If until recently it was difficult to dissociate him from the character of Edward Cullen, protagonist of the film series "Twilight", Robert Pattinson has certainly worked hard to restore his public image .

A multifaceted artist of English blood, with experience in the music field and as a model, he discovered fame on the big screen with his participation in the fourth episode of the Harry Potter saga; to soon enter the vast world of celebrity. It didn't take long before the star achieved international fame as the protagonist of one of the most successful commercial operations of all time: based on the novels by the writer Stephenie Meyer, the "Twilight Saga" brought back the vampire imagery by adapting it to the tastes of younger users . Between undead teenagers, werewolves and ancient vampire clans, the series combines the classic elements of the gothic novel with school life and the sentimental situations of teenagers; with an outcome that led to the creation of five blockbusters and a global figure of over 3.3 billion dollars.

As mentioned above, the box office success of a franchise can condemn the protagonist to never detach himself from his character, even after years of distance and countless reversals. The subsequent “Remember Me” or the collaboration with David Cronenberg in “Cosmopolis” and “Maps of the Stars” were not enough to avoid this scenario. But fortunately, patience and tenacity have borne fruit; and with the opportunities offered by Christopher Nolan’s spy-action “Tenet”, Robert Eggers’ metaphysical horror “The Lighthouse” and Matt Reeves’ DC comic book film “The Batman”, Pattinson can now say he is reinvigorated by a new visibility .

Thinking back to his past as a teen idol, especially towards those who still accuse him of having ruined the vampire archetype, the actor spoke to GQ Spain directly addressing his detractors: "I love it when people keep telling me that I ruined the vampire genre with Twilight. Are you still stuck with that stuff? How can you be mad at something that happened almost twenty years ago? It's crazy."

As for Edward Cullen's interpretation, he believes he could have done more; perhaps if the staff had welcomed the idea of characterizing him with a more emo look and temperament: "I wanted to make him as artistic as possible. There was this strange tension and the studio was afraid to push too much on the emo side. I thought that was the only way to interpret him. I spent a lot of time angry on set, I can't believe the way I was behaving" .

But speaking of today, Pattinson is about to return with another collaboration that will make Hollywood's biggest stars envious: out on March 6, "Mickey 17" will see him as the protagonist in an offbeat sci-fi comedy directed by Oscar-winning director Bong Jon-hoo, who after the success of "Parasite" promises to leave us even more enraptured and amazed.

In an interview with Vanity Fair to promote the film, the actor admitted that he had been in a state of deep despair since the pandemic hit, even considering giving up acting. On the fear that cinema was dying, he commented: “I find it strange because in the last few years in terms of the film industry, starting with COVID and then with the strikes, everyone was constantly saying that cinema was dying. And they were doing it quite convincingly. I was literally kind of turned off. I actually started to worry a little bit. Then, as you look at the last few months, there’s this flurry of really ambitious films. I think the stuff that’s getting nominated for Oscars this year is going to be really interesting and it seems like there’s suddenly a new group of directors that people are excited about. I hope Mickey 17 comes out during a time when there’s a lot of excitement about cinema.”

And on the promising future of cinema looking at the latest releases, he added: “I saw this Norwegian film called Armand, which I thought was fantastic. The film The Brutalist by my friend Brady Corbet. You can also look at it in terms of scripts. Every actor for two years was saying: what’s happening? Nothing is cool. I’m not saying that all the titles that were coming out were not cool, but they were very studio-related. I don’t know what was really happening, if Saturn came back or whatever, but now there are exciting roles everywhere.”

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