Twilight Madness: Rob Pattinson Revealed

Posted on Nov 17, 2008

It was probably like meeting Daniel Radcliffe before the first “Harry Potter” film. Or, more analagous to meeting Brad Pitt before he broke out huge with “Thelma & Louise.”  I had a chance to speak with “Twilight” star Robert Pattinson recently–one on one in Beverly Hills hotel room without any handlers present–after seeing the film at a special screening the night before.

If not, I probably wouldn’t have recognized the hot, young British actor without the dramatic makeup he sports on screen–except for that trademark hair, which he did keep playing with throughout our talk. He was dressed casually in a grey V-neck long sleeve shirt, black jeans and boots and like most Brits, was very self-effacing with a dry sense of humor.  We didn’t get a chance to go into details, but he’s been living a low-key lifestyle in LA, driving around in an old car and going out to hear a lot of live music.

So here’s what he said about the hair: Pattinson:  I haven’t changed my hair for, like, years.  I’ve never really had a specific look in mind.  It is what it is… [laughs.]  I don’t really style my hair.  It’s so funny, a friend of mine from London came over and said, “Why is everyone going on about your hair all the time?”  Everyone has hair like that in London.  And around the world you see people with hair like that, so I don’t see it being different at all.  As soon as people started saying that’s his (Edward Cullen’s) trademark I thought I should have them shave my head as his trademark.  I’m trying to convince them to shave my head for the second movie.  Atkin: Seriously?   

Pattinson:  Yeah. [laughs]

It’s got to be challenging, to say the least, to go from being an unknown actor/musician like Pattinson was to being the object of screen teen/tween girl love/lust, and I hope he’s able to rock with it.

You can read the entire interview here: 

http://www.fandango.com/commentator_exclusiveinterview:robertpattinson_203