Robert Pattinson intervju med Joy Magazine
The man with the magic stare is and will be Hollywood’s hottest vampire. Robert Pattinson sat down with JOY author Frances Schoenberger and talked about the Twilight sequel, co-star kristen Stewart — and his secret fears.
Robert Pattinson slips through a hidden entry into the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills and greets me with a shy ‘hello’. Plaid shirt, black leather jacket and sporting stubble: the 6ft tall Brit seems more like a casual bohemian rather than the most wanted celebrity. I have the feeling he doesn’t like the spotlight on himself: His eyes keep wandering to the floor. However, it’s exactly that, his vulnerability and insecurity that sum up his incredible charisma.
JOY: When I met you last year you were still a newcomer to this business. Despite your breakthrough career you don’t seem to have changed. You still appear down-to-earth, showing up to an interview by yourself. Do you pass on an entourage?
Robert: Having lots of people surrounding me permanently makes me nervous. I don’t need an assistant or a mentor. The more people hover over you the more people will try to tell you what to do. I don’t care about their opinions most of the time (laughs). Although I should try not to be too self-deprecating when being interviewed and to not put myself down all the time because fans will probably think ‘It’s true, he IS an idiot.’ (laughs)
JOY: The first Twilight movie pitchforked you on the crest of the wave. How did your every day life change with all the fame?
Robert: Most of the time I don’t even notice being a celebrity because I’m constantly working. We started shooting New Moon right after we finished Twilight and right now we are already working on Eclipse. On the set, it doesn’t matter if I’m famous or not. I get up at 5 in the morning and when I go home at night I’m so tired that I just want to sleep.
JOY: Which part of the fame don’t you like?
Robert: It truly is bizarre, how the press keeps lunging at me and how much they find to say about me. That means that I can’t go out as much — I need to hide when needed or lay false trails. I mean, I don’t have issues with people chatting me up on the street but if there is a bunch of girls swamping me, things get out of hand.
JOY: Dakota Fanning, who plays the evil vampire girl Jane, explains the hype of the female fans as such: ‘Edward is the perfect man, he is handsome and has great hair.’ What do you think about that?
RP: If all that matters is being attractive and have great hair, those aren’t tough conditions, I’m not sure if I can live up to them though (laughs).
JOY: What’s the difference between you and Edward?
Robert: I, too, have bad hair days (laughs).
JOY: What was it like to work with Kristen Stewart again? Did your relationship evolve even more after working on New Moon?
Robert: I love working with someone that I really like. She’s been a great co-actor ever since we started shooting Twilight. Edward’s authenticity depends on her performance and vice versa. We challenge each other.
JOY: Would you say it’s easier to fall in love on a movie set?
Robert: Of course we spend a huge amount of time together but that doesn’t mean I fall in love with all my co-stars. That would have meant starting a love affair with Javier Beltran after shooting Little Ashes (laughs).
JOY: The female fans are all over the forbidden love between Bella and Edward. Do you think there is also a part, male fans can relate to?
Robert: New Moon of all the movies provides the most exciting plot: because Edward is so in love with Bella, he is going through permanent self-doubt, thinking he’s not good enough for her. That way he destroys the relationship. I think every man can relate to that because we can be pretty confused when being in love!
JOY: What does your family in England think about the Twilight hype?
Robert: I don’t think they even notice it that much. The other day my mom called to tell me she liked the shirt I was wearing in a picture. Up to this point my parents have hardly been affected by the paparazzi. They are just really nice people, a story about them would be rather boring. When my sister visited me in LA the other day she was shocked about how many magazines had my picture on their covers.
JOY: When was the last time you visited England?
Robert: Almost a year ago when i was finally off work for 3 days. After that I only saw my parents at the New Moon premier but we are planning to celebrate Christmas together!
JOY: Back in London you were the singer in a band called ‘Bad Girls’. Will there be any performances in the future?
Robert: I am still writing songs and if I happen to have enough time it is a possibility. Singing used to be a hobby of mine but now there would be a lot of people listening, or even criticize me. That scares me!
JOY: What is your next project?
Robert: Next year I will be in New Mexico, shooting a western movie called Unbound Captives, together with Hugh Jackman. This role will be so far off from the role of Edward, noone will be able to compare them. My dad is really looking forward to that movie. He is better with horses than with vampires (laughs).
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Ny intervju med Nikki Reed
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Ashley Greene på Regis and Kelly
Igår gästade Ashley Greene på tv programmet Regis and Kelly. Hon berättar bl.a om vad hon gjorde innan Twilight och om hennes karaktär (Alice).
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Melissa Rosenberg avslöjar scener i Eclipse!
För någon vecka sen hade TV´s Hollywood Crush en intervju med twilight sagans screen-writer Melissa Rosenberg, hon berättar om vissa scener som kommer vara med i Eclipse:
”En av dom bra sakerna med Eclipse är att Stephanie Meyer skriver om någras bakgrunder, hur varulvarna skapades, hur blev Rosalie vampyr och varför, och hur blev Jasper vampyr? Det var roligt att skriva dom scenerna och se dom bli levande i Eclipse, dom kommer nog få många att förstå mer vilka karaktärerna i fråga är.
Som många Twilight fans redan vet så kommer triangeldramat ifrån New Moon hettas upp ännu mer nu i Eclipse och även fighten mellan varulvarna och vampyrerna. Det kommer definitivt att bli mer action i Eclipse om man jämför med Twilight och New Moon och jag tror att killar kommer att uppskatta filmen mer än vad dom gjort med Twilight och New Moon.
