I’m not a fan of the gossip sites, but socialitelife ran the following article saying Rob needed solace after being mobbed by fans (the article’s not the attraction, but the exceptional photos of Rob at the beach are):

“The busy British actor stopped by Cannes to talk up the sequel and catch a movie or two. Pattinson said he’s still getting used to the fact that people know him wherever he goes.

“It is still strange,” Pattinson said Tuesday. “I just don’t get the immediate-recognition thing. I was at the Frankfurt airport yesterday, and people just immediately know who you are. It’s never, ‘Are you …?’ It’s just like, ‘Can I have a photo?'”

While at Cannes, Pattinson said he planned to see Quentin Tarantino‘s Inglourious Basterds, which is in the festival’s main competition.

He said he has four days of shooting left in Italy next week on New Moon, the sequel based on Stephenie Meyers‘ best-sellers about a high school girl (Kristen Stewart) who falls for Pattinson’s immortally young vampire.

As for fans disrupting the film’s shoots so far. According to Rob it really hasn’t been a problem. “They had tons of security, but then at the end of the day actually, hardly anyone knew where we were shooting,” Pattinson said. “I’m walking around with, like, three guys following me around all the time, and no one ever turned up.  There was never any infiltrators.””

Ok – so it was very early this morning when I was getting excited about the tux and forgot that the premiere of Inglorious Basterds is tonight.  As for needing solace from fans – personally I think he just needed some space from his security – the guy just can’t seem to keep his hands off Rob (see last photo for evidence of that!).   Hmmm, wonder whether I have enough time to train to be security for Cannes 2010.