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Saturday, April 3, 2010
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Robert Pattinson on Fans, Fame and Fighting.
ROBERT PATTINSON ON FANS, FAME AND FIGHTING.
By Alan Drake
By Alan Drake
Move over Hugh Grant and Daniel Craig. Right now, Robert Pattinson is the biggest British movie star in Hollywood. Since hit vampire films Twilight and New Moon, R-Patz mania has exploded. Once, girls left notes on his car windscreen. Now they set themselves on fire outside his hotel.
"You start getting a bit paranoid," he admits. "Looking around when you're walking down the street, in case you get mobbed by teenage girls."
When Pattinson, 23, shot his latest film, romantic drama Remember Me, in New York, the hysteria almost killed him. Spotted by a bunch of 'Twi-hards' (as his obsessive fans are known), he crossed the road - narrowly missing being hit by a taxi. Everywhere, fans crowded to watch him shoot scenes with co-star Emilie de Ravin.
"It was mad," he says. "I didn't see it coming. I thought it was going to be a little film shot in New York, and I'd be able to just hang out!"
For Pattinson, those days are long gone. "I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to not be seen," he explains. "It's annoying but the pay-off is infinite.
If no one finds out where you're staying, if people aren't following you, or outside a restaurant if you have dinner there... then it's great."
The big question is over his relationship with Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart. The pair reputedly got together when filming New Moon, but when Stewart collected the Orange Rising Star Bafta in February, they arrived separately - presumably to avoid a 'Twi-hard' riot. Does he find it even more difficult to go out with Stewart?
"It's difficult either way," he says, refusing to elaborate. "When the spotlight seems centred on you, the best thing is to remain as much of a mystery as you can."
If R-Patz isn't quite ready to cuddle up to Kristen in public, his new film casts him as a modern-day Romeo. He plays Tyler, a rich kid rebel who falls for de Ravin's student, despite her father's objections.
"I wanted to play something grounded in reality, a solid story of normal people," he says.
Is he a romantic? "In a confused way," he nods. "I think I try. The way to be romantic is to be uncynical and innocent about relationships. I am innocent about that."
He admits going to slushy movies. "I really like The Notebook" - further proof he's every teen girl's ideal man.
But, in common with his Remember Me character, Pattinson admits a history of getting into fights.
"I've been beaten up a few times," he says. "I generally don't see it coming... it's been a few years, though."
It's hard to imagine this gentle-looking boy, who grew up with two elder sisters, slugging it out. Is he a peaceful guy at heart?
"Not really," he grins. "I just like wounds!"
But could the pressure of fame be getting to him? On its first US weekend, Remember Me took just $8 million (£5.3m) - way off the records New Moon set.
"You see articles, 'If this doesn't make any money, what's his worth to the world?'" he cries. "I don't know! Nothing!"
Does he ever think of rebelling against this life?
"Yeah," he nods. "I didn't go through a rebellious streak when I was younger and now I'll suddenly rebel against stuff completely unnecessarily."
In truth, Pattinson's upbringing was sound, his parents encouraging him to act. "They're really proud," he says. "They think it's more impressive than I do. It's just luck to me. I never set out to find fame. It's strange."
How so? "I still have to learn how to make my life work."
Not that the madness engulfing him will let up any time soon. Third Twilight film Eclipse is due in summer and he is now shooting Bel Ami with Uma Thurman and Christina Ricci. In October he films Breaking Dawn, the final in the Twilight saga. It's why he likes living in Los Angeles.
"I like the isolation. If you want to be alone, you're really alone in LA."
At least with Kristen by his side, Pattinson will be anything but lonely.
Remember Me opens today
Out of the Vampires Shadow
As Hollywood’s hottest property, Robert Pattinson doesn’t need to sit around waiting for the phone to ring.
Sifting through a mountain of scripts and trying to navigate a satisfying career path, while everyone wants a piece of him, will be a more familiar scenario.
With the whole world watching his every move, how did the star of the Twilight films decide to follow the smash hit New Moon with humble independent movie Remember Me?
Fairly easily, it turns out.
“I never like anything, so it’s quite easy to decide what to do,” he admits, candidly.
“I’ve never felt any pressure to do anything, particularly. Even when we were shooting it I never thought about the box office.”
It may be far from his mind, but Pattinson, known as R-Patz to his adoring fans, is certainly box office-friendly. Propelled to stardom as the pale and mysterious vampire Edward Cullen, he now inspires hysteria whenever he steps out in public.
