Actually I had started keeping an eye on the making of the Twilight movie because of initial fan reactions expressing strong objections to Robert Pattinson being cast as the vampire Edward Cullen. Reasons revolved around the general theme, "He's not hot enough!" and I felt so sorry for the poor boy. (In case you didn't watch Harry Potter: The Goblet of Fire, Robert is the British actor who played Cedric Diggory) So I started looking up his acting creds and found out that in between he's been trying out all kinds of roles: really weird roles --- deliberately. Like nerds/losers, tortured WWII bomber pilots, and sexually ambiguous artists (i.e. Salvador Dali). The kid's not bad! That plus the facts that in interviews he's always disarmingly unpretentious, a-dork-ably shy and poking fun at himself, have naturally transformed me into one of his legions of followers! (read: fan). I do wish for him that he can prove all those shallow-haters wrong. :D (Although I'm afraid that even if he does deliver, they will still refuse to acknowledge because they don't find him pretty enough. sigh.)
In the meantime, here's a promo video from Summit on the Twilight movie. Robert's American accent kind of reminds of Tobey Maguire's. Which is funny because of what he says. Listen to it.
Credit for the youtube video goes to movielover247.
P.S. Since I am fangirl-ing, I might as well do it thoroughly. Robert Pattinson pictures for your reference. The many faces of... :) I like that he has been deliberately choosing odd roles after his Harry Potter stint (read: non-pretty boy roles).
As Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter:
The closest look I can get you for how he looked in The Haunted Airman:
As Daniel, the nerdy guy friend in The Bad Mother's Handbook:
As Arthur, the down-and-out guy trying to come to terms with who he is in, How To Be:
As a young Salvador Dali in, Little Ashes:
My sister is scolding me already for blogging too much. Bye!
