Robert Pattinson Opens Up on His Masturbation Scene in 'The Lighthouse'

Robert Pattinson has actually come a long way since his Twilight days. That is what I think and fortunately, a few people do. But certainly, not a lot of people do, where many still get to the actor for being a part of the film. In fact, recently opened up about the same to The New York Times where he is also facing a lot of mixed reactions about his casting as Bruce Wayne in Batman.

"Maybe I'm just used to abuse by now," he told The New York Times. "At least I didn't get death threats this time—that's a plus! It's funny that people are so very angry about Twilight. I never particularly understood it."

Indeed, Pattinson regularly made headlines during his days as Edward Cullen. "All the stuff with Twilight was strange," he recalled. "I used to walk down the street with no one recognizing me, and then that changed for four years." 

More so, Pattinson talked about his 'ferocious' masturbation scene in the upcoming film, The Lighthouse, where that, in fact, was his first shot. "It's always nice to do something massive for your opening shot, and I went really massive on the first take," he told the publication, noting the scene was actually the first one he shot. "It was a 180 from everything we'd done in rehearsal, and I could see [director] Robert [Eggers] a little in shock afterward. But I was like, 'O.K., cool, I didn't get told to stop, so I'll keep going in that direction.' As soon as I'd done that, it was like the road started getting paved."

This wasn't the first time the celebrity had done this kind of scene.

"I keep masturbating," he said during a recent interview with Variety. "In the last three or four movies, I've got a masturbation scene. I did it in High Life. I did it in Damsel. And The Devil All the Time. I only realized when I did it the fourth time."

The Lighthouse will be hitting the theatres tomorrow.