Actor Robbert Pattinson was the only one of the candidates for the role of Edward Cullen who refused to take off his shirt in a scene that required it. “I think I was the only one who didn’t,” he admits.
The character of Edward Cullen brought Robert Pattinson the worldwide fame that the actor now enjoys and that has allowed him to star in the latest Batman movie, for example. Nevertheless, Pattinson may not have been cast for the role because he didn’t want to take his shirt off during casting.
“They were doing screen tests with four people,” the actor told The Hollywood Reporter. “In one of the scenes, I had to take my shirt off, and I think I was the only one who didn’t.” The reason is none other than Robert Pattinson’s appearance at that time was not the best since he had just recorded another movie for which he had to completely shave his body and dye his hair black. “And I had a few months where I had been drinking beer all day, so I had this chubby, hairless body. He looked like a baby in a wig,” Pattinson recalled.
But not taking off his shirt was no problem for him to surprise the casting team and his appearance actually helped him get the part. As director Catherine Hardwicke put it, “I wanted someone who didn’t seem like a real person” according to a “vampire who has lived for 90-odd years. He’s ethereal, he’s special, he’s unique, he’s internal, he’s haunting, he’s everything.” , you know, iconic.” Some traits that, in his eyes, Pattinson fulfilled perfectly and that was later demonstrated on the big screen.
Source: Fotogramas
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