Robert Pattinson Unmasked

The Actor Gets Candid About Twilight, Fame and His Next Demanding Role.

Robert Pattinson has spent most of the past decade trying to distance himself from his Twilight persona. Preferring to toil in indie film obscurity, the British hunk has largely succeeded in eroding all remnants of his former franchise fame with a range of independent films.

However, after many years of poking fun at the flicks that made him famous, the 33-year-old actor is now starting to feel nostalgic. ‘It seems like with younger people in their late teens, early 20s, it’s sort of become quite a hip thing to like,’ Robert shares. ‘It’s a fascinating second wave of people appreciating it, which is kind of cool.’

While there have been more misses than hits in Rob’s career since Twilight, his new film The Lighthouse may well turn out to be an art-house success. ‘The movies I’ve been doing were simply the movies that appealed to me,’ says Rob. ‘If big-budget movies came up over the last few years, which I wanted to do, I would’ve gone after them. I never think about the end product at all. I just think about the process. The more challenging the movie, chances are, it’ll be… fulfilling.’

And while the film took the Cannes Film Festival by storm in May, it was quickly overtaken by the official announcement that Rob had been chosen as the new Batman in the forthcoming reboot of the billion-dollar franchise.

Here, Rob chats Twilight, Twi-hards and why he’s excited for the next challenge…