“I hated it”: In Harry Potter, this young actor could not stand his character

Known worldwide since he played the young Edward Cullen in the Twilight saga, Robert Pattinson has built an eclectic career over the years, where auteur films such as The Lighthouse or Cosmopolis coexist with more ambitious blockbusters such as Christopher Nolan’s Tenet or the recent film. Batman.

But almost 20 years ago, it was the fourth part of the famous Harry Potter saga that revealed the face of a young British actor to the world. In The Goblet of Fire, Pattinson portrayed Hufflepuff champion Cedric Diggory, a particularly popular Hogwarts student who unfortunately met a tragic end when he crossed paths with Voldemort.

(Do you know where the Hufflepuff house name comes from?)

Even if this first role undoubtedly allowed the actor to build a solid foundation in Hollywood, Pattinson confided a few years later that he did not support his character:

“hate”So he was released Robert Pattinson: The Unauthorized BiographyBook signed by Virginia Blackburn in 2009.

“I hated everyone at school who looked like Cedric. I was never a leader and my being a delegate would be a total joke. I wasn’t very involved in school and was never picked on. Team.”

As he also explained between the pages of his biography, the seductive side of Cedric was especially difficult for the actor:

“It’s quite difficult. In the book and also in the presentation that portrays my character in the script, he’s described as an incredibly attractive 17-year-old, and it makes you a little nervous when you’re trying to play and that you also have to try to find the right angles to look good .”

“It’s really stupid. You might think I’m really self-centered. But I think that was the scariest part, scarier than meeting Lord Voldemort.”

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