Every Time Robert Pattinson Criticized theTwilightSaga

Mar. 15, 2025

Robert Pattinson at the premiere of ‘Twilight’ in 2008.Photo:Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic

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The world went wild forRobert Pattinsonduring hisTwilightdays, but the actor is far from obsessed with the cultural phenomenon.

01of 08’A Weird Story’Summit EntertainmentPattinson spoke skeptically aboutTwilight’s plotline during a2019 discussion with Jennifer LopezforVariety’s Actors on Actors series. The British star called it ‘a weird story" and said he found it “strange how people responded.““Even when I was promoting it, I was pretty open about how strange I thought it was when I was doing it,” Pattinson recalled of the films, which he starred in alongsideKristen StewartandTaylor Lautner.

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‘A Weird Story’

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Pattinson spoke skeptically aboutTwilight’s plotline during a2019 discussion with Jennifer LopezforVariety’s Actors on Actors series. The British star called it ‘a weird story” and said he found it “strange how people responded.”

“Even when I was promoting it, I was pretty open about how strange I thought it was when I was doing it,” Pattinson recalled of the films, which he starred in alongsideKristen StewartandTaylor Lautner.

02of 08Not Romantic Like ‘The Notebook’AlamyDuringhis chat with Lopez, Pattinson went on to compare Bella and Edward’s love story to another on-screen romance released four years earlier.“They are very romantic, but at the same time, it’s not likeThe Notebookromantic.The Notebookis very, very sweet and heartbreaking and stuff,” Pattinson said. “Twilightis about this guy who finds the one girl he wants to be with, and also wants to eat her. Well not eat her, drink her blood, whatever.”

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Not Romantic Like ‘The Notebook’

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Duringhis chat with Lopez, Pattinson went on to compare Bella and Edward’s love story to another on-screen romance released four years earlier.

“They are very romantic, but at the same time, it’s not likeThe Notebookromantic.The Notebookis very, very sweet and heartbreaking and stuff,” Pattinson said. “Twilightis about this guy who finds the one girl he wants to be with, and also wants to eat her. Well not eat her, drink her blood, whatever.”

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He Would ‘Mindlessly Hate’ the Films if He Wasn’t the Star

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson in ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’.Summit Entertainment

Pattinson, on the other hand, wasn’t shy about being a hater.

“The people who don’t like it are generally people who haven’t seen it, and they’re like all judgmental and stuff, and cynical people,” he began, continuing on with a laugh, “But I think I am a judgemental and cynical person who would just mindlessly hate it without ever having seen anything.”

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The ‘Only Thing’ That Got Him to Smile

In a sit downGQgoing through some of his “most iconic” roles, Pattinson opened up about the vibe on set of the first film and his desire to make it as “arty as possible” despite the studio’s opposing views.

His behavior, he recalls, sprung a visit from his team who sat him down and told him it was time to change his attitude.

“And I was like, ‘Okay,'” he remembers agreeing to his team. “And so that was the only thing that got me to sort of smile a little bit.”

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‘Weirdos Like Edward’

While promoting the franchise’s second film,New Moon, Pattinson expressed his confusion over fan’s attraction to his character.

He then went on to say, “If Edward wasn’t a fictional character and you met him in reality he is like one of those guys who would probably be an axe murderer or something.”

06of 08The ‘Most Ridiculous’ CharacterIMPRINT ENTERTAINMENT/MAVERICK FILMS/SUMMIT ENTERTAINMENT/ / Album / Alamy Stock PhotoIn another instance, Pattinson furtherbroke down his confusionover fans’ fascination with his character and shared his take on why he played the part how he did.“When you read the book, it’s like, ‘Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.’ I mean, every line is like that,” he oncetoldEmpire. “He’s the most ridiculous person who’s so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn’t do that. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that’s how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he’s a 108 year-old virgin, so he’s obviously got some issues there.”

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The ‘Most Ridiculous’ Character

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In another instance, Pattinson furtherbroke down his confusionover fans’ fascination with his character and shared his take on why he played the part how he did.

“When you read the book, it’s like, ‘Edward Cullen was so beautiful I creamed myself.’ I mean, every line is like that,” he oncetoldEmpire. “He’s the most ridiculous person who’s so amazing at everything. I think a lot of actors tried to play that aspect. I just couldn’t do that. And the more I read the script, the more I hated this guy, so that’s how I played him, as a manic-depressive who hates himself. Plus, he’s a 108 year-old virgin, so he’s obviously got some issues there.”

07of 08’Doesn’t Make Any Sense’Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, and Robert Pattinson in ‘The Twilight Saga: Eclipse’.Summit EntertainmentBeing that the Cullens are vampires who are trying to exist in a human world, it’s only natural that some things just don’t quite click — and Pattinson agrees!“A lot of the stuff in theTwilightworld doesn’t make any sense,” he said in an interview with Chris Van Vlietin response to the question of why the characters drive cars when they can run so fast.“Why are they still going to high school?,” he continued. “…They’re 100 years old.”

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‘Doesn’t Make Any Sense’

Being that the Cullens are vampires who are trying to exist in a human world, it’s only natural that some things just don’t quite click — and Pattinson agrees!

“A lot of the stuff in theTwilightworld doesn’t make any sense,” he said in an interview with Chris Van Vlietin response to the question of why the characters drive cars when they can run so fast.

“Why are they still going to high school?," he continued. “…They’re 100 years old.”

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The ‘Wild’ Birth of Edward and Bella’s Daughter

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in ‘The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1’.Summit Entertainment

“But there was definitely chewing through something. No, it’s wild.” Thinking of theTwilightsaga’s audience, which ranged across generations, Pattinson added, “Once you got it in your head you’re like, oh, this is just the thing for little girls. And then, like, it’s kind of – it’s difficult to get past.”

source: people.com