Finally! We’ve seen this photo before, but not in this glorious HQ. It only took 9 years, but better late than never.

Photographer: Marco Del Grande

I cannot believe this was 9 years ago today and guess what it’s raining again. The photo below was taken by me the first time RPAU met Rob at the Breaking Dawn Pt 2 fan event. It was the second time Rob came to Sydney. He was such a gentle soul and I’m so thrilled to still be here celebrating his career.

With the release of the Twilight series on Netflix, Burce Dallas Howard (“Victoria”) had this fun fact to share about her time on the film. What I want to know is why didn’t they think of marketing those notepads!

Fun Fact: My brother-in-law made a notepad for me to use with Robert Pattinson’s face with “live dangerously” at the bottom.⁣⁣
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I will never forget watching the original Twilight in 2008. Every time Edward Cullen (#TeamEdward) was on screen I would squeeze my husband’s hand — sorry @stealthgabel 🤣⁣⁣
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I love that the series has been released on @netflix ♥️

The Twilight Saga was released this week on Netflix USA and Scott Mendelson wrote an opinion piece for Forbes on how Twilight occupied all 5 tops spots among Netflix’s Most-Watched Movies. Below is an excerpt:

The $3.3 billion-grossing Twilight Saga did more than any other modern franchise to debunk the notion that films for and about girls and women were box office poison.

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However, at least for today, all five of the top movies on Netflix’s “daily most-watched” list are all five installments in The Twilight Saga. Alas, they aren’t in exact order, as it goes Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight (the first and still the best), Chris Weitz’s New Moon (the worst), Bill Condon’s Breaking Dawn part II (the best sequel with a terrific final reel), David Slade’s Eclipse (the threequel and the only chapter to crack $300 million domestic) and Condon’s Breaking Dawn part I (the one where Bella and Edward get married and have bed-breaking sex before birthing a human/vampire baby).

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Stewart and Pattinson both “recovered” from the “Eww, those movies are for girls” cultural backlash and became prestigious and engrossing adult actors. … Pattinson is playing Batman and has crafted an onscreen persona closer to Chris Walken and Crispin Glover than Chris Hemsworth or Chris Pine. I wish Catherine Hardwicke got more mileage out of launching the franchise. Twilight, with an indie sensibility and a self-knowing wit, is easily the best of the bunch. 

Click on link above to read the full opinion piece. Personally, I agree with Scott, Catherine Hardwicke’s Twilight was the best of all the films for me. Eclipse was the most disappointing.

I’ve got a few but most memorable – waiting at Fox Studios for over 10 hours for Rob to arrive re BD2 Fan Event.  Weather turned nasty just before Rob was set to appear.  After a torrential storm we met Rob looking like drowned rats, but it was worth it.  Rob’s a champion he still came out and spent loads of time with fans – as Vertigo and Sue will confirm.

This above photo was taken by me on the day – please credit RPAU if reposting as I do own copyright.

Rob said so much gold in this interview with Shaun Robinson in 2011. Here’s just a snippet in honour of Throwback Tuesday.