Robert Pattinson the most fascinating person in Hollywood right now

Rob has always been fascinating to all of us and it has taken him over 12 years to get nearly everyone else on board. From the Insider:

Let’s face it, we can’t get enough of the idiosyncratic behavior of celebrities. And right now, there’s no one more fascinating in Hollywood than Robert Pattinson.

As the actor has evolved in his career since becoming hugely famous thanks to the “Twilight” franchise, so has his legend as being one of the most interesting people in the business. Whether it’s the insight we get from how he prepares for roles (like forming an accent on his own for his character in “The Devil All the Time” or throwing up before scenes while making “The Lighthouse”), or the completely off the wall comments about himself he makes while doing interviews (which a couple of times he’s admitted were not true), Pattinson is never a bore. And that’s one reason why we can’t get enough of him.

Here we look back on the 10 times Pattinson has shown that he’s the most interesting celebrity in Hollywood.

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Pattinson lied to Matt Lauer that the first time he went to the circus a clown died.

In the first indication that Pattinson would always be a wild card when it came to doing press, the actor sat down in 2011 for what should have been the typical “Today” show interview to promote a movie. In this case, “Water for Elephants,” in which he plays a character who joins a traveling circus. But in chatting with Matt Lauer, Pattinson spoke about the first time he went to the circus.

Here’s how the interaction with Lauer went down:

Pattinson: “The first time I went to see the circus, somebody died,” Pattinson said. “One of the clowns died.”

Lauer: “How did he die?”

Pattinson: “His little car exploded. The joke car exploded on him.”

Lauer: “Are you being serious right now?”

Pattinson: “Seriously. Yeah. My parents had to — everybody ran out. It was terrifying. It was the only time I’ve ever been to the circus.”

The deadpan delivery is amazing acting. And not just Lauer, but everyone was convinced Pattinson went through this traumatic experience as a child. Then later at the German premiere of the movie, he revealed that it was all a lie.

“I actually made the whole thing up,” he said while on stage with the rest of the cast.

Click on the link to read the rest of the article that includes Rob getting expelled from school for selling porno, crashing the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix premiere in LA, wanting to spice up sex scenes in BD Part 2, his search for a hot dog in NY, the now infamous dog joke from the set of Good Time, what he did on The Lighthouse set to get in character, his pasta dish for GQ and not using a dialect coach for TDAtT.