"Breaking Dawn - Part 2," released this week, is the fifth and final in
the series, and Edward's character shifts from brooding, tormented lover
to a contented husband and father who must protect his family from an
ancient vampire clan.
But Pattinson, 26, still has those rakish good looks that drew a
screaming fan base and made him a tabloid fixture. While the avid fan
excitement around the "Twilight" series overwhelms him, the British
actor hopes his audience will follow him as he moves on.
"It's all about control. Now, I don't feel like I have any control whatsoever," he told Reuters with a laugh.
"They're a very ardent fan base, so to figure out a way to harness that vehement audience, it's definitely an important thing."
Pattinson became a pinup as the angst-ridden Edward, but said he wasn't
worried he might be typecast as the perpetual brooding hero. "I'm not
particularly brooding in my real life," he said.
The actor has already been laying the ground for a career beyond
"Twilight." He played a 19th century French gigolo in "Bel Ami" and a
billionaire with an existential crisis in David Cronenberg's
"Cosmopolis," although both films fared poorly at the box office earlier
this year.
Next up is a drama, "Map to the Stars," again with Cronenberg, and "The
Rover," a Western-style action movie set in the Australian desert.
"Everything I've signed up for now is very physical, because I feel
like I've done quite a few things where I'm quite still. I'm trying to
find people that are doing things that feel dangerous," Pattinson said.
ROMANCE ON AND OFF SCREEN
Away from the series with its apple motif, symbolizing forbidden love,
Pattinson's fame has also been fueled by his off-screen romance with
"Twilight" co-star Kristen Stewart, 22, who plays Bella Swan.
Their relationship was thrust into the spotlight in the summer when
Stewart publicly admitted she had an affair with her married "Snow White
and the Huntsman" director, Rupert Sanders.
The actress apologized in a rare, heartfelt public statement but the
affair shocked "Twilight" fans. Pattinson and Stewart have since
reconciled, and the paparazzi have spotted them together, but they have
stayed mum on their relationship.
"I just try and avoid it," Pattinson said when asked about the scrutiny of his personal life.
"I don't think it's good in terms of a career as an actor. I think
being in gossip magazines - I don't like the whole industry, I think
it's a lazy industry, and it's a weird media consumer culture," the actor said.
"(Success) is so much based on luck as an actor. No one knew that the
audience would connect to the 'Twilight' series the way that they did
... it's just luck, you've got to do the things that interest you."
For now, Pattinson is coming to terms with saying goodbye to the franchise.
"It sounds cheesy, but it's been such a life-changing experience
where you share a bond with people, it's weird. I remember hearing about
'Lord of the Rings,' they all got tattoos ... that'd be so funny, maybe
we could get a little apple, a 'tramp stamp' with an apple," the actor mused, laughing.
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