Robert Pattinson: The Boy in the Bubble

Its hard being Robert Pattinson these days. Yeah, he is a famous movie star and is currently the “It  Boy” of Hollywood but his every movement is monitored and being stalked by paparazzis. Its a very different life that Rob led two years ago before he won the role of Edward Cullen and hitting world wide fame.

In an interview with The New Zealand Herald, Robert talked about his rise to fame, dealing with it and his future projects.

“The fame thing’s been good for one thing. My friends I grew up with are musicians and they were involved with a few songs on the Twilight soundtrack and it’s amazing what’s happened to them. They’re doing tours of America and they’re selling out every single show. My friend Sam Bradley did a show at the Whisky A Go Go in Los Angeles and it sold out quicker on telephone presales than any show that’s been there. Sam’s unsigned [to a record deal] and there was no advertising, nothing. It’s insane what you can do just by that connection.”

On dealing with fame:

“I’m usually half-carried in and out of buildings by bodyguards,” he says. “It was driving me a little bit nuts at first, but you just learn to deal with it. If you keep being negative, if you keep saying, ‘I hate this, I hate this’ then you’d go crazy.”

How his family dealt with it:

“It’s funny; I think they expect me to be reacting differently. They think it’s more impressive than I think it is. Ultimately everyone in my life knows what’s real – apart from my mother, who seems to believe every negative thing that’s written about me.”

Such as? “Oh, it was about sleeping with people and swearing and I wasn’t even in the city at the time. She’s like, ‘No, I don’t believe you; I bet you did say that.’ She believes a gossip magazine over her own son. “My sister Lizzy just finds it bizarre. She was in America in May and sent me a text saying, ‘It’s ridiculous how famous you are!’ It’s weird, the mags print stuff every week even if I don’t do anything.”

His future projects:

“I had three days off between Remember Me and Eclipse and then I’ve had to start learning Comanche and bareback riding for Unbound Captives. I don’t only want to do the same part. I’m doing Bel Ami, based on the Guy de Maupassant novel in January as well, and I don’t really know how I’m going to fit that in. I have to gain weight – but I don’t think they’ll let me put on much as I have to shoot the final Twilight movie afterwards. I have to look older, as the character Georges Duroy has been living hard for a good six years just getting drunk all the time. So I want to look a bit haggard.”

On New Moon:

“This was always my favourite book. New Moon will be a lot more relatable for guys, whereas it was quite difficult for me to express all those emotions in Twilight. I think it’s difficult for guys to accept those kind of emotions.”

“I was really worried I wouldn’t know how to do it again, but I have a natural chemistry going on with Kristen and doing the sequel was so easy. She always says she pretty much got me the part, but I don’t really believe her,” he says with a smile.

To read more on Rob’s interview, click on the link above.

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One Response to “Robert Pattinson: The Boy in the Bubble”

1. Robert Pattinson: Success, Karma and not living forever- Twilight-Movie says:

   October 29, 2009 at 12:12 AM

   [...] this week, we have posted an interview of Robert Pattinson by the New Zealand Herald. In that article, Robert talked about his rise to fame, handling the constant media attention and [...]