Prout: 'Eclipse auditions were the worst'

Kirsten Prout has admitted that she had no idea that Twilight would become a phenomenon before she went for auditions.

The 19-year-old actress, who was cast as a new vampire character in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, has revealed that she felt tension in the room when she auditioned for another character in the third instalment of the film franchise.

Prout told IESB: "I read for a different vampire, called Bree, who is a brunette with short hair that is 13 years old and completely not me, but I went for the audition just because it was a big project.

"I can tell you that I've never felt that level of nervousness in an audition room in my whole career. I had read the books, but it hadn't really sunk in what a huge phenomenon Twilight was."

Prout also said that despite the "stressed out" environment, she pulled through and was asked to audition for another role in the film.

She added: "I heard back about the audition that I was wrong for the character, but they wanted me to come back for another vampire that was essentially the same size role and everything, except she had long blonde hair, was extremely pale and was older.

"So I went in, did one audition and a week later, I got a call and then showed up on set. It was pretty rapid."