Woman of the Hour star explains how she 'forgot' iconic film role

The star of Netflix film Woman of the Hour has explained how she once claimed she 'forgot' one of her most iconic film roles.

Anna Kendrick also made her directorial debut for the true crime release that examines a part of the life of serial killer Rodney Alcala.

Kendrick plays the role of Cheryl Bradshaw who appeared on as a contestant opposite Alcala, and chose him for a date, without knowing he had taken the lives of at least three women.

However, the now 39-year-old has explained why she once posted on her social media account that she forgot she appeared in the popular Twilight franchise. Back in 2018, Kendrick posted: "Holy s**t, I just remembered I was in Twilight."

She actually appeared in three out of the four films of the series including the original, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn: Part One, playing the role of Jessica Stanley, one of Bella Swan's, played by Kristen Stewart, school friends.

While appearing on podcast Call Her Daddy, she explained the post and its meaning in more detail to host Alex Cooper.

She said: “A while ago, I had done a silly funny tweet....And people were like, ‘You didn’t forget that you were in Twilight.'

“The answer is truly yes and no. Obviously I didn’t forget the experience of making the movies... But those movies, especially at the time, took on such a life of their own, and they were such a kind of, for better or for worse, a kind of touchstone."

Kendrick went on to say that the series, which earned more than $3billion at the box office in total, was such a hit, she would find herself in the middle of conversations with studios who wanted to find the 'next Twilight', without anyone acknowledging her part in it.

She continued: "Such a reference that everybody would talk about trying to find the next Twilight or whatever. I would find myself in business conversations talking about, ‘Oh, yeah. I’ve heard that there’s a book series that just got optioned that we maybe wanna try and make it the next Twilight.’ And then I would be like, ‘Oh my god, I’m in that. I’m, oh my god.’”

However, the Pitch Perfect star does admit she felt better off than some of the film's other stars such as Stewart or Robert Pattinson.

“I was really lucky to not be dealing with the eye of the storm. You know? I think that a lot of the folks that were in the movie, even in the later movies, as long as you were a supernatural character, if you had one line, you couldn’t leave your hotel room.

“People were crazy, and people were criticising, ‘Oh, but she has green eyes in the book’, or whatever. And I just didn’t have to deal with any of that.

“So it almost feels like I didn’t really have the gauntlet that…most of the other people did. I just had to show up and say dumb funny s***..It was awesome.”

It's not the first time Kendrick has spoken about the differences she felt while filming Twilight, in a way that could make her forget she appeared in the films.

She told Business Insider: "I really felt like such a bystander to it in a way that I was very grateful to be privy to this kind of cultural phenomenon without it really impacting me in the ways that I think would’ve felt really challenging and overwhelming."

Woman of the Hour is streaming on Netflix now.