Robert Pattinson : Twilight is So Big That Even My Own Ego Can’t Cope With It

Another new interview another mention of Rob reading fanfiction :)



Every young girl’s fantasy vampire, the actor has to keep himself hidden since the phenomenal success of the Twilight books and film

Lesley White

On a balmy autumn day in Vancouver, a young man is longing for a walk outside in the sunshine, and deciding against it. Far easier for him to stay in his hotel room, cocooned in five-star luxury with a mobile phone that has run out of charge, safe at least from the girls chanting his name outside. Robert Pattinson, 23 and from Barnes in southwest London, ought still to be one of Hollywood’s beautiful dreamers, moving up the ranks of movie acting, enjoying his American adventure, his guitar, his good looks. Instead he lives in danger of being trampled in a stampede of teen love. He plays the vampire Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga, the biggest books-to-screen phenomenon since Harry Potter — in which, by the way, Pattinson was Cedric Diggory, heroic golden boy and victim of Voldermort. Boy, his life has changed since Hogwarts.

In Canada he is shooting Eclipse, the third of Stephenie Meyer’s quartet of novels. The second, New Moon, is released this month in a publicity extravaganza that will involve shutting down New York’s Times Square. The last time the actor was there, the square was also closed to traffic, for an event only marginally more fascinating to the world: the election victory of Barack Obama. We talk on the phone. Even now, a year after Twilight’s release, Pattinson sounds utterly stunned by the hysteria swirling around him.

“It’s been a little frightening,” he laughs, a sort of embarrassed chuckle that punctuates his conversation, the sound of someone negotiating the best bit of luck they have ever had, not wanting to sound arrogantly blasé or overexcited. “In England no-one had heard of the series when I went for the audition, so it has been a total, utter surprise. The change to my everyday life is so extreme. Before this I was used to working 10 days a year. Originally, I did a three-picture deal, but I wasn’t even really thinking about that… I had no idea that I’d still be working on it now.”

Does the poor boy, who still calls London home, feel he has to hide? “I tend to stay in the hotel because it’s highly publicised where I’m staying all the time. There’s always a bunch of people outside. I can’t really be in LA now at all. It’s not that the fans are threatening, but the paparazzi follow me all night.” This hounding can evoke an absurd sympathy, considering the kid’s fortune and prospects. But then he brightens, telling me he was buying a guitar the other day and had to spell his name 12 times, and the guy still didn’t twig. “I loved that. It was my fault — I wasn’t speaking loud enough.” (Gozde: There are still people who don't know who Rob is and I will pretend to be one of them when I meet him... Sorry I didn't get that. Was it Rob Pattington? )



When he read the first script, he had no idea how to play it. “I thought Bella, the heroine, would be a damsel in distress and I’d have to be the alpha-male hero type, so I thought I was never going to get it. But when they cast Kristen Stewart, she’s not really like that, so I realised there was a different way to play Edward, to show his vulnerability.” Could he get trapped, find it hard to move on to different sorts of roles?

“It worries me, because the whole Twilight thing keeps getting bigger and bigger, and now it’s so big that even my own ego can’t cope with it. A certain amount of success you can mentally deal with, but there’s a point where you think, ‘Jesus Christ, what is this? I’m not that great!’ I just wanted to make an American film, and I wanted it to be relatively good and to be good in it. I have never pushed to do anything… As soon as you start going to the gym every day and try to look like a movie star, you’re going down a worrisome track.” He laughs. “Being an English guy you get a lot more breaks. You’re allowed to look a little worse. It’s that thing about English teeth. Actually, Canadian teeth are pretty bad.”(Gozde: LMAO! )

- skipped. This part of the article talks about the Twilight phenomenon, the convention in the UK etc.

And what of the young man who can’t leave his hotel room? Robsessed, a documentary detailing his unimaginable rise, is released this month; speculation fizzes as to whether he and Kristen Stewart are a real-life couple. A less scary individual it is hard to imagine, though some fans have apparently been alarmed by his wispy chest hair. He mumbles a bit, not in a Brandoesque way, but because he is a nicely brought-up, self-deprecating, privately educated Englishman and somewhat embarrassed by the fuss. As well as loving it. The mumbling is also strategic: “It’s an attempt to cover myself up,” he admits.

When he tells you the hardest part of filming Twilight was having to look convincing in the scene where he threatens four grown men, you believe him. He is the ideal, unthreatening, sensitive object of a first crush, the noughties answer to David Cassidy in a satin shirt. Rather than sleekly groomed, however, he is adorably dishevelled, confiding to Jay Leno that he’s given up washing his hair, which he is contractually forbidden to cut. When a loved novel is adapted for stage or screen, the casting is delicate; one of 5,000 hopefuls who auditioned for Edward, Pattinson claims that fans were “100% negative” about his casting. “That’s just Rob being modest,” smiles Katie in Northampton, who loves him to bits.

Is he embarrassed to have millions of girls in love with him? “The only time it’s embarrassing is when you do a photoshoot and people try to force you to look clean-cut,” he says, “when they use pictures where you’re smiling sweetly and having your hair brushed, because that’s not what you want to be known for. “I don’t really know why the girls love the movie so much. The whole series has become a bit of a cult. People like being part of the club. They’re obsessed. The fan fiction is amazing: I’ve been sent whole novels featuring me as myself, in the Twilight world, with Edward in it as well.” Gozde: Rob reading FF makes me all warm and fuzzy inside :))

You can read the skipped part and the rest of the article over at Times Online. It dissects the Twilight phenomenon and abstinence in the book...

