Robert Pattinson: The Total New Moon Interview

I sat down with the New Moon cast recently, and they had a lot to say. Robert Pattinson dished on fame and dental work, but more importantly shared his secrets on how to break up with a girl.

Also, Dakota Fanning explained how she managed the whole regular-teenager thing while filming a vampire movie, and Kellan Lutz spilled a shocker: He may have bagged your groceries.

Hit the jump for more

Inside Rob and Kristen's Stunning Euro Slobberfest!

After Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were finally snapped holding hands yesterday leaving Paris, everyone's wondering—are they coming out? As a couple, that is.

Our Twilight sources are hardly shocked over the PG PDA over in France. They tell us that Robsten were pretty cuddly during their French photo-call at the Crillon Hotel yesterday afternoon, too...

"Between photos, Kirsten was standing on her tiptoes, whispering things to Rob, and they were giggling," Luce Morton, a journalist who was at the hotel tells E! News.

"It's Rob and Kristen who want the privacy," Deep Twi adds when we asked how Summit feels about the recent hand-holding. "No one expects them to confirm or deny anything, but that's up to them."

Kristen keeps taking the lead on saying she won't ever answer the inevitable dating question—and we don't blame her. But if these sneaky paps keep snapping away, maybe she won't have to.

Rob and Kristen are now in London, and while they're hardly shouting from the rooftops "we're in love" (sorry, OK! mag, you can't use that cover this week), they have given us some fun bites.

Even we are on New Moon overload if you can believe it, so let's just do a recap of what's been going down across the pond:

• Kristen told reporters in London today that kissing Robert Pattinson was "pretty cool." Oh come on, K! Get a little more graphic than that, girlfriend!

• When asked about the couple's very obvious chemistry, both on and offscreen, she said it was all part of the job, insisting she had to stay close to Rob to play her character well.

"Any good relationship that I've had with an actor has been so emotional and personal," she told the press. "If you don't have that, then you're just lying. I have that with Taylor."

• Poor Taylor! He's the deflector for everything. Even Rob pawns the attention off of him and on to Tay-Tay

"I hadn't worked out at all until I saw Taylor at the beginning of the year," Pattz said. "I felt incredibly inadequate and emasculated. I had a prepubescent teen body—I had A cups!"

• R.Pattz's ideal girlfriend: "I like people who are strong and have a lot of darkness to them."

Oh my, Rob and Kristen are so a match made in complicated heaven.

Twilight Director Rewrites Robsten History?

Everyone knows by now that Catherine Hardwicke is crackers. She's got a mouth like Megan Fox, but we still love her, right?

She's always kept it interesting when we've spoken with her, and she certainly didn't disappoint in her recent interview with Time.

Cath says nothing went down between Rob and Kristen during Twilight, but confirms they're giving it a shot now.

Hmmm, you sure about that time line, babe?

Hardwicke dishes:

"After I cast him, I told Rob, don't even think about having a romance with [Kristen]...She's under 18. You will be arrested."

Interesting. What legal guru is whispering in Catherine's ear? She continues telling Time she doesn't think anything went down on her watch.

"I didn't have a camera in the hotel room, I cannot say...but in terms of what Kristen told me directly, it didn't happen on the first movie. Nothing crossed the line while on the first film. I think it took a long time for Kristen to realize, OK, I've got to give this a go and really try to be with this person."

This isn't the first time C.H. has outted Robsten as Robsten. Over the summer she spilled how she'd seen Rob and Kristen's fascination with each other from the first time they were getting it on for Rob's audition.

Catherine also told us she totally approves that Rob and Kristen are a real-life couple now.

So what gives on the hush-hushing of what went down during the first film? Maybe Hardwicke doesn't really know. Hell, we don't even really know specifics, but well-placed sources that were on set of Twilight told us "something" was going on between R and K during filming.

The whole underage thing is a huge factor in why no one would want to blab about that. Also, Kristen was in a relaysh at the time, so no one wants to think of Rob as a homewrecker. But at the end of the day, we can tell you Robsten were developing during this whole friggin' first movie.

Rental car romps? Secret hotel room love confessions? Or just intense intellectual conversation? Maybe we'll never really know, but we can say Twilight was where Robsten started heating up.

So for you 25 percent who said Rob and Kristen's hand-holding pics weren't proof enough they were dating, does Hardwicke's most recent interview convince you at all?

Twilight Mastermind Stephenie Meyer: Robert Pattinson Looks Like the Edward in My Head

Just as he has with so many other women, Robert Pattinson has become a full-fleged citizen of Stephenie Meyer's fantasy world.

