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‘Twilight’ Countdown: What you didn’t know about Robert Pattinson

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At Saturday’s ‘Twilight’ extravaganza -- otherwise known as a press junket -- I was able to glean a few more tidbits about Robert Pattinson. Cheers!

Asked what he misses most about his pre-fame life, Rob said he already misses getting to play his music live: ‘I used to love playing live at open mic nights. It’d be cathartic. I mean it was really key for me,’ he explained. Now that a few of his performances have been captured on YouTube, however, he’s a lot less keen to take the stage. In fact, he’s pretty sad about it. ‘I think, ‘Wow, I just lost a huge chunk of my life.’ ‘

How did a once aspiring political speech writer get involved with acting? His dad saw some good-looking girls going to drama club and encouraged his son to sign up.

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After having been described as an actor with the agility of ‘a mountain goat,’ the actor revealed that shooting the baseball scenes didn’t go very well: ‘I’m not athletic. I just thought, ‘I don’t want to hit a ball with a stick anyway!’ ‘

He’s not sure how, after he had refused to write music for ‘Twilight,’ director Catherine Hardwicke got ahold of his songs. But he suspects co-star Nikki Reed snuck it off his laptop, where he keeps some of his music. (Hardwicke later told reporters that she was eventually able to convince him to record the songs and it was only after she showed them to him together with footage from the movie that he agreed to let them be used.)

Vampires are supposed to have perfect teeth; apparently producers didn’t think Rob’s were good enough. He was asked to use Invisaligns, but, you know, chose not to: ‘I lied to them for about two months. They were like, ‘Wow, That’s amazing. You can’t even see them!’ ‘ Also, it took him 20 minutes to get the vampire contacts in. ‘My eyes are super sensitive. I was always holding things up because it took forever to get them in.’

As part of his tortured take on Edward, Rob ‘never wanted Edward and Bella to touch.’ That would be too painful for his character, he said. (Luckily, ‘Twilight’ fans, he didn’t get his way.)

Come back tomorrow to read my extensive interview with Kristen Stewart, who reveals why she called her ‘Twilight’ dialogue ‘corny’ in the new issue of Entertainment Weekly, whether or not she wants to continue playing Bella in the sequels and why she’s passionate about acting.

-- Denise Martin

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