Robert Pattinson is described as having an “ability to look convincingly different, by meaningful degrees, in many different things” in the new GQ feature about The Batman actor.
He certainly proves it with the photos accompanying the interview. With silver teeth, bleach-blonde hair, and a menacing gleam in his eye, Robert, 35, looks wildly different than the sullen, dark gothic romance heartthrob of the Twilight series.
Instead, he seems to channel a little bit of Jared Leto’s take on The Joker with the grills, Spike from Buffy The Vampire Slayer, or Brad Pitt’s characters from Fight Club and 12 Monkeys. ‘ The photos, shot in collaboration with GQ and photographer Jack Bridgland, are part of a conceptual piece, as they document the “step-by-step metamorphosis of a unique character who evolves from an alternate-reality version of Robert Pattinson to someone far more extreme.” This change is an external representation of Robert’s internal transformation, as he’s been shifting farther and farther away from the Edward Cullen role that made him a pop culture phenomenon. “I’m constantly doing risk assessments, which drives everybody crazy, trying to predict every single element that could possibly happen,” he tells GQ’s Daniel Riley. “And then, at the end of it, just being like: Ah, f-ck it!
I’ll just play a lighthouse keeper who f-cks a mermaid! I think this is the right move!“ Related Gallery “He’s a chameleon,” Matt Reeves, director of The Batman, told GQ of Pattinson’s shapeshifting ability. “Recently, Rob was telling me that he never plays a character with exactly his voice.
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