Clarification About the Vikend Interview with Robert Pattinson

Yesterday we posted a translation of the Vikend Magazine's Interview with Robert Pattinson. Some questioned the accuracy of the translation and wondered if it was another fake interview. Darja, who translated the article, made some inquiries and wanted to answer some questions:

I was reading the comments under the article and I would like to explain something: The interviewer, MR. Hundić is Croatian and I'm sure the interview is NOT fake. He was there, in LA, during the press junket, he was sent there by distributor for the Adriatic region (Slovenia, Croatia and some other countries), BLITZ FILM.

But he is probably not the ultimate Twilight fan and he wasn't paying attention to every single word Rob said and that's why maybe there are some small "mistakes" or inconsistencies in the article. I am also positive that he doesn't give a d*** about Robsten or Nonsten and that he didn't search for hidden meaning about their relationship in Rob's answers.

The word "white" was used, but not in a racist meaning. (we don't use Caucasian in Europe or at least in my part of Europe). It was a little strange use of the word, but I didn't want to change anything, since it was a translation and not my article.

I tried to do the best job possible, but as I said before, English is not my first language and I haven't studied it in university so I may have made a mistake translating, but I don't think so, because I was extra careful.

Love, Darja

From Mateja Košir, Vikend, editor in chief:

I know that you might think that, since some Slovenian media will unscrupulously print "borrowed" interviews or generic ones that one can get for any of the films distributed in Slovenia. But Vikend does not print any of those generic interviews and when we claim that we have conducted an interview, we actually mean it. The interview with Robert Pattinson (and the one with Kristen Stewart we'll print this week) is a genuine interview. It was conducted at the time and in the manner stated. This is an authentic interview which can be verified further by the Blitz Film distribution that bought the rights for Slovenia and nominated Stjepan Hundić for the interview in Los Angeles press junket. Vikend has a circulation of up to 200.000, which is not unsubstantial even when compared to some foreign media, as in the USA they tend to be more regional newspapers than national. After it is published in Vikend, this interview is subsequently published online and sold to other media in Croatia, Serbia and Romania. We get many invitations to interviews like that - sometimes they are hard to get, sometimes they are not - and you know, sometimes they also charge for them.
Kind regards and don't miss this Friday (or Saturday) edition of Vikend to see the Kristen Stewart interview :-)
Mateja Košir, Vikend, editor in chief

*NEW* Robert Pattinson Interview with Vikend (Slovenia)

Thanks to our friend Darja for sending us all these scans and translations! Our readers and friends are the best! :))

The interview is from Vikend's(Slovenia) Nov 28th issue

Robert Pattinson, New Moon

Sexiest Man?

I'm not even a Man yet!

Los Angeles is full of covers of Robert Pattinson, 23 year old Londoner who became a new sex symbol practically overnight. After closed screening of New Noon, the sequel of phenomenon Twilight, we met Robert and co-star Kristen Stewart at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills. Every step we were followed by their personal PR people and by people from agency that organized interviews. And we were warned: "No personal questions. We are here to promote the movie." Okay. Anyway, we asked Robert about OK magazine, the actual cover was about their breakup, he smiled and said: "Gossip doesn't affect my career..." We can tell you, dear female fans, Robert is not as pale as Edward and his lips are not that red either.

How many girls asked you to bite their neck today?

(laughter) I have to disappoint you. I'm surrounded by bodyguards at all times and they practically carry me in and out, so I have almost no idea what is going on outside.

How do you handle instant fame, media interest and fan pressure?

Sometimes it is unpleasant, all those interviews, army of fans, magazine covers... At the beginning it was nerve wrecking, I tried to hide, but why bother? I have no intention to hate my life. I try to accommodate as much as I could.

Can you walk the street without being stampeded by an army of female fans?

Not really. Well, I don't even have time. I work a lot these days and I don't know what is happening in real world, I'm spending all my time on movie sets or hotels or on airplanes anyway. Big cities surprise me sometimes. Recently I've been in Tokyo and I went for a walk and no one recognized me and it was strange, since I was the only white person on the street...

Maybe all white people seem alike to them.... (Gozde: a touchdown by the interviewer :))

(laughter) Maybe. But it was a great experience, opposite to New York where I was making a movie recently. I had eight bodyguards there and they were walking along me on my way from trailer to movie set, but one day there was such a crowd that we had to actually run away - they were pulling me around, pushing, it was a mess. We had to hire additional ten body guards so I went to work every day surrounded by eighteen enormous guys. That was surrealistic.

Are you afraid of all the craziness around you?

Hysteric masses of people can be scary. I think everyone would feel bad in a situation where you have no control, where you can't do anything to calm the situation. People in this kind of situations are in a state of kind of hysteric hypnotic madness. Einstein was right when he said that human civilization is the most dangerous when it moves in masses.

As a teenager, were you never obsessed with a star?

I don't remember being obsessed, but I remember the huge impact the movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest had on me. I started to dress like Jack Nicholson and I started to mimic him and it lasted some time. But I wasn't crazy over him or sat in front of his house.

Were you ever in love with an actress?

Maybe.... I don't know... I always liked Patricia Arquette, I think I was in love with her as a teenager, she wasn't very inspiring (laughter). Hm, it looks like I was a little lost as a teenager as well (laughter)....

Your parents are probably very proud of you?

Very! And they are a little surprised by my reaction to my success, I don't experience it as they are. They are impressed by it, everything is so fantastic to them, mom reads everything about me (laughter). I still think that everything is a lucky coincidence. I never wanted to be famous, I didn't plan big things in my life, so everything is strange to me. I still adapt and still think what to do with everything.(Gozde: Hi Mama P. :))

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