Kellan Lutz, the actor who plays Emmett Cullen in The Twilight Saga films, has revleaed that he was originally offered, and turned down, the role of Edward Cullen.

The 26-year-old actor said that he found the role of Edward Cullen, made famous by Robert Pattinson, "too depressing".

He said: "I didn't want to do it… My agent wanted me to read for Edward and I read the script and thought that character was too depressing for me right now, I want to do something where I smile."

However, he said that when he read the role of Emmett he knew that he wanted to get involved in the project: "Ryan, my agent at the time, really knew it was going to be a special project so he told me to read the role of Emmett, and I read it, it was only about four lines, but he was the big brother, the comedic relief and I fell in love with him."