After wrap­ping film­ing on “New Moon” in May 2009 and before begin­ning the shoot for “Eclipse” that August, Robert Pat­tin­son headed to New York to shoot his first major post-“Twilight” role: the lead in the roman­tic drama “Remem­ber Me” oppo­site Emi­lie de Ravin of “Lost.” He plays Tyler, a head­strong and slightly lost kid who falls in love with de Ravin’s Ally, a col­lege stu­dent from a much dif­fer­ent cul­tural milieu.

Antic­i­pa­tion is high for the film (out Fri­day, March 12) as fans look for­ward to see­ing Pat­tin­son not only as a human rather than a vam­pire but also as part of an onscreen cou­ple that doesn’t include “Twi­light” co-star Kris­ten Stew­art. MTV News has been fol­low­ing every devel­op­ment of the pro­duc­tion — from cast­ing moves to footage from the film to inter­views with the stars — and we’ve gath­ered it all together as part of our “Remem­ber Me” cheat sheet. Here’s every­thing you need to know before hit­ting the the­ater this weekend.

The City Never Sleeps Pat­tin­son arrived in New York just days after leav­ing the “New Moon” set and imme­di­ately caused a media frenzy. The crazi­ness didn’t stop until the shoot was over. Film­ing on loca­tion in the city streets, Pat­tin­son was rou­tinely mobbed by fans. There was even the wild story — unfounded, as it turned out — that he’d been hit by a taxi while cross­ing the street.

“There were a lot of crazy moments where you’re film­ing on loca­tion and you’re wait­ing for peo­ple to get out of the shot,” de Ravin told MTV News. “You’re taken out of your work men­tal­ity with hun­dreds of peo­ple watch­ing you when you’re just try­ing to fig­ure out your scene.”

Look At Me Months later, as the hoopla sur­round­ing the Novem­ber release of “New Moon” ramped up, the first “Remem­ber Me” trailer dropped online. This was Pat­tin­son like we’d never seen him before: out with the golden eyes and the pale skin, in with an emo­tion­ally hon­est por­trayal of a young New Yorker in love.

Feb­ru­ary brought yet more peeks at the film’s cen­tral cou­ple: An exclu­sive clip of Pat­tin­son and de Ravin at a fair and one of the two of them hav­ing din­ner together, plus exclu­sive pho­tos of the cou­ple in bed and soak­ing wet in the shower. Of that shower scene, Pat­tin­son laughed to MTV, “It’s pretty for­ward for a sec­ond date!”

Never For­get As the film’s release rapidly approached, Pat­tin­son and de Ravin returned to New York, giv­ing MTV a chance for mul­ti­ple chats with the pair. In an exten­sive sit-down inter­view, Rob and Emi­lie spoke about their loves scenes, being self-conscious about their act­ing, their sim­i­lar­i­ties to their char­ac­ters and much more.

Finally, the entire cast hit the fre­netic red car­pet for the film’s gala pre­miere, where the paparazzi were going mad and Pat­tin­son was doing his best to play it cool. As de Ravin explained, though, her co-star has no prob­lem doing that both on– and off-camera.

“He’s amaz­ing,” she said. “He’s fas­ci­nat­ing to watch because he’s so nat­u­rally sub­tle and interesting.”

Check out every­thing we’ve got on “Remem­ber Me.”

MTV via Rob­PattzNews