The Twilight Saga

“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,” the actress said. “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.’ “ Memories of that exhaustion, she explained, are what frees Emily from all the “what if?” questions some actors might have after missing a superstar-making role. “To be honest, if I had gone on to do the film straight after ‘The Uninvited,’ I would not have been a good Bella,” Browning reasoned. “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.”