Robert Pattinson may be the favorite Cullen vampire of the hour, but he almost didn’t get the part – Kellen Lutz was originally supposed to read for the part.

“I was doing [HBO's] Generation Kill and was sent the script in Africa,” Kellan told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show Monday morning. “I put it off, then finally read it and by the time I got back to L.A., they said, ‘OK, are you ready to audition for Edward?’ I said, ‘I don’t want to play Edward. He’s too complex, too depressing for me.’”

Talking to Seacrest yesterday just hours before the Los Angeles premiere of ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon,’ Lutz says producers then asked him if he might want to consider the lighter role of the fun-loving Emmett, something he was more comfortable with. Lutz insists he has had no second thoughts about his choice

“Fame is fame. And Rob is handling it like a champ. Everything that comes with this whole phenomenon is breathtaking. I don’t think anybody could prepare you for something like this. I’m so happy with Emmett,” he says. “I don’t care to be famous.”

Imagine who would be the Sexiest Man Alive if Kellan would have nabbed the role of Edward…

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