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Robert Pattinson found fame when he became a Hollywood heartthrob by starring in the 2008 movieTwilight.Being the perfect boy, fans used to crush hard on the actor and he was only known for portraying the role of Edward Cullen throughout Hollywood and did not have his own personality.
In an interview, the actor talked about breaking out of that hellhole and how he wanted to be taken seriously as an actor and not just a vampire. Robert Pattinson recalled the incident when notable director David Cronenberg asked him to play the role of a psychopath and he forgot how to act!
When Robert Pattinson Forgot How To Act
After his role as Edward Cullen duringThe Twilight Saga,Robert Pattinson found himself pigeonholed and unable to get out or detach himself from the character. Wanting people to see a serious side in him other than just a handsome vampire, Pattinson wanted to gain some traction by portraying a gangster or other character like that.
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In an interview, the actor talked about the time, notable director David Cronenberg offered theTwilightactor a role in his film titledCosmopolis.The movie is based on a billionaire who slowly sees himself fall into self-destruction while ignoring his marital life, health problems, and his financial life, the role was essentially that of a psychopath detaching himself from reality.Robert Pattinsonadmitted that when Cronenberg initially offered him the role, he was too scared to take on the role.
“I suddenly realized I had no idea how to do it at all. I knew it was really good but I was terrified of even calling [David.] Actors are always trained to bull****, even if you hate something. And I had nothing to say, at all. Because David did the script he obviously knows what it’s about. As soon as I said, ‘I don’t know what it’s about,’ he said, ‘Me neither.'”
He further continued,
“Then I spent a week trying to figure out how to get out of it, where I got to the point where I was going to have to call up and say, ‘I’m too scared because I don’t think I’m a good enough actor.’ I didn’t want to have that conversation.”
Luckily for Pattinson, director David Cronenberg told him that he was absolutely the right person for this role and that he hadn’t even seenTwilightbefore offering Robert Pattinson the role.
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Jamie Dornan Was Quite Jealous of Robert Pattinson
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The Batmanactor and Jamie Dornan were quite good friends before Pattinson found fame withThe Twilight Saga.Early on, theFifty Shades of Greyactor talked about how he was jealous of Robert Pattinson since he found fame quite early on.
“I’ve known Rob forever. He’s a really good friend. I love him. I think he’s one of the most investing, exciting actors around. I probably at one point was quite jealous early on. We were all friends back in London and Rob was going places and we weren’t. I think he’s the nicest guy in the world.”
In the end, the actor decided to take on the role of Eric Parker in David Cronenberg’sCosmopolisand was hailed for his performance. Although the movie received an average rating of 5.1/10 on IMDB, people started associating Robert Pattinson with characters other than just a vampire. The 2012 movie is available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
Source:IndieWire
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
