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Robert Pattinson is well known for messing around with the press and telling lies in his interviews, but even he was caught off guard recently while rewatching a television interview from 2011. That was the year “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” opened in theaters, meaning Pattinson was on a particularly grueling global publicity tour. He lied during the interview by saying he saw a clown die in a little-car explosion when he was as a child.
“There was absolutely no hesitation at all [in my voice],” Pattinson told The New York Times Style Magazine. “I’m like, ‘What on earth? Are you possessed?’”
The actor explained that he often made up stories in press interviews during this time in his career because “the only thing people would ever ask me about was being famous” and “you go into, like, a fugue state.” Other lies Pattinson told in interviews include being a women’s hand model, taking a stalker to dinner and shooting a coprophilia scene for “Twilight” that got deleted. Basically, Pattinson would get so bored speaking to the press that he’d spice things up for himself by telling lies.
Popular on Variety Pattinson spoke to The New York Times Style Magazine ahead of next year’s release of “Mickey 17,” directed by “Parasite” Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho. It’s his first live-action role since donning the cape for 2022’s “The Batman.” A sequel to that comic book movie is on the calendar for 2026 and will go into production next year. Suffice to say, Pattinson’s output remains highly selective. It’s no wonder an airport employee recently told him: “Hey, you’re the guy from ‘Twilight.’ Why’d you stop acting?”
“I was like, ‘I’m Batman?’” Pattinson said. “She just laughed.”
Pattinson’s come a long way since his days of non-stop auditions. He told the publication that one haywire audition stands out. It was for the 2006 fantasy movie “Eragon.”
“There’s this scene where he finds a dragon egg and it’s supposed to be a heroic moment,” Pattinson explained, adding that he approached the scene as a tragedy. “I remember my manager saying they thought I was on drugs.”
Head over to The New York Times Style Magazine’s website to read more from Pattinson’s interview.
