Robert Pattinsonmay be one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood, but he’s not quite sure he deserves to be.
In a new profile withThe Guardian, the 33-year-old actor opened up about his career on the big screen, revealing that he’s never felt like he knows what he’s doing in front of the camera.
“I only know how to play scenes, like, three ways,” he told the outlet, despite beginning his career 15 years ago in 2005 with his role as Cedric Diggory inHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
“I’m nervous on, like, every single movie,” he added.
In October, theTwilightstar opened up toEsquireabout some of theextreme techniqueshe used to get into character for his latest film,The Lighthouse— in which he stars opposite Oscar-nomineeWillem DaFoeas Ephraim Winslow, a lighthouse apprentice.
Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson.Eric Chakeen/A24
Whether it was sitting on the floor growling, licking up puddles of mud from the ground or making himself throw up, Pattinson explained toThe Guardianthat there was a method to the madness.
“Because I don’t really know how to act, I kind of wanted to somehow make it real, and one of the ways I’ve always thought makes that a little bit easier is if you shake up your physical state just before action,” he said. “You end up walking into a scene having a different feeling.”
“I like doing whatever I can to not know what’s going on. To be completely overwhelmed and disorientated,” Pattinson explained. “To feel like it’s actually happening.”
At times, he would be so engrossed in his preparation that he would forget that he had his mic on.
“I forgot I had a mic on the whole time, so the producers and the director, before every single take of the movie, would get [a loud retching sound],” he said. “It kind of puts everyone else off.”
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It seems these extreme measures helped the actor pull-off the character in spite of his belief that he can’t act, and has generated some Oscar buzz for Pattinson.
The success of the film has him hopeful for similar roles in the future.
“Knowing there’s a hunger for stuff that’s very, very strange — that’s cool!” he told the outlet. “That’s the stuff I like making!”
Pattinson is now working on the upcomingBatmanmovie, set to release in June 2021, and recently wrapped up Christopher Nolan’s next movieTenet, set for July 2020.
The Lighthouseis out now, available for streaming on Vudu and YouTube.
source: people.com
