Robert Pattinson

[Alvedansen]

focus interview (german translation)

Mr. Pattinson, these days ecstatic fans scream „Kiss me! Bite me!” at you. One can barely believe, that last year you got tons of hate-mail when you were cast as Edward.
Every “Twilight”-reader – especially the young female readers – had imagined their own Edward. Right from the beginning it was clear to me, that some people wouldn’t be happy about me being chosen. Since then I haven’t peeked into the fan-forums – where me being cast was a hot topic for weeks – anymore. On top of that I didn’t want to drift off into the cheesy-teen-romances with my interpretation of the character. Our story has a lot more depth. Everything constantly deals with life, death, true love, integrity, loyalty.

Is it true, that the audition literally took place on the casting couch?
Yes! I was at home in London and originally planned to simply send in a video tape. My then room-mate – a man – helped me at shooting it by reading Bellas part. Soon it was pretty clear that that wasn’t a good idea. I took a plane that same night over to LA. The next day I auditioned at Caths place. I was astounded to see that Kristen was there as well. Cath made us play four scenes among them Bellas and Edwards first lovescene. And that on her bed! She wanted to test our chemistry.

How did it go?
Great! Kristen and i worked right from the beginning although I was terrified of her.

Why?
She’s really tough and a great actress for just being 18. There are maybe one or two others like that in Hollywood. She knows exactly what she wants of a role and defends it vehemently (laughs). I on the other hand always get the feeling that I have absolutely no clue, what I’m doing.

How did you prepare for the part?
I already travelled to Portland 2 ½ months before we started shooting and slowly turned into a loner. I wanted to feel Edwards loneliness, his complete isolation. I’ve read the “Twilight” books over and over again, and of course the script. I stayed away from the sun and became paler and paler. On top of that I worked out 4 hours a day to work on a six-pack. But huge muscles didn’t fit to my image of the torn, desperate Edward so I kept on eating less and less (laughs). But the producers thought my interpretation of Edward was a little too depressive.

How do you play a character that is “so beautiful it hurts looking at him”?
It’s simply impossible, to play him like that. That would be a purely physical performance, like modelling. You always have to consider that Edward is only described from Bellas perspective who is desperately in love and sees him as the most attractive man in the universe. Fundamentally he is an emotionally absolutely empty „human“, who doesn’t even want to live but is damned to because he is immortal. Instead of playing the otherworldly perfect man of the books i concentrated on the tortured part of his character – the extreme loneliness, not to really know why you even exist. Edward didn’t choose to become a vampire. He woke up one day as a vampire and subsequently killed about 50 people because he couldn’t fight it. Finally he meets this human (Bella) who gives his life a reason – and he wants to kill her as well. The guy has serious issues!

and yeah, the coat is way too big...

 

[Alvedansen]

bravo interview...his laugh at 00:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ud06eY9T-s

"i miss my dog, i guess i miss my family...hm, not really" hahaha

 

[Karen0193]

I love his face at 0.18!! Priceless!

 

[fashionmuse]

Another Teen Magazine Outtake

New Twilight stills

source- edwardandbella.net, kstewartfan.org

 

[.amahlia.]

^^ omygoshhhh he looks so sexy in that last picture!!

 

[nicky25]

Thank you for the interview transcript!
He really nailed Edward's character, his depression and loneliness and inner struggles.. he's done it so well.. and he's damn fine to look at, so he wins on all accounts.

 

[Alvedansen]

ah, he reminds me of good old "Cedric" in the last one

here are three more outtakes from the teen shoot

lionandlamblove.org

and found another interview, i'll see if it's worth the translation...

 

[miarhhs]

Omg!! Hot Hot Hot!

 

[Rebe]

one more

credit_: jjb.yuku.com

 

[.amahlia.]

