Coppola wanted to direct Twilight

Reuters

AFTER DARK: Sofia Coppola seriously considered taking on the directing job for Twilight: Breaking Job.

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Sofia Coppola considered directing the final Twilight films because her friend's children love the vampire franchise so much.

The Academy Award winning director was rumoured to be in negotiations to helm the last two movies in the series, Breaking Dawn parts one and two, but the job ended up going to Bill Condon. Sofia has now confirmed she seriously considered taking on the series because she knew it would thrill her pal's kids and her daughters Romy and Cosima when they were old enough to see it.

Sofia was also keen to work with the franchise's stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart because she is so impressed with their performances as vampire Edward Cullen and high school student Bella Swan.

"Yeah, yeah, I talked to them about that," Sofia told MTV News. "I was interested in doing something but I didn't end up doing it. But I love, I'm impressed by Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson pulling it off in that whole story.

"And my friend's kids love the story so much that I thought it would be fun to make something that they love so much."

Sofia was also a fan of the series' romantic theme. She adores love stories, and was keen to make a "beautifully crafted" one for teenagers because she thinks most movies for younger people aren't very "sophisticated."

"I just love that it's so romantic," she said. "I'm always a sucker for a love story and also to do something for teenagers, because I feel like, why not have beautiful cinematography and all these things in a kid movie? Usually it looks like it's not crafted very sophisticated, and I feel like it'd be nice to bring that kind of style into a younger film."

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