Does Robert Pattinson consider his fans when choosing new roles?

NextMovie has a great new Q&A with Robert Pattinson and Cosmopolis director David Cronenberg, in which Rob talks about whether his fans help him to determine what roles he takes.

Robert, knowing that younger fans will cross genres for you, do you worry that you need to choose parts carefully? Is that on your radar?

Robert Pattinson: It’s like I feel a responsibility to myself. If you’re doing stuff just purely for money, you’re probably disrespecting your audience as well. It’s not good for anyone. It’s not even really good for you. The only thing I really know is what I think Iwould find interesting to watch and if I try and make that, I feel like I learn a lot out of doing it and watching it. And so , I don’t know, I think I fulfilled my responsibility.

I think you do [have a responsibility] in a lot of ways. Not a massive one. But you know, I think your responsibility can also include failures as well. I mean, you can learn something from doing a sh**ty movie, too.

Before making “Cosmopolis,” did you consider the effect your involvement might have on skewing its audience?

RP: No, I basically was consumed with terror about me being bad in it. I mean, that’s what I was thinking right up until Cannes. The night before the premiere at Cannes, David was like, “Oh, yeah. I’m fully expecting walk-outs.”

I knew I already liked the movie a lot, but I was still terrified then, mainly because I’m, like, going to have to have a fight with 3,000 people, if they started booing or something [laughs].

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