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						</div><p><strong>LOS ANGELES, Calif.</strong> -- <a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/amanda-seyfried/1677;_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAXjt7pxx.;_ylv=3">Amanda Seyfried</a> isn't too upset that Shiloh Fernandez missed out on becoming Edward in "The Twilight Saga," especially as it meant she got him as her love interest in "Red Riding Hood."</p> <p>"I'm kind of glad he didn't get it, because then he wouldn't have done this movie," Amanda told <em>Access Hollywood</em> of her hot 26-year-old co-star, who plays her love interest in the Catherine Hardwicke-directed and <a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/leonardo-dicaprio/35;_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAXzt7pxx.;_ylv=3">Leonardo DiCaprio</a>-produced film - poverty stricken wood cutter, Peter.</p><p><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAYDt7pxx.;_ylv=0/SIG=14sjos206/EXP=1300844311/**http%3A//www.accesshollywood.com/amanda-seyfried-i-cant-wait-til-everybody-sees-the-series-finale-of-big-love_video_1311866%3F__source=omg"> PLAY IT NOW: Amanda Seyfried: 'I Can't Wait 'Til Everybody Sees' The Series Finale Of 'Big Love' </a></p> <p>"I knew when he came in, I knew he was Peter, for me. I had to fight really hard for him. Catherine and I fought for him and then Leo backed us up," she said.</p> <p>Shiloh, with his brown mop and pale skin, bares a striking resemblance to the eventual portrayer of Edward Cullen - Brit <a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/robert-pattinson/1631;_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAYTt7pxx.;_ylv=3">Robert Pattinson</a> - but he admitted he wasn't exactly sure just how far he got in the casting process.</p><p><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAYjt7pxx.;_ylv=0/SIG=13bf4cm1d/EXP=1300844311/**http%3A//www.accesshollywood.com/young-hollywood-then-and-now_gallery_2539%3F__source=omg"> VIEW THE PHOTOS: Young Hollywood: Then &amp; Now
 </a></p> <p>"When you audition for a part and you're kind of getting call backs and then it doesn't happen, you don't necessarily know, 'Oh, was I that close?' The fact of the matter is I didn't get [it]," he said.</p> <p>Shiloh, who had a bit part in "Gossip Girl" in 2009 as Owen Campos, and was in CBS' short-lived medical drama "Three Rivers," said he had far more auditions for "Red Riding Hood" than "Twilight."</p> <p>"It wasn't as rigorous as this process. This process, I probably had like, at least six or seven auditions for this movie," he told <em>Access</em>, noting that for "Twilight" he had between three and four.</p><p><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAYzt7pxx.;_ylv=0/SIG=13qfs48ni/EXP=1300844311/**http%3A//www.accesshollywood.com/robert-pattinson-hollywoods-hottest-vampire_gallery_1629%3F__source=omg"> VIEW THE PHOTOS: Robert Pattinson: Hollywood's Hottest Vampire!
 </a></p> <p>The California native thinks the man that won out, R-Pattz, was the right choice in the end.</p> <p>"He's done such a great job with that part and I couldn't have done it any better. I would've [done] far, far worse, and luckily, I had the opportunity to work with Catherine down the road and this character just suits me," he said of Peter. "This was just the right thing for me."</p><p><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAZDt7pxx.;_ylv=0/SIG=13avflmk7/EXP=1300844311/**http%3A//www.accesshollywood.com/young-hollywood-heartthrobs_gallery_2072%3F__source=omg"> VIEW THE PHOTOS:  Young Hollywood Heartthrobs!
 </a></p> <p>Director Catherine, who helmed the first "Twilight" film, confirmed that Shiloh was among the final four actors up for Edward, but casting came down to on-screen chemistry with <a href="http://omg.yahoo.com/celebs/kristen-stewart/1647;_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAZTt7pxx.;_ylv=3">Kristen Stewart</a>, who plays heroine Bella.</p> <p>"I brought the four guys that I thought were the best and she had to make out with them or do a scene, do like four different scenes with them and then at the end of those two days, she said, 'It's gotta be Rob,'" Catherine recounted.</p> <p>While K-Stew had the chemistry with R-Pattz, it was Shiloh who sparked up the screen with Amanda in "Red Riding Hood."</p> <p>"Shiloh himself, he's very, I guess, very sexy," Catherine said. "He knows how to kiss, he knows how to pick up a girl and throw her up against a wall. He did not need much direction."</p> <p>"Red Riding Hood" opens this Friday.</p> <p>Related Content from AccessHollywood.com:<br /><a href="http://us.lrd.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0wNdFwX2nZN8QoAZjt7pxx.;_ylv=0/SIG=136hr502f/EXP=1300844311/**http%3A//www.accesshollywood.com/young-hollywood-starlets_gallery_694%3F__source=omg">VIEW THE PHOTOS: Young Hollywood Starlets!
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