'I've already done the vampire thing': Michelle Trachtenberg shrugs off missing out on Twilight part saying she was 'too busy'



Doh! No doubt Michelle Trachtenberg secretly regrets missing out on a leading role in Twilight due to her busy schedule

To many she is still most famous for playing the little sister of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

But Michelle Trachtenberg has revealed her life could have been so much different, as she almost landed a leading role in the record breaking Twilight Saga.

But despite being chums with the first vampire romance flick's director Catherine Hardwicke, she ended up missing out on the role of Bella Swan because 'schedules never worked out.'

She revealed she had been considered for a role in US Weekly adding: 'There was definitely interest here and there because there's only so few pale girls in Hollywood.

'I've known Catherine Hardwicke since the movie Thirteen.

'I was actually supposed to star in that, but I was on Buffy at the time.'

Unfortunately lightning struck twice for the starlet, who had a recurring role in Gossip Girl and starred in little known TV film The Circuit when the future blockbuster was in the works.

She said being in demand for television work ultimately cost her, and added she is trying to not dwell on the matter and is is instead focusing on the future.



She said: 'I guess schedules never worked out.

'I already have Buffy. I've already done the vampire thing.

'[Dwelling on a hypothetical situation means] you're not living in the moment and you're looking negatively at what you're doing now.'

How Michelle would have fared as Bella Swan in place of Kristin Stewart will never be known.

Money spinner: Kristen Stewart has become a massive star after featuring as Bella Swan opposite hunky Robert Pattinson in Twilight

But the flick's dedicated fans have already started debating the issue.

One diehard Hannia Milena Diaz said: 'She's great but I don't feel she had that Bella element.'

But Heather Altman said: 'Kristen Stewart is a terrible actress. I think Michelle is a lot prettier too, and Bella is definitely a pretty girl in the books.'



But despite losing out, things are not going so badly for Michelle.

Earlier this year she featured on dark Showtime comedy Weeds, while she is starring alongside Seth Green in upcoming film Sexy Evil Genius.

Staking her claim to stardom: Michelle shot to prominence as Buffy the Vampire Slayer's little sister Dawn



