Robert Pattinson wasn’t always an insanely famous, insanely handsome movie dreamboat. In fact, in his first screen appearances, you’d hardly recognize the hunk he has transformed into today.
Long before the “Twilight” series of films launched Robert Pattinson into the stratosphere he often was casted as the nerdy, shy fellow melting into the background and afraid to approach the girls he found attractive.
Like this scene from “The Bad Mother’s Handbook” in which he plays a painfully shy buffoon pining for a classmate who basically doesn’t know he’s even alive. We’ve all been there, right?
Like most movie hunks, Pattinson suffers from critical backlash that trash his acting ability. In the movie out now, “Remember Me” whatever critics say about the weakness of the plot, Pattinson’s acting skills are getting good reviews. Even down to nailing a “New Yawk” accent, one of the hardest to pull off with authenticity.
Have a look at this scene filmed just prior to Robert Pattinson lighting the sky on fire. It shows real acting chops…
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Haha I love this scene! He’s just the best! At least they start to realize that he had a life before twilight and he really IS a great actor! Can’t wait until all that twilight stuff is finally over and they stop calling him a vampire… I’m so sick of it!
Awww I loved him in The Bad Mother’s Handbook, he was adorable. He does geeky well lol. And I loved his outfits in that movie, he was like bad ass on the bottom with the boots and the chains and dork on the top. Honestly of all the movies I’ve seen him in he was great despite whether or not the movie was actually any good.
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Oh I love that little movie… I so wish they would release the dvd over here in the US. You just gotta love Rob… quite into character I would say, and such a nerdy little darling!! He has such talent and we have only begun to see it. You Rock ROB!
I agree. I wish they would release this here in the US. Luckily I’ve seen the whole thing on youtube, but it’s not the same as having the DVD. I need it to (almost) complete my collection, lol!
I remember the first time I saw “The Bad Mother’s Handbook” on Youtube. I wasn’t sure if I could handle seeing Rob playing someone other than Edward. But he was so good playing a geek in this movie! I loved him is Daniel.