^ WOW! his hair looks so.... dare i say... CLEAN!! aahah

 

[Rebe]

hahaha, yeah it does hahaha

 

[Alvedansen]

i didn't translate the parts about the movie or how he started acting - nothing new

The brit Robert Pattinson is the new teen-idol, but he doesn’t take himself too seriously.
Yeah sure, millions of girls think Pattinson is the most exiting thing that happened to the silver screen since Johnny Depp, the only word Pattinson can come up with concerning that topic is:”boring”. His childhood? “rather boring”, his year of sharing a flat in London with mates, music and loads of alcohol? “it was great, but after some time it gets boring”, his leisure time, his style, his – attention: love life? “hm, I don’t know, there isn’t much to tell. Pretty boring I’m afraid.”
At first it seems like a pose: the young cool dog that isn’t impressed with the whole hysteria around his person. Then you think he’s just really exhausted – after all he admits that he can only keep up by drinking coke and coffee and tries to keep away from cigarettes. When he says “boring” for the eighth time in 15 minutes you believe it’s possible: that this 22-year-old – whom people magazine lists as one of the “sexiest men alive” – thinks he is completely insignificant.
True is, Robert Pattinson was a nobody until the 21st of November 2008; no one, at the very least himself, could guess what “Twilight” would initiate.[ … ] mysterious but not dangerous: that was a niche. […] so now we’re sitting opposite him in Munich: a young man - british-pale, with prominent features, wild hair and leisure-clothes - who haltingly settles with his heartbreaker-image. He’d drive a used BMW, wears second hand-clothes and owns the oldest cell phone in the world, tells us pattinson almost apologetically, actually he wouldn’t spend any money at all. He doesn’t have a permanent home and no girlfriend for quite some time, the kissing-scenes in the movie were rather embarrassing to him. “School-friends call me and say: this hot guy that everyone is talking about…that’s supposed to be you? It’s gotta be a joke!” For someone who’s supposed to be a star that’s rather self-destroying. […] …he played cedric diggory „after that nothing happened at first“. Until here his life story seems like everything just fell in his lap and maybe that’s even true. At least there’s no ambition, no enthusiasm, no certain goal. Until he auditioned for the role of Edward. It was the first time he really wanted a part tells Pattinson – although he didn’t know the book, although he thought he was the wrong choice. “I even wrote a mail to the director after the audition. Isn’t that embarrassing?” He got the part and everyone that watched „Twilight“ can understand his surprise by suddenly being called a sex-god. Pattinson – all the soft rebel with crazy hair and world-weariness in his eyes – plays a vampire who is terribly in love but always has to draw back, because he could bite her out of excitement…so more a protector than a lover, seducer rather than executor. […] he’s said to get 12 million dollar for the next movie which he denies fiercely and accentuates with barely hidden satisfaction that his part in “new moon” is small. The next day Pattinson gives autographs in a mall with many girls almost fainting. What did he say as good-bye: “I travel to some city, go into a mall, get screamed at and travel to the next city.” Sounds a little resigned somehow.

 

[.amahlia.]

i sure hope hes thankful for his fame though...

 

[Alvedansen]

i really think he is, but as soon as you become a teen-idol, when millions of underage girls go crazy over you it's difficult to be taken seriously in the industry. i guess he's just a little sick of that. he can laugh at it but really, when i see videos of those fan-events i'm so second-hand-embarrased for whats happening there...i honestly think he's grateful and realizes the chance he can get with this role, but there are only few leonardo dicaprios who can "escape" the teen-idol thing and become a real superstar/accepted and respected actor. but he has a good chance and should take it, would be a waste if not

 

[.amahlia.]

oh, i know!^ thats so true. but i have faith in rob.. above all, he truly is a talented actor.

 

[AD080119]

OMG i love love those photos thank you so much for posting !!!!!
Alvedansen I love you for translating.

 

[colourmefashion]

here are three more outtakes from the teen shoot

what a charming first picture

 

[AD080119]

here are three more outtakes from the teen shoot

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii312/lilla23/rpoteen-8.jpg

ahh I absolutely LOVE this picture of him. He's so dreamy hehe

 

[OhSoSugarless]

Jesus, could he be hotter?!

 

[cherryblossoms]

I hope his hair grows back till they start filming New Moon
Long hair or short - he's still a hottie
But with longer hair he's such a romantic type, exactly what Edward should look!