LOS ANGELES—During a press junket for Breaking Dawn Part 2 Friday, actor Robert Pattinson told reporters that with The Twilight Saga now behind him, he is eager to branch out into different, more serious vampire roles. “Twilight
has obviously been wonderful for my career, and I’m thankful for its
success, but I’m looking forward to extending my range and playing more
sophisticated, multifaceted vampire characters,” said Pattison, adding
that while he enjoyed portraying Edward Cullen in the five Twilight
movies, he’s interested in future projects that deal with “darker,
grittier” themes, such as vampire mental illness, vampire poverty, and
vampire drug addiction. “I’d love to challenge myself with more complex,
harder-hitting material, maybe as a vampire war veteran struggling to
return to civilian life, a gay vampire living with AIDS, or a Jewish
vampire during the Holocaust.” At press time, Pattinson’s
representatives confirmed the actor had just signed on to star in an
upcoming biopic of vampire Jonas Salk and his search to find a cure for
vampire polio.
