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Twilight Star Ashley Greene's Ex Wanted Eclipse

Fri., Jul. 24, 2009 2:45 PM PDT by Marc Malkin

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If things had gone differently, Ashley Greene could have been making Twilight movie magic with her ex-boyfriend, former Desperate Housewives star Josh Henderson.

"I talked to Ashley about potentially being the new, college, all-American character that's a vampire in the third one," Henderson told us last night at Xbox's launch of EA Sports' Madden NFL 10 in Santa Monica. "I went for a few auditions, but they went with an Australian kid."

As all Twi fans know, Henderson is referring to the role of Riley in Eclipse, which just went to big-screen newbie Xavier Samuel.

How times have changed for Henderson and Greene. It used to be Greene who was doing the following of Henderson to work...

"I remember when she was brand-new," Henderson said. "She used to come on set with me and be like, 'Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.' So, I'm completely stoked for her that she's doing her own thing…It's completely changed her life."

Even though the vampire blockbuster series didn't work out for Henderson, there's a hit reality competition that may want a piece of him. He was once offered the chance to do Dancing With the Stars but turned it down.

"I would have actually loved to do it, because I've been dancing since I was little," he said. "But at the time, I was doing two films, so we couldn't do it and it didn't work out."

Perhaps it's time he and DWTS meet again.

—Reporting by Dahvi Shira

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