These days,Robert Pattinsonis fighting for truth and justice in Matt Reeves’The Batmansaga, but back when the superstar was in the early days of his career, he was nothing but a liar, liar, pants on fire type of guy who wouldregularly tell tall tales during interviewsjust to amuse himself. The best part? Everyone bought his outrageous stories,which even included witnessing clowns die in a fiery crash when he was a kid.
Now, in a new interview withThe New York Times Style Magazine, Pattinson says he can’t believe how calm, cool, and collected he was while sharing his fictitious ramblings. “There was absolutely no hesitation at all [in my voice],” he commented after viewing a 2011 interview he did with Today (seen below), in which he regaled host Matt Lauerwith the bonkers clown story while doing press for the filmWater for Elephants.
“The first time I went to the circus somebody died. One of the clowns died. His little car exploded. The joke car exploded on him. My parents, everybody ran out. It was terrifying. The only time I’ve ever been to a circus.”
Robert Pattinson Recalls Airport Employee Asking Why He Quit Acting After ‘Twilight’
Pattinson tried to convince an immigration officer that he is indeed Batman.
That wasn’t the only lie he told along the way, as Pattinson also said in different interviews that he was once a women’s hand model, there was a deletedTwilightscene featuring coprophilia (Google at your own risk), and that he onceovercame a female stalkerby taking her to dinner and boring her with his problems. Now, some 13 years later, theMickey 17star revealedthe reason he did all that was because he was “bored.”
“The only thing people would ever ask me about was being famous. You go into, like, a fugue state.”
We Don’t Blame Robert Pattinson For Lying
While it’s easy to point at Pattinson and call into question everything he’s ever said in interviews,we honestly don’t blame him for wanting to have a little fun. Everyone in the media knows what press junkets are like, and if you don’t, just picture celebrities getting herded like cattle from one place to the next and answering the same thing over and over again. It takes its toll on a person – mentally and physically – so for Pattinson to tell some little white lies to amuse himself? Yeah, we get that.
Falsehoods aside, in addition to commanding the screen inThe Batmanback in 2022, Pattinson will once again look to capture our attention next year when he stars in the dark sci-fi comedyMickey 17. He leads an all-star cast that also includes Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo, and sees him play a disposable employee where, after one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of their memories intact. The filmcomes by way ofParasitedirector Bong Joon-ho, so you know it’s going to be good.
Though he said in that same interview with The New York Times thathe’s considering retiring from actingonce Reeve’sBatmantrilogy is complete, that could be another lie just to get us talking. Either way, there’s no doubt that the star has managed to carve out quite a career in Hollywood despite his early critics, and whether he disappears or not, he’s already cemented his legacy as one of this generation’s best actors.
The Batman
Batman is forced to investigate the city’s hidden corruption and question his family’s involvement when The Riddler starts killing key political figures. Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz and Paul Dano star.
