UNICUM trifft: Robert Pattinson

UNICUM: Have you reflected on the journey that you have made since the first movie?
Robert Pattinson: Honestly, there is no real time to reflect. I feel as if someone had put me on a runaway train and now I am almost getting to the front to steer  it.

Has the fact that you have millions of fans all over the world who get ecstatic when they see you gotten under your skin?
I feel so detached  from stuff. Everything becomes this kind of silly. I see people as individuals. They probably would never ever scream when they see me. It’s the crowd mentality, it’s really bizarre. But the real problem are the photographers. Because the only news for them is when you do something dumb. Whenever photographers are around, they desperately  want you to fail. Whereas the fans want you to win. And I have no problem with that.

But isn’t it scary when you have so many people going crazy abou you?
Yes, but it was most intense when the first "Twilight" trailer came out. We were in Mexico City when they were just screening the trailer, and people went mad. We were trying to get into the car afterwards, but the lock on the door was broken. So people were trying to get into the car while my manager was pushing people out of the car. And then the driver hit the wrong turn. We were suddenly going up one of the multistorey car parks, and there was a stampede of 400 people coming up behind. We had to chase our way out of the place and then came up to the gate. It was literally like the scene in "Jurassic Park" with the Raptors. And we had to pay the bill to get out, and nobody had any money, and the guard was not letting us out of the car park until we had found some coins.

But something like this has not happened anymore?
Not like this. Because people know you a bit more. When you have come out of nowhere and people don’t know what to do, it is different. They would have killed you at the beginning, because the energy was so high. That was really like The Beatles.