Rob talked to Moviefone in a candid and relaxing interview. They talked about ‘Little Ashes’, how he’s dealing with fame, his new movie ‘Remember Me’ and his current project, ‘New Moon’. I love how they’re starting to pop out now – all these new interviews.  This one is definitely one of my favourite ones at the moment. I wish they have a video of this.

Here are some of my favourite bits:

Kristen Stewart is going to be playing rock icon Joan Jett. Is there a rock icon that you’d like to play?

I’d love to play Van Morrison, but I doubt I would get the part [laughs].

Who would you love to tour with, if you were going to do a tour as a musician?

Rob: I’d quite like to tour with Kings of Leon. I think they’re pretty cool.

If you couldn’t be an actor or a musician, what do you think you would be doing?

I’d quite like to be a political strategist and like a spin doctor. [Laughs] I’d really, really like to do that. I think I will end up doing that at one point.

To read the entire interview, please click here.

Anne Thomspon from VARIETY (who did that lovely interview with Rob in November last year) talks about Rob in HOW TO BE. Here’s an excerpt on what she wrote:

While Brit first-timer Oliver Irving’s micro-indie How to Be may not be high art, because it stars Twilight star Rob Pattinson, it has a target audience. The flick about a sadsack guitar player who moves back in with his parents after his girlfriend dumps him had been seeking a distrib since its Slamdance debut in January, 2008. I asked Pattinson about How to Be in a Twilight interview back in November (Flip Cam video below), which was seen by IFC Films buyer Arianna Boccho, who tracked down How to Be and bought it one week later for IFC Festival Direct.

Here is the 15 mns interview she did with Rob, back in November last year:

Our affiliate, Little Ashes Promo Blitz would like to share this with you.  It’s an official message for the UK fans from Paul Morrison (the director), Matthew McNulty and the production team of Little Ashes:

 

In keeping with the How To Be posts today by Cilla and Michelle, I thought I would provide you with yet another review of the film.  This time it’s by Amanda Bell from The Examiner and it is one of the better ones I have read so far (or maybe it’s because I agree with everything she says).  For those of you who are yet to see the film, this will be a further tease before your DVD arrives in late May and if you are interested in reading it you can click here, but I warn you it does contain “Spoilers”. 

And speaking of “Spoilers” as some of you may have already seen or heard there has been a leak of the film on the internet because of yesterday’s IFC on Demand release in the US.  Please don’t send us emails asking us to post this link.  Cilla has been a staunch supporter of How To Be (and as most of us know, she spent a considerable amount of time and energy, together with Shanna, to bring it to Australian screens).  Oliver Irving and Justin Kelly have struggled to find distributors and the film is only now achieving the recognition it deserves.   Posting a link or downloading it means that any profit they deserve to make from the sale of DVDs will greatly diminish.  If you desperately want to see “How To Be”, the DVD is being released in the UK on 18 May and can be pre-ordered from Amazon.   

Most of us claim we want to see Rob do more indie films in the future.  If you are really serious about that then here’s your chance to support them.  Please consider this before downloading.

The Insider caught up with Hugh Jackman at the Hollywood premiere of his new movie ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ & when asked about his karaoke session with Rob in Japan he told them this:

The guy has got a voice on him, there’s an album coming. “If he wants to do it, there’s an album coming.”

We couldn’t agree more Hugh. Rob’s voice is just so beautiful & one that deserves to be heard & appreciated by everyone. If Rob was to record an album & release it, it would make me one very very happy person. I have also included the video below so you can hear Hugh’s comments for yourself.

Rob talked to Scott Huver from Fandango about how he deals with fame, shooting New Moon, and many other interesting topics (including writing music – my favourite topic of all!!). In fact, this is the best interview I’ve read in a long while.

Here are some bits from the interview:

Fandango: What was it like attending the Academy Awards for the first time?
Pattinson: I got there and then I’m sitting in the second row. It was unbelievable. I keep thinking that something terrible is going to happen. “Death” is the only thing I’m thinking the whole time. I just used up all my luck so I’m probably going to die at 23 or something.

Fandango: Did you discover that any of the hugely famous stars that were there were actually fans of Twilight, or their kids love the movie?
Pattinson: Robin Wright Penn came up to me. I thought that was kind of amazing after her husband had just won Best Actor. That was very, very surreal.

Fandango: You contributed a couple of songs to the Twilight soundtrack. Are you still pursuing music, and will you be doing more for New Moon?
Pattinson: I’m in talks to do a soundtrack for another movie, composing. I cannot say what it is yet, but I really, really, really want to do. I don’t think I’m going to have anything on New Moon, but never say never.

To read the entire article, please click here.