Robert Pattinson Was “Tortured” With Hair Extensions To Look Cool in Twilight Only To Later Abandon the Idea After He Threw a Tantrum

It has been 15 years since Robert Pattinson’s Edward Cullen met Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan in Twilight. With director Catherine Hardwicke at the helm of the project back in 2008, Pattinson’s portrayal of Edward Cullen was originally quite different.

Talking about the movie 15 years later with Josh Horowitz, Hardwicke talked about how she loved the idea of having long hair on the protagonist. Applying hair extensions to Robert Pattinson’s hair, the director revealed that Pattinson threw a tantrum to have them removed!

When Robert Pattinson Threw A Tantrum!

Back in 2008, the world wasn’t ready for the release of Twilight. Becoming a cultural phenomenon, Robert Pattinson found worldwide fame for portraying the role of Edward Cullen in the franchise alongside Kristen Stewart’s Bella Swan.

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Director Catherine Hardwicke and Josh Horowitz recently met for a watch-along as the director celebrated 15 years of the release of Twilight. Talking about some other looks for Pattinson, Hardwicke revealed that she did experiment with Edward Cullen having long hair via hair extensions. The director revealed to Happy Sad Confused that The Batman actor threw a tantrum to have them removed!

“I love guys with long hair so I thought ‘Oh my god, he [Robert Pattinson] would look so good with long hair’. So we did hair extensions on him and he put the extensions in and he hated them. He’s like ‘No, no…Do not torture me’ and I’m like ‘Okay'”.

In a separate interview, Pattinson revealed that starring in The Twilight Saga was one of the hardest things that he ever had to face in his career. With his character being immortal and all, Pattinson had a tough time keeping his character interesting.

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Robert Pattinson Hated Being Immortal In Twilight

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Portraying the role of a vampire who inevitably falls in love with a human, Pattinson did find his career breakthrough with the role. The actor, however, ended up hating the fact that his character was immortal and as per his interview with The Guardian, Pattinson had to be creative.

“I think Twilight’s probably the hardest part I’ve done. because to do it for five movies, it’s really hard to think of stuff that’s maybe not boring. Especially if you don’t die.”

He further continued,

“Because what’s the drama? You’re not scared of anything! And that’s the whole essence of drama: life and death.”

With Pattinson portraying the role of Edward Cullen, Twilight received a rating of 5.3/10 on IMDB and 49% on Rotten Tomatoes with the movie being called “cheesy”. The 2008 movie is available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.