The usually press-shy author who gave life to Bella, Edward, Jacob and a billion-dollar media phenomenon told Oprah Winfrey today that R.Pattz and his unique and "significantly featured" face brought her visions of Edward to life.

"I knew that the problem was going to be Edward, because he's the perfect vampire," Meyer said in what will be her only formal interview before New Moon hits theaters Nov. 20. "How do you cast that from your pool of human actors?"

But Pattinson "doesn't look like everybody else," she said. "There's something unusual. There are moments where he looks exactly like he did in my head."

As for the role of Bella, "there's plenty of people who look like the girl next door. We were really lucky with Kristen Stewart, who is a phenomenal actress."

And the rest is history.

History wrought by a dream that Meyer, a first-time author who had never tried to publish anything, just happened to have.

"It was two people in kind of a little circular meadow with really bright sunlight, and one of them was a beautiful, sparkly boy and one was just a girl who was human and normal, and they were having this conversation," the 35-year-old former stay-at-home mom recalled, describing what eventually became Chapter 13 of Twilight.

"The boy was a vampire, which is so bizarre that I'd be dreaming about vampires, and he was trying to explain to her how much he cared about her and yet at the same time how much he wanted to kill her."

Sounds hot already.

"I got up and got the kids ready for the day, and then I sat down at the computer to write some notes, because I didn't want to forget it," she continued, describing the though process that led to the creation of the Twilight novels. "It was a passion and a frenzy when I started writing. I'd been bottling up who I was so long I needed an expression."

"It was just me spending time in this fantasy world, and when it was finished, it was like, this is long enough to be a book, even. I studied literature and I loved to read, but writing to me seemed—well first of all, everybody knows you can't make a living at writing."

And yet here she is on Oprah, being introduced by the richest woman on TV as a "bazillionaire."

Rob and Kristen Stroll Arm in Arm!

We told you the romantic city of Paris might be what Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart needed to get in the mood.

Robsten were just spotted holding hands as they were getting ready to board a private jet at Le Bourget airport tonight leaving France.

This is hardly the first time the two have been caught in public hand-holding, but it is the first time they've been pictured. And seriously, this is like the oldest form of romance if you ask us. Way more meaningful than playing tonsil-hockey in public.

So speak up, Robsten naysayers: Is this good enough for ya?

Chris Weitz to Direct Breaking Dawn?

Although Twilight and New Moon screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg played coy when Marc Malkin asked whether she would write the screenplay for Breaking Dawn last month, we were able to confirm from our studio sources that she will, in fact, be back to write the fourth script—and possibly the fifth.

It's still up in the air whether B.D. will be two movies—hence why everyone dodged any questions about the fourth flick during the New Moon junket.

During the press conference a reporter asked Kristen Stewart about the possibility of two movies, but the mic was immediately pulled away as the intermediary guy said "next question."

So what's the latest on the fourth Twilight flick? And will New Moon's Chris Weitz direct?

Here's what we could squeeze out of the cast:

"I think the tentative time for Breaking Dawn is fall of next year. I think. They may well change that," Robert Pattinson told a sea of reporters on Friday.

Rosenberg and Weitz did a panel together, and we grabbed both of them on their way out.

Have you started writing the script for Breaking Dawn, or is it still in development?
Rosenberg: "You know what, I still can't comment on that yet!"

OK. We all know the fourth one is going to happen eventually—if you say no comment again, can we take that as a sign it's very much in the works?
Rosenberg: [laughs.] "OK, no comment!"

As for who will direct the fourth flick? Ashley Greene thinks it'll be a new director, but we're not totally sure. Summit wanted Chris Weitz to direct Eclipse, but because of scheduling conflicts, he wasn't able to. And the entire cast loves C.W., too.

Seriously, we haven't heard one bad thing about you from the cast, crew or studio. If asked, would you come back on and direct Breaking Dawn?
Weitz: "Well, I'd be stupid not to. I loved [directing New Moon]. Summit, the cast, the crew, everyone was amazing. But making a movie takes up a lot of time, and I have a young son at home. Right now my plan is to spend a lot time with my family."

Looks like C.W. is taking a play out of the Robsten book! We don't think that's a firm no—do you all? Plus, since R.Pattz said we've got a good year to go, maybe Chris will be ready to get back on the Twilight fan-wagon.

What say you Twi-hards...want him back, or not?

How Weird Are All Those New Moon Vampire People?

You mean I have to pick just one? On Friday I sat through an entire afternoon of Cullens, Volturi and Wolf Pack members, not to mention at least one guy with an English accent, leather jacket and stand-up hair.

I think any answer about weird/interesting things said there deserves a Top Five list. At least.

