Why Robert Pattinson Was Almost Fired From Twilight
As huge Twilight fans, we can't imagine the Twilight movies without Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen and Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan. Critics may have given the Twilight Saga savage reviews, but fans around the world flocked to see the teenage vampire boy fall in love with a human girl. Viewers weren't the only ones who loved the movies; In a 2018 interview with Variety, the British actor said that the Twilight Saga would "always be a part of him." "Whenever someone says [Twilight's] favorite guilty pleasure, it's like, you say guilty, what you really mean is a pleasure."
Pattinson was truly catapulted to stardom when he anchored the Twilight movie series. Although Pattinson's role as the tormented teenage vampire stole millions of hearts and made him rich and famous, the actor almost got fired from the hit movie franchise. In a 2017 interview with Howard Stern, the normally shy actor blurted out the news that he was nearly bummed out by the role that made him a star. He reads on to find out why he almost got fired early on. twilight movie!
Robert Pattinson was almost fired from Twilight for being too serious
Believe it or not, Robert Pattinson almost said goodbye to his role as vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight because he didn't smile enough. During a 2017 interview with Howard Stern, Pattinson confessed that he nearly got fired for taking the role of Edward Cullen too seriously. The actor revealed that his agents told him, "You have to do the opposite of what you're doing now or you're going to get fired today." Oh!
Pattinson explained that he viewed the character differently than the producers and director, who wanted the character to be happier and less "brooding." "I remember the producers giving me a copy of the book...every single instance of my character smiling...they highlighted everything," Pattinson said. "I got a different colored highlighter and highlighted all the times he frowns."
Of course, Pattinson and the Twilight producers at Summit Entertainment figured it out, playing the character in four more movies and going from teen idol to movie star. In a 2018 interview with The New York Times, Pattinson seemed at peace with the Twilight role of his, explaining that his work on the teen franchise led to films earning rave reviews at film festivals. Pattinson told the Times that working on the Twilight series was an "incredible treat." Looking back on the film, Pattinson saw it as "amazingly lucky...just to have fallen into it with the group of people I worked with on it."