Thanks to RobPattzNews for the tip :)

34 comments:

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

Just looking at Rob and FF writes itself...

I love the "adorably dishevelled" line...of course, that's one of his finest qualities...

The guitar story is funny as well..Rob who?

God, just love him.. can't say it enough!

asoihgapoh said...

I am absolutely dying to know which FF he has read. Dying, my friends.

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

Hopefully, not one about him...

I will only read Edward & Bella FF, not Rob/Kristen..too pervy..

asoihgapoh said...

He said it was about him - last sentence.

Ana73 said...

i would really want to know what he read too. i agree about the rob & kristen FF, that's not for me. it's easier to read about two FICTIONAL characters, but that's just me.

RPG - i left you a message on the last thread.

LM said...

It's rainy and nasty and that's my excuse for sitting here all day looking at Rob (hehehe). All these new pix, vids, interviews. Goz, Kate & Dani, Thank you so much for all you do.

Where's that guitar guy been? Under a rock? It was funny and it made Rob laugh. Love it when Rob smiles and laughs.

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

Ana73,
Yes read it last night...but missed Edward in that chapter!!

This story owns me! Along with all my Edwards! off work now..catch back up later...

jmm4832 said...

Yeah, I agree it's nasty to think of reading Rob and Kristen FF, but Edward and Bella is allright!

Rhonda said...

I could not love more that he actually cops to reading fan fiction. THIS is why we love Rob!!!

Shani said...

This was good. I wonder who sent him FF??? None of the main authors or any of the others have mentioned sending him something.Apparently somebody sent him something on the side. LOL

R&K FF really is just like reading Edward and Bella FF. When I read FF I never see Rob or Kris in those roles. And some people have said the same thing. You just don't see them like that. A lot of the authors have written stories so far beyond and better than Twilight that your minds eye doesn't even go there.

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

YAY!! another press conference going on right now..

Means, more photos, more Rob!!!

drabrasil said...

where???

drabrasil said...

more Rob and Kristen.. smiling.. I love to see Rob smiling..

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

Dra

somewhere in la,, not sure where

Ana73 said...

rpg - where did you see this at???

Mon said...

Dra

They're in 4 seasons I think


I'm crazy...it's 3am, I'm waiting for new pics...

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

It's all over twitter, but they haven't actually posted the interviews yet..

Just teasers, like, just finished with Rob, can't wait to post...

UGH!!!

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

OMG this is hysterical

http://www.twitpic.com/oot57

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

Last tweet:

Rob in tattered vneck, light green button down, blazer, boots, black jeans. Face scruff which he joked abt.

Holy god

Mon said...

Can't wait!

boots, scruff...OMG

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

I know VNECK, Boots, black jeans. scruff...

perfect!!

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

WARNING, Orgasm may happen

http://twitpic.com/om12i

dabby said...

i love the guitar thing..and gozde,i burst to laughter with this...(Gozde: There are still people who don't know who Rob is and I will pretend to be one of them when I meet him... Sorry I didn't get that. Was it Rob Pattington? )hahaha!i remember kstew telling her funny experience in brazil a week ago where a male fan keep asking her where is HOBART?and she said it's robert:)rob is really adorable that some may not know his real name but love him..i wish him to be happy despite of the commotions surrounding him:)

Ana73 said...

rpg - thanks for letting us know. i dont twitter so i had no idea.

Barbara said...

@rpattzgirl - loved Rob's scruffy, unshaven face and those lucious, wet lips...you're right about the orgasm warning.

I, too, wonder which ff he's read. So many choices, so little time.

Thank you for keeping us updated. You're awesome (along with Gozde, Kate and Dani).

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

Gozde, Kate or DAni will have stuff up as it's posted, right now, there's nada...

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

Here's a little treat...

Rob from HTB audition...

http://twaud.io/r4j

rpattzgirl survived Rob! said...

Ok, well now I'm just pissed off...

Get the EFF of his lap

http://robpattinson.blogspot.com/2009/11/robert-pattinson-and-samantha-harris-at.html

Browneyedgirl said...

Oh wow, Rob reads Robfics for real! That does make me all warm and fuzzy too! He is either really embarrassed or really flattered by the fanfiction that features him as himself! I <3 those!

RPLover said...

RPG-holy LORD! I know you gave a warning, but I was still not prepared for that, whew! thanks, now I need a smoke ;)

TwiHartRK said...

I wonder if Rob pictures himself when reading ff?? LOL.

Alice said...

I typed Robert Pattinson on fanfiction.com just out of curiosity... God, was I scared! I hope he doesn't read those stuff.
I don't really like fanfiction to be honest. I read a few chapters of 'Wide Awake' and was like "nah, not my piece of cake". But then, I didn't even really like the Twilight books, so it makes sense.

LLOVESEDWARD/ROBERT said...

I thought the guitar story was funny. How could anybody not know who he is? He is EVERYWHERE!

I love the SCRUFFY,UNSHAVEN, DISHEVELLED LOOK-that's my favorite! He has that just got out of bed "look."

GOZ-Rob reading FF makes me all warm and fuzzy inside too!!
I am reading "The Office" right now. It has been very good. He says he only reads ones about himself. I wonder which ones he has read?
Does anybody recommend any FF starring him??
He always puts a SMILE on my face.
L

Laura said...

I guess Rob's seen the hillbilly side of Canada with their crooked teeth because i'm Canadian and my teeth are pretty straight (without the help of braces, thank god).. lmao i never know other ppl thought Canadians had bad teeth.. you learn something new everyday!

I wonder what FF he gets? some one send him Wide Awake?

 
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