Robert Pattinson Fell Off of a Bed While Kissing Kristen Stewart During ‘Twilight’ Audition: He ‘Was So Into It’

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Instant chemistry! Robert Pattison felt a spark with his Twilight costar Kristen Stewart right away during their auditions for the film franchise.Director Catherine Hardwicke revealed during the Wednesday, January 19, episode of the “Big Hit Show” podcast that Pattinson, 35, and Stewart, 31, tried out for their roles of Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, respectively, in the 66-year-old’s home in 2007.“Rob and Kristen did the audition right here on the bed.

They did the kissing scene and he fell off and landed right there on this floor,” Hardwicke recounted. “Rob and Kristen auditioned on my bed — the kissing scene.

Rob was so into it, he fell off the bed. I’m like, ‘Dude, calm down.’ And I’m in there filming with my little video camera.”The filmmaker recalled warning Pattinson, then 21, not to date Stewart, who was underage at the time. “At the end, Kristen was like, ‘It has to be Rob.’ I could tell they had a lot of chemistry, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God.’ I thought, Kristen was 17.

I don’t want to get in some illegal things,” she said. “So I remember I told Rob, ‘By the way, Kristen is 17. In our country, it’s illegal to have a sexual …’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, OK, whatever.’”The Spencer actress and the Batman star went on to appear in five films: 2008’s Twilight, 2009’s The Twilight Saga: New Moon, 2010’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, 2011’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and 2012’s The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2.Pattinson and Stewart’s connection translated to the real world as the costars began dating in 2009.