On the silver screen, actor Robert Pattinson (37) is often known as a confident hero - whether it was at the beginning of his Hollywood career in the "Twilight" saga or more recently in the dark superhero film "The Batman." In a new interview, the star revealed, however, the profound self-doubts that come with choosing a new role: "I have a deep, deep fear of humiliation," quotes the "Interview" magazine the actor.
He always wants to give his all for his part but is continuously accompanied by the fear of not being able to do so. In the end, though, no one cares about the reasons for this failure: "You just know it falls back on you. Of course, you can say the script was awful or the director was a jerk, [...] but at the end of the day, no one cares about the reasons. You're the one they will say was bad. And a majority of people will say that even though you did your best."
Existential anxieties also plague him This is not the first time Pattinson has offered deep insights into his fears and concerns as an actor. In 2020, for example, he told GQ magazine that he also grapples with existential anxieties - a reason why he turned down smaller but more challenging indie films: "The problem was that no one watched them, no matter how much I liked the films I made."
Although Hollywood's dream factory is often glorified from the outside, at least Pattinson is dealing with very worldly worries there: "I'm constantly thinking that you'll spend most of your life unemployed and desperate, feeling like a complete failure." So, there is maximum stress when shooting is happening, and one feels even emptier between two projects.
