Rob introducing the Twilight premiere

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Repeat offenders

The post is not as controversial as the title :) There are lots of links to pieces of articles from UK this morning but most of them are just repetition of one another so I'm not posting them. But if you want to check them out:

People.com:
Method acting?

Vampire-playing Robert Pattinson admits he sometimes slips into character when he's out with the ladies.

"I've been known for a little nibble," he told reporters at the London premiere of Twilight.
Channel 4 News :
Heart-throb Pattinson said: "I made a bet as a joke with my manager to say how much it would make opening weekend and it made that much. It's like it'll make $80 million and it was like $5 million off. No one was expecting - it beat Bond opening weekend - it's completely nuts."

BBC article

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HAIR...OH THE HAIR...

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Robert Pattinson is a bit of a loner

The Telegraph has interviewed Robert, here are some parts and you can read the rest HERE.

"Really, I'm a bit of a loner and not that good with dealing with loads of people," he smiles when I ask about his newfound celebrity. "Most of the time, I feel that going out is a complete waste of time. I'd rather stay in a create something rather than go out and talk."

This is not, I must confess, the response that I was expecting. Pattinson is clearly a creative type - both he and one of his two older sisters, Elizabeth, are accomplished musicians - and yet with his obvious good looks and innate charm, he seems the sort of fellow who would revel in his status as teenage idol.

"Not really," he says. "It's funny, but about a year ago I'd talk to girls and no-one would be interested." This I find hard to believe.

"Really, it's true, and then when it was announced that I would be in Twilight, and the book's author gave me her seal of approval, everyone seemed to change their mind. The attention I get now is just mind-bending."

Not of all of it, he notes, is welcome. During the recent promotional tour for Twilight in the US, Pattinson was subjected to a bout of ear-piercing wailing that would have made The Beatles proud. It should be noted, however, that a fair portion of Twilight fans are even younger than those shrieking and fainting for Lennon and McCartney, and he recalls with horror the moment that a seven-year-old girl approached him and asked whether he'd bite her neck.

"That was really rather freaky," he notes. "So many younger girls are obsessed with this character and all that desire. They see Edward as unthreateningly sexual." Indeed, this seems to be the secret to the Twilight saga's success.

The books' author, Stephenie Meyer, is a devout Mormon (the idea for her story coming in a dream), and her four novels - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn - have a sexual undercurrent without featuring sex itself. "I think that's true," concedes Pattinson.

"The success of the books does, I think, comes from the fact that fans can yearn and lust after Edward, and yet certainly in the first book, there's no actual sexual contact." Hence young readers can splash about in a pool of teenage lust and obsession, without, courtesy of a cleverly constructed plot, needing to dip into the turbulent waters of scary teenage sex.

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In short, he's not sure whether to nuzzle her neck or to bite it. As a result, Edward and Bella's passion remains unconsummated. "Basically, Twilight is a big metaphor for sexual abstinence, and yet it's both sexual and erotic underneath. There are so many elements in the story which are sexy."

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Admittedly, his character is less prominent in New Moon, but Pattinson is still set for an extended spell in the spotlight. "It's bizarre," he says, "but I never really had any aspirations to be an actor when I was young. I wanted to play the piano in a bar, to be the old dude with a whisky glass, all dishevelled. I love the piano; they've actually used some of my music in the film."

Pattinson was born in Barnes, the youngest of three children, to a father who traded classic cars and mother who'd worked for a modelling agency. It was his father who encouraged the young Robert into acting, although his motivation wasn't entirely artistic.

"When I was younger my dad spotted a bunch of girls in a cafe and they were all really excited, so he asked them where they'd been," he explains. "When they said that they'd been to drama classes, he reckoned I should get myself down there!" Which the young Pattinson promptly did, working backstage until, one day, "a bunch of people left. I was the only one still there and got the lead role by default."

That lead role was in the Thornton Wilder play Our Town, his performance earning him an agent. The agent then secured him an audition for the fourth Harry Potter movie, where he was subsequently cast as Cedric.

"I kind of blew it after the Potter films," he concedes. "There was a chance for me to really kick on and use the exposure but I didn't really want to do anything. Looking back, it was a good thing - I was able to teach myself how to act for a start. I could have done some more teen movies, but I thought what was the point? I'm not all that fussed by making loads of money.

"In fact, I'm a bit of miser. The car that I have I got when I came out to LA for $2,000 I still have. It's a death trap and has nearly killed me five times, but I don't care. I'm going to squeeze every dollar I can out of that car."

Empire video: Twilight UK Premiere-Rob nibbles

The video link on youtube incase you can't view the embedded one.

They also have an article and the parts with Rob are:

While Mintz-Plasse was clearly McLovin’ the attention, the star of the show – and the sexiest man in the world according to teenage girls everywhere – Robert Pattinson continued to be taken aback by the insane response from fans. “It is loud, and kind of intimidating. When people are screaming in your face it’s hard to know what to make of it.” Of the crowds, he remarked: “They camp out overnight. I don’t understand. There’s nothing I’ve ever been that fanatical about!”

Talking about his upcoming role in Little Ashes as Salvador Dali he said: “It was like complete opposite. That was a little tiny movie and this has become a huge franchise.”

He finished off with some tantalising titbits about his current dating status, revealing that although he is not “prowling around” for a girl, he is also not dating Camilla Belle as has been rumoured (girls all over the globe can now share a collective sigh of relief). Apparently ladies these days go about chatting him up in a very different manner than before: “Now it’s like (in theatrical American girl voice) “Oh I’m such a big fan!”” He also noted, of his vampire alter-ego: “I haven’t bitten anyone tonight but I have done before. I have been known for a little nibble.” (Gozde: Oh come on! He is really trying to kill us with these mental images!)

You can read the rest HERE.

GMTV Interview with Robert Pattinson