Today is no exception, and journalists preparing to grill him about his latest release have had to wait patiently as he works the red carpet outside the film’s premiere in London’s Leicester Square, signing autograph after autograph for overwhelmed fans.
In person, he is undeniably good looking, with a striking bone structure, tousled hair and cheeks decidedly rosier than those of his vampire alter ego.
He is also rather self-deprecating, and has a tendency to backtrack and correct himself while he’s speaking. Even so, he seems to know his own mind when it comes to career choices.
“I had read tonnes and tonnes of scripts over the summer after I did Twilight, I mean hundreds, and everything seemed exactly the same.
“But this one, the way the dialogue was written, it just seemed much more naturalistic than most things,” he says.
“It’s not really a feel-good movie. They don’t make movies like it anymore, I think that’s how I kind of choose stuff, that’s the only criteria I have. There seems to be a gap in the market for something and I just try and do that.”
Remember Me is about as far away as you can get from the fantastical world of vampires and werewolves that Pattinson is best known for.
Set in New York, it stars the 23-year-old as Tyler Hawkins, a handsome and somewhat lost young man, who is going through life in the aftermath of his brother’s suicide.
Tyler meets and falls in love Ally Craig, played by Lost’s Emilie de Ravin, a kindred spirit whose life has also been marked by family tragedy.
The film is set in 2001, the significance of which emerges later in the movie.
Although, in his own words, Tyler “starts off with a lot of baggage”, Pattinson rejects suggestions that he’s always drawn to playing the “brooding” types.
“I did do the kind of lighter stuff before Twilight came out and it just so happened that Twilight became so much about him being an archetypal brooding person,” he insists.
“I never thought Tyler was that brooding,” he laughs.
“I hadn’t even heard the word before Twilight. I guess you like to play broken troubled characters because it seems more interesting, especially because I’m not particularly broken and troubled myself.”
As well as being a love story, which features scenes racier than Twilight fans will be used to seeing their heartthrob in, Remember Me is the tale of Tyler’s frustrations with his father Charles, a wealthy and powerful businessman played by Pierce Brosnan.
Pattinson is full of praise for his “very, very charming” screen dad.
“As soon as you meet him he’s very, very charismatic and Charles on the page is someone who’s very domineering and quite a negative character.
“Pierce, just by being Pierce, kind of changed all that, which was great and made it a much more interesting relationship.”
Tyler also has a touching relationship with his 11-year-old sister Caroline, played by Ruby Jerins.
Although he only has two older sisters himself (“I think I always wanted a younger sibling – not that I have anything against my sisters!”), Pattinson credits the young actress for making their closeness believable.
“It’s very easy to do anything with her. You just look at her and you know what to do immediately.”
Tyler gets into a few punch-ups in the film, clashing on more than one occasion with Ally’s dad, played by Adaptation’s Chris Cooper.
But Pattinson is typically self-effacing when describing his scenes with “a big stunt guy”.
“I hit with what I thought was my full strength. I hit his face about four times. And every time I was like ’I’m sorry, I’m sorry’ and he was like ’it’s fine. It didn’t really hurt.’ That was kind of an ego deflator.”
He admits he hasn’t been in a fight in real life “for a long time”.
“I’m too scared. I think if I got into a fight now someone would just kill me,” he says, prompting laughter from the room.
“I liked a lot of the rebelliousness and audacity of the character. It was kind of a fantasy of myself. Like ’Yeah, I’m the type of guy who randomly gets into fights. I do it all the time’.”
“I don’t. I’m not really,” he quickly adds.
Pattinson was first linked to Remember Me before he was a household name, and the film’s producers are thankful his new-found stardom didn’t turn him off the project.
In fact, an executive producer credit for the actor is testament to his passion for the movie.
Judging by the hordes of screaming girls who turned out to catch a glimpse of the heartthrob at the premiere, the film has a ready-made audience in Twilight’s huge fanbase.
And while Pattinson acknowledges his previous work, and that of de Ravin, will attract more publicity for the film, he refuses to worry about how fans will receive it.
“Obviously you hope people like things but I think if you start doing stuff to please a certain audience then you’re going in the wrong direction,” he says.
“I mean, you don’t even know the people you’re trying to please, especially if you’re trying to please whole swathes of people.”
He laughs before adding: “I hope they like it.”
Remember Me is released on Friday April 2
EXTRA TIME – ROBERT PATTINSON
Robert Pattinson started acting in local drama group, the Barnes Theatre Club, where he took part in a production of Tess of the d’Urbervilles.
