BIOGRAPHY OF ROBERT PATTINSON. Since “Twilight” and “Harry Potter”, Robert Pattinson has built a singular career and has toured with great directors.
[Mis à jour le 1er mars 2022 à 15h24] In the minds of many spectators, Robert Pattinson remains associated with Harry Potter and especially Twilight. After Cédric Diggory and Edward Cullen, another mythical role should now stick to his skin: that of Batman. The British actor indeed embodies the masked vigilante of Gotham in The Batman, in theaters on March 2, 2022. Some, who remember the Twilight experience, have unfairly criticized this casting choice. But spectators who are not very cinephile will have missed, between Twilight and The Batmanthe demanding career that the 35-year-old actor has forged.
After having suffered the light of the studios, Robert Pattinson, of a discreet nature, took refuge in English-language auteur cinema. He particularly distinguished himself with David Cronenberg (Cosmopolis, Maps to the stars), Claire Dennis (High Life), James Gray (The Lost city of Z) or at the Safdie brothers (Good Time). Each time, his acting performance is hailed, even if it has not won the support of the profession during the award ceremonies. Robert Pattinson has not completely abandoned blockbusters since he appears in Christoper Nolan’s spy film, Tenet. Faced with such a CV, those who are worried about seeing Pattinson embody Batman can already be reassured.
Robert Thomas Pattinson was born on May 13, 1986 in London. His mother works in a modeling agency and obtains him some contracts during his adolescence. But the young man is attracted by the theater and begins to play with other amateurs. He was spotted in 2003 for a TV movie called The Sacred Ring. He continues the following year with a role in the film Vanity fair, the vanity fair whose lead actress is Reese Witherspoon.
His international career took off when he was chosen to play Cédric Diggory alongside the famous Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) in the fourth part of the saga, titled Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. If Robert Pattinson only appears in this fourth episode of JK Rowling’s franchise, this allows him to acquire international fame which will open the doors to another franchise for young adults: Twilight.
In 2009, he obtained the role of the attractive vampire: Edward Cullen, a character that he will keep during the five films of the series. Twilight. The success of this adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s novels is incredible and propels the couple Robert Pattinson – Kristen Stewart at the front of the stage. The actor then acquired international fame and appeared in the five films of the vampiric franchise, until 2012. This role enabled him to be elected, in particular, one of the sexiest men of the year 2008 by People Magazine. The fame that came with the success of the Twilight films may have been difficult for the British actor to handle. While rumors have it that the actor hated the saga that revealed him, Pattinson had more measured words on USA Today in 2019: “I think what scared me the most was was when we were in it because it was very, very intense. Now it’s less the case and I only have very good memories of it.”
Foray into auteur cinema
Having passed his entrance exam to HollywoodRobert Pattinson makes several other films apart from the five Twilight, between 2009 and 2012. In Little Ashes, he plays a young Salvador Dali. sentimental drama, Remember Meallowed him to rub shoulders with Emilie de Ravin and Pierce Brosman. Then, he finds Reese Witherspoon with whom he has already played in Vanity fair for a film about the ruthless world of the circus, Some water for the elephants. Also note that he plays the main role in the film Nice friend adapted from the novel by Guy de Maupassant and in Cosmopolis by David Cronenberg in 2012. We could also see him in another film by the Canadian filmmaker, Maps to the stars, released in 2014. He also made a remarkable appearance in The Lost City of Z by James Gray in 2016, before her performance in The Safdie Brothers’ Good Time (2017) received critical acclaim. Subsequently, Robert Pattinson distinguished himself in High Life (2018) by Claire Denis, The Lightouse opposite Willem Dafoe (2019) and Tenet by Christopher Nolan (2020).
Robert Pattinson cuts some time with English-language auteur cinema to embark on a new major challenge: to become the new incarnation of Batman in cinema. More radical, more depressive and more threatening, the British actor offers a new interpretation of the masked vigilante. The Batman will be released in French theaters on March 2, 2022. The actor also revealed that the filming had been “incredibly difficult” (BFM TV): “My nerves were telling me that it would be something very demanding and very scary to do, but I decided not to listen to them. I wanted to be Batman so badly!”
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Robert Pattinson has always been relatively discreet about his life as a couple. For a long time, rumors of a relationship with his Twilight costar, Kristen Stewart, fueled the tabloids. The actress ends up confirming their relationship, which began in 2009. After four years of romantic relationship, Kristen Stewart appears in a photograph in US Weekly magazine kissing director Rupert Sanders. Did this affair get the better of the Pattinson-Stewart couple? The actor confirms that he has not been in a relationship with his Twilight partner since May 2013, a year after the publication of these photos.
Subsequently, Robert Pattinson had a relationship with singer and dancer FKA twigs until 2017. They were even engaged for two years before going their separate ways. Since July 2018, Robert Pattinson has been in a relationship with Suki Waterhouse, British model and actress. The public could see it in several pubs and parades, but also in the films The Bad Batch, Insurgent or even A rainy day in New York.