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Franco rejected for role in Breaking Dawn

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He's currently tackling humanoid apes in Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but James Franco almost became James Fang-co when his offer to make a cameo in Twilight: Breaking Dawn got turned down by the film's director Bill Condon. Rejected!

But Condon told MTV the real reason why he didn't want the 33-year-old Oscar-nominated 127 Hours star as a vampire or werewolf in the upcoming two-part Twilight finale.

"He told a friend of mine, who then sent the message along to me. And for a moment it was like, okay, what could James Franco play that wouldn't feel like Where's Waldo?" he said. "I really thought about it for a second, and nothing made sense."

"If it had made sense, and frankly if I had called and said 'Do you want to play that vampire from that country,' it would have involved hanging around for two months in a scene with 80 people. And I don't know if he really would have wanted to do it."

"I think he thinks this somehow involves some big rejection of the idea. It wasn't that."

Bummer! He'd have made a great long-lost Cullen cousin...

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i soo think he should be on breaking dawn and when is the movie coming out gosh ive been waiting forever !! Lol

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