Yahoo Lifestyle Robert Pattinson Reveals How He Responds When People Tell Him ‘Twilight’ “Ruined The Vampire Genre”
Twilight star Robert Pattinson has a response for anyone who still wants to tell him that the franchise “ruined the vampire genre.”
In an interview with GQ Spain, the soon-to-be Mickey-17 star shared how he deals with this opinion almost two decades after the first film arrived.
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“I love that people keep telling me, ‘Man, ‘Twilight’ ruined the vampire genre,’” Pattinson said in the interview, translated by Variety. “Are you still stuck on that shit? How can you be sad about something that happened almost 20 years ago? It’s crazy.”
Pattinson’s career took off after he portrayed Edward Cullen in the five films based on Stephanie Meyer’s books, starring alongside Kristen Stewart’s love interest and main character Bella Swan. The first film of the franchise arrived in 2008.
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Pattinson revealed that he had to explain to an airport employee, who said “Hey, you’re the guy from Twilight. Why’d you stop acting?” that he hadn’t stopped.
“I was like … ‘I’m Batman?’” he recounted. “She just laughed.”
Since the franchise, which also starred Taylor Lautner, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Ashley Greene, Bryce Dallas Howard and Dakota Fanning, concluded Pattinson has appeared in a varied set of films. Credits include Water for Elephants (2011) alongside Reese Witherspoon and indie darlings like The Lighthouse (2019). He’s also appeared in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet, and his latest star role was in Matt Reeves’ The Batman (2022), the sequel of which will start shooting this year.
In Mickey-17, which is set to premiere at Berlin Film Festival, he will portray the titular character who applies to be an Expendable, or an employee who tests all kinds of hazardous environments for the colonization of Niflheim. After one iteration of Mickey dies, a new body regenerates with most of the memories stored in the brain from past experiences.
Pattinson will also reteam with Nolan on his next epic film, a version of The Odyssey alongside Tom Holland, Zendaya, Lupita Nyong’o and Anne Hathaway. He is also working with Zendaya and Mamoudou Athie on A24’s The Drama, and he will star in the thriller Die, My Love with Jennifer Lawrence and LaKeith Stanfield.
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