I boken tänker Bella sig hur det skulle vara om Edward friade till henne på hans tid, och jag tyckte att det skulle vara roligt att se hur det skulle se ut också, hur Edward såg ut på den tiden och sånt. Vi filmade den scenen med det är inte säkert att den kommer med, med det hoppas jag.”
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Bliss intervju med Robert Pattinson
Här kommer en små rolig intervju som Bliss gjorde med Rob. Det är faktiskt den första intervjun jag har sett där han "går in i rollen som Edward" och svarar på frågorna väldigt serisöst! Han berättar även lite om hans kommande film, Remeber Mee. Observera att den inte har kommit ut i Sverige än, utan jag beställde hem en tidning från USA där den fanns. Om ni ser några stavfel, säg till! Jag har suttit och skrivit av en hel artikel så.. Här är den i alla fall:
We are beyond excited. And that´s because we get to ask Rob Pattinson, one of the hottest guys on the planet, any question we like. That is, so long as we can keep taking deep breaths and not pass out. Eek! Here goes...
So, how does it feel to be lusted after by practially the entire world?
"I don´t feel I´m sexy at all."
Whaaaat? Don´t you own a mirror?
"Really, I´ve never thought like that. It´s not as if I´ve had loads of 'good-looking guy' roles! Edward Cullen is the only one, so it can´t be true of me!"
Trust us, it is! Think about all the millions of fans you have who are desperate to meet you...
"But if one of them came up to talk to me, after about five minutes the illusion would disappear. It doesn´t make any difference if you are seen or not seen, or that people are saying things like that about me."
It must be hard to get your head around it all...
"People hold on to a fiction because they want to, so it doesn´t matter what you do. Unless you deliberately get rid of fans, people are going to form these fantasues."
Hmm, you´ve got a point - Edward is a fictional character, after all. How did it feel returing for New Moon - was it like visiting an old friend?
"Kind of. I tried to keep the performance relatively similar. I went up a month before the others, but I was surprised how relaxed and easy it was to get into it this time.I'd always connected more to the second book more than the first one. I understood the story a lot more and the emotions in it - I could connect to in real life as well."
How was it different to the first film?
"It was actually kind of relaxing doing this one. It was difficult in the first film to portray the profundity of finding love when you´re completely fossilised and then, suddenly, you´re feeling everything. It stressed me out. In the second film, he can feel that he is making the wrong decision but he does it anyway."
That´s typical of boys!
"Isn´t it? You do feel that a lot as a guy in relationships, and I felt i knew how to do that. In New Moon, he can see he´s making a bad choice, the audience can see it, Bella can see it, everybody can see it, but he´s compelled to mess it up. The way I see the story, from Edward´s point of view anyway, is that it´s about commitment and finding someone you love, and then not knowing it. People can relate to it a lot more than you realise."
Do you think it´s a more realistic story than Twilight?
"When people first read it, they thinks it´s a fantasy story, but I´ve never ever seen it like that at all. I don´t even see Edward as a vampire. He thinks about things in a very realistic way, he thinks he´s doing the right thing."
Edward is such an iconic character. Do you worry about getting typecast?
"A little, mabye, but it hasn´t affected me so far. The only good thing about the economy being so bad is that I can be, like, 'Whether you think I´m right for the role or not, I can get your movie made!' which is great. And if someone makes a film targeted at guys, with my presence wich might attract girls, that´s a good thing, too. I don´t think many guys know who I am anyway, so it won´t affect them."
Hmm, we´re pretty sure the whole world knows who you are by now! Do you reckon you could be tempted by the prospect of eternal life?
"No. My great aunt is about 96 and she´s a very funny woman. Every time I see her, she says 'When you next come to see me, could you bring some poison?' I wouldn´t want to live for ever under any circumstances."
Do your mates tease you about all the attention you´re getting?
"Not really. I hang out with people I´ve grown up with and a lot of them are musicians. Actually, I worked a bit with them on the soundtrack. It´s so funny what´s happened with them, just from having their name on a Twilight soundtrack. They´ve been doing sell-out gigs in the US, which they´re good enough to do anyway."
The Twilight association sounds like pretty powerful stuff...
"That is the only power aspect I´ve seen as being a posetive thing. A friend of mine is doing a gig at Whisky A Go Go in LA. He´s unsigned, just advertised on his MySpace page, and the tickets sold out quicker than any gig at the place ever - within an hour."
Did you expect it to be this crazy?
"Twilight was a strange thing, I never really knew what it was that I was getting into."
You´re working solidly this year, right, following New Moon with Eclipse and a couple of other projects?
"Yeah, I´m working without a day off for a year now - it´s all really varied, personal stuff. I´m not making career choices or doing any massive movies. I´m filming Remember Me this summer. My character, Tyler, is halfway between being cynical about his emotions, and getting to the age where you can be authentically earnest and not question it all. That´s a very adolescent thing in guys. It´s treading that line."
Are you going to play Frank Sinatra?
"I want to, but so does everyone! Anyway, I´m a bit too young. I can sing, but I can´t do his voice. I did play a real-life person with Salvador Dali (in Little Ashes), but I didn´t try to play him exactly. I just tried to do some of his mannerisms. There was some kind of essence that I connected to - I read a lot of stuff that he wrote and I just liked it. I would have liked to have been friends with him."
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