'Twilight' Writer Wants Tatum for Role

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Channing Tatum is perfect for a part in 'Twilight,' the movies' screenwriter says.

Melissa Rosenberg is currently penning 'Eclipse' -- the third film in 'The Twilight Saga' -- and she believes Tatum would be ideal for the role of Riley, a bad vampire who helps lead an attack on Bella Swan and the Cullens.

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"There's a very big battle at the end with Riley, and I think Channing would do that so well," she tells E! Online.

"And there are some complexities to that character. He really is tragic. He's a puppet for Victoria [Rachelle Lefevre's fiery vampire]. So he has to break your heart a little bit at the end when he realizes that she doesn't want him. Channing could do that beautifully," she adds.

Rosenberg wrote the screenplay for 'Twilight' and 'New Moon,' the latter of which is currently filming and expected in theaters this November.

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