'Twilight' almost became an action movie

A producer of The Twilight Saga has revealed that the vampire trilogy was at one stage considered for the basis of an action movie.

Speaking to Hollywood Life, Mark Morgan revealed that after securing the rights to Stephenie Meyer's books, which were adapted into movies starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, it was initially difficult to secure investment for the film.

Morgan said that Paramount had originally been interested in releasing the franchise. However, he explained: "It was a blessing that Summit [chose to do the move], because frankly, Paramount would have chosen a different director. Their rewrite wasn't exactly like the book.

"I love Paramount, but I do not think they would have hired Catherine [Hardwicke], our first director. They would have gone for someone bigger. Boys. More action.

"I mean, one of their drafts literally had a Korean FBI agent who was hunting and tracking vampires across the coast. There was SWAT in the trees and literally it was like, ‘Red leader, read leader one′, and the vampires were picking them out of the woods. It would have been a different movie."

Commenting on how the film would have been received had it departed from the original story of the relationship between teenager Bella Swann and vampire Edward Cullen, Morgan said: "[The fans] would have killed us. They would have stoned us."