Glamour Magazine (Mexico) Interview With Robert Pattinson (Translation)

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Let’s talk about New Moon. Was it fun to go back and play the role that gave you fame?
I was sur­prised at how easy it was going back in his shows. I like Edward and I have a lot of fun play­ing him.

You’re not in this movie a lot, are you?
I’m not. Edward decides to leave Bella, but he real­izes it wasn’t the best idea and he comes home again. But I’m in the best scenes of the movie! (laughs)

What’s the main dif­fer­ence bew­teen Twi­light and New Moon?
The direc­tor is extremely dif­fer­ent, and the movie has more action scenes and every­thing hap­pens faster. I think it’s very dif­fer­ent. New Moon was much more demand­ing phys­i­cally. i had to train a lot to get in shape.

Are you get­ting used to fame?
I don’t think that’s some­thing you can get used to, but I have to con­fess that I am enjoy­ing my life. I think I’m a pos­i­tive per­son, and the truth is I can’t com­plain of suc­cess. The peo­ple in my life know who I am and I haven’t changed in any way. Although my mom does read the tabloids and she calls me and asks, “Robert, how could you do this?”. I have to explain to her that it’s a lie.

Do you think being British helped you add ele­gance and poise to your char­ac­ter?
Yes, I think Stephe­nie demanded that the per­son who played Edward had to be British, because of the Eng­lish ele­gance thing, I guess. She wanted most of the actors to be British because of the whole Amer­i­can myth around Eng­lish ele­gance and class.

What is it about you that cre­ates so much admi­ra­tion around you? You kept the most wanted role in Hol­ly­wood!
(laughs). I don’t know, I think hav­ing a lot of chem­istry with Kris­ten helped a lot, espe­cially when I got the role. In the begin­ning I was expect­ing this char­ac­ter to be dif­fer­ent, and I was hop­ing for her to play the char­ac­ter a dif­fer­ent way, but her work is bril­liant; we’re not talk­ing about a damsel in dis­tress at all, and I’m no prince charm­ing, so that makes the rela­tion­ship between the char­ac­ters more real and authen­tic. Also, I think that the intel­li­gence with which Kris­ten took on the role is what gave strength to my char­ac­ter. I owe her so much.

But you’re the one who became a sex sym­bol, not her.
That’s weird, because I’m only a sex sym­bol to 14 year old girls, and that’s not the best of sit­u­a­tions. Last year I couldn’t even get a date, and all of a sud­den girls changed their mind.

What are your ambi­tions right now?
I want to take advan­tage of all the oppor­tu­ni­ties that are com­ing up. I hope New Moon is a big hit and that it can help me get work with actors and direc­tors that I admire.

Are you afraid of get­ting type­cast?
By Octo­ber I will be done with three Twi­light movies, and then there’s two more. But this is not like it was with Harry Pot­ter where you only get to work on these movies for 11 months out of the year. I have the oppor­tu­nity to do more things, like giv­ing life to Dali, or act­ing in a film with Rachel Weisz.

Have you ever fallen in love with the same pas­sion as your char­ac­ter?
I’ve never fallen in love, but that doesn’t mean I can’t be roman­tic. I believe that love is an evo­lu­tion of friend­ship. But to me, the pas­sion­ate love we see in these movies is just a fantasy.

What was it like film­ing Lit­tle Ashes, a very small pro­duc­tion com­pared with New Moon?
Deep down I love small pro­duc­tions because there isn’t that many peo­ple hang­ing around while you’re work­ing. In the begin­ning it was weird, but at the same time it was amaz­ing. The energy that you feel on the set of an inde­pen­dent movie is very dif­fer­ent than that of a super pro­duc­tion. But when you get into your char­ac­ter, you don’t feel it.

I’ve read that you were very ner­vous about your nude scenes and the explicit sex scenes in Lit­tle Ashes. How did you pre­pare?
(laughs). I have so many stu­pid answers for this ques­tion (laughs). I had a penis implant! Just kid­ding, I don’t know… it’s fun because Latin peo­ple have no prob­lems with nudity, but Eng­lish peo­ple sure have them.
It’s just lit­tle things, like this time I saw my father chang­ing before going to the pool, and that left me com­pletely scarred, for life. I don’t know if I did any­thing to pre­pare for this. I drove myself mad, maybe.

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