaitlin @ 2:13 pm on 04/30/2009

emily browning is sooo gorgeouss!

#9
mine @ 2:13 pm on 04/30/2009

WHO IS SHE? SHE IS PRETTY! ARE BRENDA AND FLO RIDA DATING?

#10
katie @ 2:13 pm on 04/30/2009

I love her in A Series Of Unfortunate Events. I think she’d make a great Bella, but she’s too pretty.

#11
Kirsty @ 2:14 pm on 04/30/2009

Really cant picture here as Bella Swan.
It’ll be like another boring love film, with vampires.

Kristen, on the other hand, makes it seem more sweet, and genuine.

#12
Russian girl @ 2:15 pm on 04/30/2009

We’ll never know that. Now I like Kristen. I think she is really talented. I don’t know who is Emily Browning. I never seen her before. So I’m glad that Kristen is Bella Swan.

#13
raghda @ 2:15 pm on 04/30/2009

HELL YEAH, i think emily would act a million times better than kristen.
i watched the movie but kristen was so cold that her facial expressions were emotionless. i think she didn’t do her role well and emily would sure be better than her.

#14
Lucia @ 2:16 pm on 04/30/2009

NO.

#15
naturaniczo @ 2:19 pm on 04/30/2009

omggoshh no she would not be anywhere close to being better!

#16
ange @ 2:19 pm on 04/30/2009

NOOOOOO WAYY! they already started with kristen and they cant change her like that she IS bella swan!

#17
sam b @ 2:22 pm on 04/30/2009

yes!

#18
awurbii @ 2:22 pm on 04/30/2009

emily browning is an australian actress. you would have seen her as violet in a series of unfortunate events and she’s the lead role in vanessa’s movie sucker punch!

btw, you guys do realise if emily was chosen it would be the same. it’s just because you have seen kristen in the character that you are all making that statement. emily is a good actress otherwise they wouldn’t have asked her to audition. any of you saying that twlight would be bad if emily was in it are being ridiculous.

#19
kevin @ 2:23 pm on 04/30/2009

i personally love kristen, and i think she did a great job !
but im going to have to go with Emily. i have been a bigger fan of her’s
from previous years, and basically, bella in the book is described as different and very beautiful and unique, then several other types of girls, and kristen is pretty, don’t get me wrong, but emily has this unique essence that i think is definitely right for bella. like when i heard about her being offered the role of bella 2 years ago (2007) i was like yay ! but then they confirmed kristen for the role, so i was just like oh shes great to ! but it would have been interesting to see how emily portrays bella :) and the uninvited was a great thriller ! i love emily and kristen :)

#20
Lotte @ 2:23 pm on 04/30/2009

Maybe. kristen stewart is not my bella swan, she is not as clumsy or emotionel as bella in the book… which is a shame because it is not the same relationship bella and edward have in the film…/:

#21
luiza @ 2:24 pm on 04/30/2009

NOOO WAY! KRISTEN IS PERFECT!!!!!

#22
Alejandra @ 2:25 pm on 04/30/2009

ofcourse not !

#23
mine @ 2:26 pm on 04/30/2009

@awurbii: its not vanessa’s movie, since vanessa doesnt play the lead role.. so your statement is wrong ha, and are we talking about the musical disney vanessa? since its ”jr” im guesing so

#24
kevin @ 2:29 pm on 04/30/2009

OH and i agree with #18. us true twilight fans that have read the book for several years now, know who could portray the right bella, and emily is not a bad actress and kristen is not better either ! so grow up. i know its your opinion but if you guys would just read the freaking book, and watch emily’s acting you would feel guilty for bashing her. thats all :) and emily rocks ! shes beautiful. OH and if you reply to my message saying hwo you read the book; when did you read it? this year? last year? whe you already knew tha kristen was playing bella – of coarse your going to defend her, cause you got use to seeing her being promoted as bella. if you would have read the book a couple of years ago (like i did in 2006) you would know what i mean. but for all you twilight newbies (no ofence) your just usto kristen being bella

#25
sam @ 2:32 pm on 04/30/2009

OMG I AGREE WITH KEVIN !!! thank you lord, someone who really understands !! all of yo are just twiilight newbies!!!! when me and my friends found out a few years ago that emily might be bella we went crazy cause shes awesome and soo soo soo pretty !! so dont go saying EWWW and NO NO, cause she would have donw WAY WAY WAY better then kristen. if anything emily would have made twilight even darker and raw, and THAT is what twilight is, not all LIGHT and HAPPY.

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