God's Among Us: Pattinson

Gods Among Us #1: Pattinson

Robert Pattinson, need I say anymore?

 

Actor, musician, model, philanthropist and producer.

Named one of TIME magazines 100 Most Influential People In The World.

The most handsome man in the world - Vanity Fair

 

Mostly known for his role as mysterious and dazzling vampire Edward Cullen, in fantasy romance film series, The Twilight Saga, Pattinson has quickly become one of the leading and highest achieved actors worldwide.

Robert Pattinson has always had star quality even as a child. At 12 years old he began modelling - now that, is a hardworking celeb!

A man who can pull off any look, from pale white, century-old vampire, to mischievous wizard, to troubled student.

He has a range of skills that not even Apollo himself can compete with. Think about this, at the age 12 Johnny Depp learnt how to play the guitar and played in a mix of bands. He didn’t start acting though until he was 21 in 1984. Robert Pattinson started acting before then at the young age of 18. Pattinson is now 28 and has been in more films than Depp had at that age. Depp had only been in 7 films at the age of 28 and Pattinson has been in 20 which is a dramatic and extremely impressive amount more. In over 20 years time, will Pattinson be at the massive award winning state that Depp is now, or even better?

 

Esquire magazine has said that he has “survived trial by fire – the Twilight phenomenon, tabloid hysteria – to become one of our most promising leading men.” And that he has. With a media centered relationship with Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart, Pattinson has really had to deal with the highs and lows of being an international heartthrob.

He was part of the Team Edward VS Team Jacob debate worldwide between Twihards (Twilight fans), which let’s be honest, he won.

 

In fact he is so idolised that if you start to type his name into Google, you get as far as ‘Rob’ and his name is one of the first to appear. In my opinion that shows how much of a God he really is.

In most of the iconic and spectacular films he has been in, his name takes up the cover. He’s the one that everyone wants to see. He’s the starring role.

 

What is ironic is that about 75,000 people signed a petition for him to NOT play the part of Edward in Twilight when it was announced. In fact, it was revealed in an interview for GQ in 2009 that some people didn’t even think that he was good looking enough to play the beloved character. “There was a call from the head of the studio,” Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke said about executives questioning Pattinson's casting as Edward Cullen. “Are you sure you can make this guy handsome?”

Obviously all speculators were wrong and I think Glamour magazine would agree with that. In 2010 Glamour awarded him with the title of ‘Best Dressed Man’. This means he beat the likes of co-star Taylor Lautner, big time actor George Clooney and footballer David Beckham.

 

But he is more than looks, he is an exceptional actor that all should aspire to be like.

 

Who would have thought that such a minor role in Harry Potter would lead on to being a phenomenal star in The Twilight Films?