

"Since then, he had nagged me about attending," Pattinson later recalled. During one memorable night out for dinner with his dad, the two found themselves sitting next to a group of young girls who told Pattinson they'd just returned from the Barnes Theatre Club, a renowned program at the Harrodian School, outside of London. It was his father who strongly encouraged him to try out acting. During his childhood, his father ran a car-importing business and his mother worked for a modeling agency.ĭespite his sometimes shy personality, Robert Pattinson wanted to be a performer from an early age, first as a musician like his older sister Lizzy. Pattinson is the youngest of three children, and the only son born to Robert and Clare Pattinson. Robert Thomas Pattinson was born on May 13, 1986, in London, England. In 2019, he was selected to play the Caped Crusader in the upcoming The Batman. Along with the Twilight sequels, Pattinson's notable films include Remember Me, Water for Elephants, Cosmopolis and The Lost City of Z. Soon after, his turn as vampire Edward Cullen in Twilight catapulted him to heartthrob status. And he’s still going.Born on May 13, 1986, in London, England, actor Robert Pattinson first became known to audiences for his role of Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. So now, watching him take on all the bads of Gotham gives fans, like myself, a strange sense of pride because we get to see just how far he’s come. And while he very clearly isn’t afraid of a franchise, he’s also turned to small films and taken an incredibly interesting path in his career. Robert Pattinson went from starring in the biggest franchise in the world to starring as Edward Cullen, the vampire love interest of Bella Swan in Twilight. And so to see him grow from Cedric Diggory to the Dark Knight is interesting to track.


From there, we watched as Pattinson took on Edward Cullen in the Twilight saga and so on and so forth until he, eventually, ended up being Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves’ upcoming film The Batman.Īll of this is very exciting for a lot of us because we’ve truly tracked Pattinson’s career from the start (myself included). Robert Pattinson means a lot to fans of the Harry Potter series because we got to see his evolution and so let’s take a look at why we love RPattz so much and always will!įor so many fans of the Harry Potter series, we’ve loved Cedric Diggory since Robert Pattinson brought him to life in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. By Rachel Leishman 2 years ago Follow Tweet
