“Spoiler alert,” Peck joked.
“Didn’t get it.”
We betMeganhad something to do with whyJosh Peckwasn’t cast inTwilight.
Josh Peck; Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen in ‘Twilight’.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images; Deana Newcomb/Summit
“I remember it’s like 2006?
Peck told his cohost, Ben Soffer, and their guest,Taylor Lautner.
“They’re like, ‘Audition for this movieTwilight.
It’s based on a book it’s gonna be great.’
So I send in my tape… [for] Edward.”
The audition, apparently, was well received.
“A month later, I’m with my manager.
He goes, ‘It’s down to you and three guys.
You’re close,'” Peck recalled.
“I’m like, ‘Really?’
I hadn’t even had a tummy tuck yet!
I’m like, ‘There’s no way.
He’s gotta be so shirtless.
It’s not gonna happen.'”
Instead, Pattinson won out in the end to become the mind-reading member of the Cullen family.
“Like what the f—?
“That’s amazing,” Lautner replied.
“I did not know that.
But Peck may have a second chance at becoming Forks’ famous glittering vampire.
After all, Lionsgate confirmed earlier this year thataTwilighttelevision series is currently in development.
Listen to Peck look back on his ill-fatedTwilightaudition in the clip above.
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