Sofia Coppola was approached to direct the final Twilight film, Breaking Dawn Part 2. The Lost in Translation filmmaker recently revealed why she deemed it “too weird.”

A “far out” Twilight film

Sofia Coppola next to Marie Antoinette poster.

“We had one meeting, and it never went anywhere,” Coppola told Rolling Stone about the Twilight film. “I thought the whole imprinting-werewolf thing was weird. The baby. Too weird!”

But she didn't dismiss the franchise as a whole. “But part of the earlier Twilight could be done in an interesting way,” she said. “I thought it'd be fun to do a teen-vampire romance, but the last one gets really far out.”

It's not surprising that the filmmaker behind Lost in Translation didn't want to do a “far out” Twilight film. She did say she likes gothic horror and that it'd be “fun” to make a sci-fi film. “I don't have an idea, though,” she confessed.

The final Twilight film ended up being directed by Bill Condon, who directed Breaking Dawn Part 1. Still, Breaking Dawn Part 2 was a massive success — grossing $848 million worldwide.

Sofia Coppola is an acclaimed filmmaker. In the same interview, she revealed that she nearly quit filmmaking in 2006 after Marie Antoinette. Some of her credits include The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, and On the Rocks. She won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, which starred Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson.

Coming up, Coppola will release her next film, Priscilla. The film is an adaptation of Priscilla Presley's memoir, Elvis and Me. Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi star in the film.