

Suddenly millions of people (fans, journalists, and paparazzi alike) were invested in the actor’s every move. Twilight catapulted Pattinson into superstardom. In fact, everyone involved on the project grossly underestimated just how popular the film would be. While Pattinson knew that a number of people would see his work in Twilight, he couldn’t have predicted just how massive the film would grow to become. I wanted to do two or three more little things and then do something bigger and then this kind of happened and I was like, ‘Well, okay.'” How ‘Harry Potter’ helped ‘The Batman’ actor navigate the ‘Twilight’ mania This came kind of randomly and I didn’t really know what it was when it first started. “I specifically hadn’t done anything which anyone would see since Harry Potter because I wanted to teach myself how to act,” Pattinson shared with Collider when he was being interviewed about Twilight. However, The Lighthouse actor couldn’t pass up the chance to be in Twilight when the opportunity was presented to him. In fact, he specifically chose smaller projects that he didn’t expect people to see.

Interestingly enough, Pattinson wasn’t planning to do another huge film so soon after he wrapped Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Robert Pattinson deliberately chose small movies after portraying Cedric Diggory in ‘Harry Potter’ Furthermore, the positive environment of the Harry Potter set helped cement Pattinson decision to pursue acting professionally. In past interviews, he’s confessed that the cast of the franchise were all very kind and humble despite their immense fame. Pattinson has been extremely open about how much he enjoyed his time working on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Robert Pattinson | Francois Durand for Dior/Getty Images In the fourth film, Pattinson portrayed a brave and resourceful teenage wizard who was competing for Hufflepuff house in the Triwizard tournament. Harry Potter fans will recall that Pattinson was cast as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Prior to being cast as Edward Cullen, Pattinson was involved in another extremely popular film franchise. Robert Pattinson may not have become a household name until he began a portraying brooding vampire, but his involvement with the Twilight series was hardly his first brush with fame.
