For our interview, Robert was dressed in an old T-shirt, jeans and unlaced trainers. Throughout, he nervously ran his fingers through his gorgeous, floppy hair and revealed he doesn't feel comfortable talking about himself – which was rather sweet…
Not really. All of my favourite actors are American and I grew up watching American movies. It's weird, but I used to do a New Jersey accent in every audition in the States just because I liked to do it, really. It's completely bizarre. Everybody would ask: 'Where are you from?' And I would say, 'Oh, I'm from London.'
In the novels, Edward Cullen is described as gorgeous, do you see yourself as that?
Not really! I put off doing the audition for months because of that. I read the book and I thought, well, there's no point in going in. I thought the whole point of the part was to give a purely physical performance. Like a modelling job. And I thought, I'm not going to go to the gym for one thing, so I'm already ruled out because he's meant to have this amazing body too.
So did you get in shape for the role?
(Nods) I did go to the gym for the movie in the end. I didn't just want to have a six-pack, I wanted to have no fat at all.
