The Batman Star Robert Pattinson Was Almost Fired From Twilight

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The Batman star Robert Pattinson had a very interesting way of getting into character at the beginning of his career. He recently revealed how his early acting methods and understanding of the Edward Cullen character in Twilight almost cost him the role that skyrocketed him to fame.

Before starring in The Batman, Pattinson became a household name in 2008 when he portrayed the brooding vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptation of Stephanie Meyer's Twilight. The British actor has since used that recognition to move on to more cerebral films like The Lighthouse and The Devil All the Time,and the much-anticipated The Batman. However, his journey to The Dark Knight was not without its challenges.

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Pattinson recently spoke to GQ about his time playing Edward Cullen in the Twilight films and revealed there was a lot of conflict between the way he saw the character and the way the studio wanted him to portray the role. The studio was concerned Pattinson was making the character too «emo,» but Pattinson admits that, at the time, that was the only way he knew how to interpret the character. This conflict became so tense that Robert's manager and agent visited him on set and told him that he needed to «do the opposite» of what he had been doing, or he would «be fired by the end of the day.» Despite the threat, Pattinson would not play the character «lighthearted» because he thinks he would have come off «even more like a psychopath,» but he admits that the threat is the only reason Edward Cullen smiles at all in Twilight.

Pattinson recently spoke about his early ways of getting into character that began with his role as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The young