Robert Pattinson’s Brush With Failure
Though 3,000 near-rioting fans and a whole lot of moviegoers would be inclined to disagree, fans of Stephenie Meyers‘ Twilight books originally thought 22-year-old Robert Pattinson was too ugly to play Edward Cullen in the film adaptation. Their wholesale rejection nearly caused Robert to abandon the role.
The Vancouver Sun reports that Twilight diehards took to the Internet when Pattinson was first cast for the part, calling him “ugly” and saying he had “the face of a gargoyle.”
The vitriol was so bad that Meyers apologized to Pattinson “for ruining his life.”
Uh, ugly? With the face of a gargoyle?
But Pattinson learned to take the criticism in stride. “I was happy when it was a 100-percent negative reaction. I was like—thank you.” After being called a bum by one particularly upset fan, Pattinson recalls thinking, “Cool! I’m going to be a character actor instead.”
Luckily, Pattinson doesn’t sweat the little stuff (at least not most of the time). He’s set to claim big-screen immortality when Twilight debuts on November 21.
And that’s why fans descended yesterday to the Orland Square Mall’s Hot Topic store in Orland Park, Illinois, as their icon (pictured here) signed autographs and answered fan questions.
Besides, the guy is prepared for any career eventuality.
he is kind of ugly without his makeup on. but when he does have it on he is very smexy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!!!!!
If he’s ugly then what is beautiful? People are really negative and opinionated about looks but most of the time they just overstate things
i agree with tht one
Ummmm, Ugly? Face of a gargoyle? I beg to differ!!! He is gorgeous!!!
face of a gargoyle????/ then gargoyles must beeeeee impossibly hot. :)
ROBERT PATTINSON IS HAWTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!! I WANT HIM.;
He wasnt so hoooooooooooooooot when he was Cedric from Harry Potter, only reason girls are so horny for him now is because hes “Edward” the pretty vampire…f*cking immature girls I swear to God. I didnt see a fansite saying how HAWWWTTTTTTTTT Cedric was.
Personally, I never thought he was worth a darn even when they did cake his face in make-up sin attempt to help him appeal more to the female audience. Not that the guy repulses me but I don’t see what’s so drool worthy about him? Personally, I think it’s quite shallow to look at someone and label them as “hawtttttttt”. If anyone is worth loving, it’s certainly no someone who watch you while you sleep because you “smell nice”. I sure know that I’d like to be loved for other traits besides my smell, and preferably more personality based. [sarcasm] Oh yes, here’s a totally hot pairing name for Bella and Edward: Bedwarda. [/sarcasm]