Robert Pattinson Not Hot Enough For “Twilight,’ Said Execs

Future dad And inflatable sofa fan Robert Pattinson has never seemed more interested in becoming your standard movie stud. He will do Batman, but he prefers to team up with iconoclastic filmmakers, like the Safdie brothers Or Claire-Denis. Even as a newcomer before Dusk he didn’t crave the heat. In fact, according to the director of the first film, he almost didn’t get Edward Cullen’s job because he wasn’t that hot (yet).

“When he came to my house he had black bangs for hair and he was out of shape because he was always hanging around the pub,” Catherine Hardwicke recalled during an appearance on the podcast. To monitor, by Weekly Entertainment.

Still, Hardwicke was brought along and she filmed some “fun” audition footage of him and future co-star Kristen Stewart, and sure enough, he almost looked the part.

“I told myself that this not only works in person, but also on screen.” I had to be sure,” Hardwicke said. “Of course, in person I got carried away, but you have to be sure: does that really translate [to the screen]?”

Alas, distribution company Summit Entertainment was suspect.

“I sent him to Summit and he went to meet them,” Hardwicke recalled. “They called me back and said, ‘Do you think you can make this guy look good?’ I said, “Yes, I do.” Have you seen his cheekbones? We’re doing a makeover on the hair and everything and he’s going to start training and he’s going to look amazing. But at first, they didn’t believe it. He came there with a stained shirt… It was Rob.

The rest, of course, is history, even if Pattinson has spoken ill of the horrors he endured to stay in shape. He even got into trouble, both with the fan community and with his own coach, when he admitted during the quarantine break the The Batman that he doesn’t get out of it. Maybe leave the guy alone so he can work with cool directors instead of squeezing into tight comic book movie pants.

You can watch Hardwicke To monitor appearance below.

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