Robert Pattinson: The vampire is frightened

Robert Pattinson the 23-year-old British actor would love to go for an afternoon stroll however it is far easier for him to stay in his hotel room, cocooned in five-star luxury with a mobile phone ,he feels safe at least from the girls chanting his name outside.

Pattinson, 23, ought to be, enjoying his American adventure, his guitar, his good looks. Instead he lives in danger of being trampled in a stampede of teen love. Robert plays the vampire Edward Cullen in The Twilight Saga. He has just finished shooting the last scenes in Canada of the Eclipse, the third of Stephenie Meyer’s quartet of novels

Pattinson said” It’s been a little frightening. In England no-one had heard of the series when I went for the audition, so it has been a total, utter surprise. The change to my everyday life is so extreme. Before this I was used to working 10 days a year. Originally, I did a three-picture deal, but I wasn’t even really thinking about that I had no idea that I’d still be working on it now.”

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