To Robert Pattinson, Twilight is historic historical past.

"I like that folks preserve telling me, 'Man, Twilight ruined the vampire style,'" the actor and former heartthrob on the middle of the Twilight universe lately instructed GQ Spain. "Are you continue to caught on that s—? How are you going to be unhappy about one thing that occurred nearly 20 years in the past? It's loopy."

In case your first thought was, Rattling, how outdated am I? The primary movie within the supernatural saga really simply turned 16 in November 2024, so there are nonetheless a number of years earlier than it hits the large 2-0.

"I discover it laborious to consider the cultural relevance that these movies preserve as a result of they’re so outdated," the actor reminisced. "The primary one was launched in 2008, f—!"

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Calling the continuing obsession with the movie franchise a "fascinating phenomenon," Pattinson mentioned, "I can’t consider it. I feel this renaissance has emerged in Korea and it's occurred a bit like with Ok-pop, which took off in Korea however then seduced a younger Western inhabitants."

The primary novel in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga, which might be tailored into the massively profitable but enduringly controversial movie franchise, was launched in 2005, when Pattinson was solely 19. He was 22 when Catherine Hardwicke's maiden entry within the movie collection premiered in 2008.

Pattinson had snagged one high-profile position earlier than entering into the immortal footwear of the vampire Edward Cullen, that of doomed quidditch ace Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. However that was solely the second movie he'd ever appeared in. Twilight remodeled him and his costar Kristen Stewart into worldwide superstars in a single day, and each actors have spent years course-correcting their careers again to unbiased, worldwide, and art-house movies.

As quickly as he bought freed from his five-picture dedication to one of many trade's biggest-ever movie franchises, Pattinson signed on to star in a string of movies from acclaimed worldwide auteurs. He now counts administrators Claire Denis, Werner Herzog, David Cronenberg, and the Safdie brothers amongst his collaborators.

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He additionally hasn't been content material simply to sign his distaste for the teenager hearthrob mildew Twilight solid him in via his work; he's been vocally important of the movies in interviews relationship again even to the time of varied Twilight saga premieres.

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Pattinson proudly declared himself a member of Crew Jacob (Taylor Lautner) throughout a 2008 Q&A for the primary movie, and took a swipe at his personal character within the course of: "Jacob is far more fascinating… In case you have a girlfriend that's like Edward… yeah, you’re sizzling and every part, however simply shut up."

In a 2011 Vanity Fair profile, Pattinson mentioned he "can't actually perceive" the fandom round Twilight "It does have an angle which is connected to one thing fairly primal in women. I suppose individuals need it to outline them, like, 'I'm a Twilight fan.' That’s loopy to me. I feel individuals actually similar to being a part of a crowd."

He instructed Variety in 2018 that he "stopped mentally progressing across the time once I began doing these films." However the 12 months after, he did soften a bit, telling PEOPLE, "Now the depth has died down [it's] simply very heat recollections.”

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