When many of you think Robert Pattinson, tabloid headlines and all things vampire come to mind. Pattinson, even more than any of the other main actors in the popular �Twilight� movie series, seems to be purposefully creating a body of work outside of his tween following.
This weekend, Pattinson shows that there�s a lot more depth to him as an actor than we�ve seen in his �Twilight� character Edward, as he co-stars with Reese Witherspoon in the adaptation of the best-selling novel �Water for Elephants.� When we talked recently, I wondered if there was a lot of pressure on him because of his �Twilight� success.
�I think it�s actually a little less pressure. It�s a little weird. There�s a kind of a strange thing that happened and it�s the same thing that happened when I did first did �Twilight,�� he said. �I�d never heard of the �Twilight� book series. I didn�t know anyone who�d read it. I just kind of did it, so I wasn�t nervous at all. Later on, it became this huge thing. With �Water for Elephants,� again, I�d never heard of the book. � And then, I accepted the part and suddenly noticed people sitting next to me were reading it on three different airplane rides. So I guess I just missed the thing again and therefore also missed the nerves again. Now I just love it. Kind of everything about it. I could really connect to it all.�
Not a lot of men connect with the movie so passionately. It�s not really what might be called a �chick flick,� but it�s very romantic and very beautiful.
I know. It�s strange. My dad loves it and he never reads anything. I think maybe because the reality of working in a circus? And then it can be so harsh � maybe (it�s) more relatable to men. But it�s not really a totally romanticized story. It�s impossible to romanticize.
You�ve worked with werewolves in �Twilight.� What was it like working with Tai the elephant in this?
She�s incredible. She�s one of the best actresses I�ve ever worked with. She plays Rosie in the book, and that�s an incredible difficult part to play. It�s really integral to the story. It�s really difficult casting to find an elephant that could pull it off. � Plus, she does impressions.
Seriously?
She does impressions of chickens and stuff. And her general attitude is crazy, but she was also just so calm. She could be in a massive crowd of people � but she just stayed totally calmed, looking quite cheerful all the time. She just needs a bit of hay and that�s it.
You two have that in common, right? I�ve seen you very calm in massive crowds of screaming teenagers.
Yes, but I complain about it afterwards. She doesn�t complain about it; she is an incredible creature.
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