He played Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire.
In Remember Me, he found his American accent came easily from just reading the script, although he didn’t consciously affect a New York one. “I’ve spent a bit of time in New York and just try and pick up on how people speak,” he says. “I don’t know where my accent is now. I wouldn’t say I had a specific London accent any more.”
He has a “very, very close knit” set of friends, the same ones he’s had since he was 12.
He has no particular heroes other than his family. “They’re great people and my parents are great parents and they brought me up very well, I think. That’s about all the heroes I’ve had.
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OK! Magazine Mexico Interviews Rob - Scans + Translation
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What’s thw first thing you say to a girl on a date?
I don’t talk about myself, no way. You can’t show yourself too quickly. You have to find out what she likes before you start talking.
How can they win your heart?
With money!
Anything else?
Infinite pacience.
What do you hate about fame?
I get paranoid; I have to be careful and try to tell who genuienly likes me, and who wants to be with me just so I like them.
And how can you tell if you can trust them?
If you give them your number and they call you right away, you can’t trust them. If they can’t wait to call and call you the very next day, I don’t want to know about them anymore (laughs).
You seem like a hostage of your own success. Would you prefer to go back to the days when you were unknown?
No, if I had that sort of mentality, I would go nuts. It’s annoying to see how people will stop at nothing. You learn a lot about human behavior. It gets irritating. But I wouldnever want to go back to the past.
Where do you live in America?
I’ve been staying in hotels for that past three years.
Photo. About Mexico city, a place he visited for less than 48 hours while promoting Twilight he said: “I’ve never seen anything like it. In every city there’s an industrial zone around the airport, and in Mexico city you leave the airport and the entire city is just right there, and it’s immediatly vibrant. I’ve never seen such an active city, I really liked it. Wouldn’t mind living there for a while.
What’s it like to live in hotels all the time?
You get tired. I came close to buying a house in America last year, but I realized it would’ve been very complicated. Too much money and I’m not even sure I’ll work there in the next few years.
What makes you feel at home when you travel for a long time?
I always take my guitar with me. I’ve had it for a few years, but I got a new one recently. I like Skype, it’s amazing how you can communicate with everyone no matter where they are. I used to like the feeling of isolation.I used to leave for a year and not talk to anybody. When I came back to London I realized that your life can collapse if you don’t talk to anybody.
In the beginning I thought I could play him close to myself, but it ended up being a different character.
Are you close to your sisters like your character is to his sister?
Yes, very. My sister Liz is older than me, so it’s a bit different. I always wanted a younger sibling. I like working with younger people. Ruby will be amazing when she grows up. She’s so natural in front of the camera. I’ve never worked with anyone as good as her, she’s amazing at improvising and no matter what you say, she doesn’t break character.
Have you ever felt the aggression that Tyler has against life?
I still feel it. It’s an inexplicable anger that’s not directed to anyone in particular. I was never a rebel, but I am now. I always wanted to live like Tyler.
And how do you channel that anger? Do you trash hotel rooms?
Yes, of course. I destroy everything (laughs).I like to control my anger and I channel it throug my work. I’m working on something that requires a lot of angerand it’s exhausting (Bel Ami). I can’t be angry all day, it’s exhausting.
Remember Me talks about how frail life really is. Could you say good-bye to this world right now and be satisfied with what you’ve done?
Yes, in many ways Remember Me talks about how you can achieve happiness. Those brief instants when you realize and say: “Right now, I’m happy”, and how you can live that moment. There’s very few moments like that.
Have you had any of those moments?
Of course I have. Sometimes I’m obsessed with the idea. I can almost time each of these moments, until I feel something else. Those are true moments if peace.
Any moment you can share with us?
When my dog Patty was dying, seeing how she lived her last moments with absolute dignity. That unbreakable pride in her, and her love for me made me feel very happy. She was a big part of the family.
Pierce Brosnan says you have a vey good heart and that you’re humble.
Well, thank you. It’s scary, honestly. I never take fame for granted. It’s not a matter of luck, you have to earn. And somehow I feel like I’ll have to make up for it in the future.
Did you enjoy working with Emilie?
Her role was written as a Hispanic girl from Queens, and I had pictured that in mind already. And all of a sudden the blondest most Australian girl I had ever seen walks in. There’s a toughness about her. After her auditions we went to a bar and she had like 25 beers without losing her sobriety. And I thought “this is going to be fun”.
Scans and Translation: TwilightPoison
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