Here goes:

1. The current fetishes among the Cullens include this gem from Kellan Lutz: "I'm just obsessed with candy and animals. I love safaris now. I can't go to a zoo. When I was in Africa, I went on a safari and giant white lions and tigers were walking right by our place. Baboons were trying to break in our car and steal my candy, which isn't nice."

2. Perhaps oddly, Nikki Reed is seen as more maternal than Elizabeth Reaser. "I really feel like Nikki is way more maternal than me. She's much more of a caretaker...She would cook me dinner and make me coffee. She was so sweet."

3. Reaser and Reed have made up a fantasy life for their characters. When they aren't standing around in the Cullen house trying hard not to eat Bella, "Esme goes out and tears apart a mountain lion, every other night," Reaser says. "We decided that Esme and Rosalie tear apart mountain lions together," Reed added.

4. Taylor Lautner had to carry around little baggies of food, including beef patties and sweet potatoes, to ensure he ate enough calories to bulk up by 30 pounds for New Moon.

5. The wig that Lautner wears during the first part of the film kind of drove him nuts. "It was very itchy, hot, whatever, annoying," Lautner explained. "It got caught in my mouth and I'm spitting hair out in the middle of the scene. I'm coming this close to kissing Bella and, 'Sorry, I've got to spit my hair out.' It was annoying.

"My last day of filming with the wig, we ripped it off, held it up in the air, like, 'That's a picture wrap on Taylor's wig!' The whole crew gave it a standing ovation. It was amazing."

Did I say five? Well, vampires never die, and neither did the good times at these press conferences. Here's a bonus from Kristen Stewart:

"I'm definitely never going to be a biker," despite her character's increasing interest in hogs in New Moon, she said. "I'm scared of cars, so the idea of riding a motorcycle is just never going to be something that I'm into. I was towed ridiculously. I was on the back of this truck" during the solo motor bike scenes, "and I probably looked funny doing it."

Rob and Kristen Keep the Mystery Going

After three extremely busy days of promoting New Moon here in Los Angeles, Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner now kick off their European photo calls, starting in Paris.

Oh, the romantic possibilities!

Before heading to Europe, though, Robsten did a very good job of evading photogs and possibly stealing a night for themselves. It's just more of the covert cuddling game they love to play so much—or is it?

Rob was driven out of the Four Seasons Hotel late Saturday night, where, coincidentally, Kristen (who was staying at L'Ermitage Hotel down the street) was spotted leaving at almost the exact same time.

There's speculation that the two went to K.Stew's parents' house, but luckily for Robsten, they were able to successfully lose the paps trying to tail their vehicles.

So how are Kristen and Rob balancing their celebrity and private life? We were able to ask Robsten this separately over the weekend, at the Four Seasons.

Check it out:

Having such an avid fan base, where and how do you draw the line between what the public wants to know about your private life and actually keeping it private?

"I don't think that anyone can get a handle [on that]," Kristen told us. "It's like as soon as I stopped trying to control everything that came out of my mouth and every picture that came out, that's when I became so much happier and it was so much easier to deal.

"I've just grown into not having to care so much and to not try to think that I'm going to be able to plan out the way that everyone perceives me... I'm going to own what I'm going to own. I'm always going to keep what's important to me in mind and I completely understand, considering that we're playing characters that are so coveted by so many people. I just sort of have to not think about it."

Heart this girl. You can tell she really does think a lot about what to say, but doesn't say things just because she thinks she should. Kristen speaks with as much serious intensity as she plays her roles.

Now, on to Rob:

How do you maintain the balance of letting your fans and the public know who you are—outside of just being Edward—but also keeping your private life private?

"I think you just do it through doing jobs," Rob says. "It's such a risky thing, doing interviews. I try to limit the amount of interviews I do. No one is that interesting, especially when you're not really saying anything. And I don't particularly want to be some kind of character in society.

"So, I guess the only thing you can do is do jobs and see if people respond to that. But I'm always holding on to the fact that I don't really know who I am, so hopefully I won't compartmentalize myself because of that. I'm just completely ignorant of the whole thing. I've never really struggled with anything, up until recently. I've got to stop being so self-deprecating 'cause people are starting to believe it. They'll be like, 'That guy is an idiot,' so I've tried to stop doing that."

You hear that, everybody? The "we're going to do as we please" game is majorly on.

Robsten's denying nothing. They're just owning their right to keep it real. And private. And we love 'em!

Overworked Rob Needs a Break!

"Honestly- I don't!"

— The sexy hunk of hair himself, Mr. Robert Pattinson, when we asked him how he unwinds after stressful or crazy days. First off, we are shocked at how down to earth RP has managed to stay throughout this Twilight Saga ride. Even according to Rob, he's had practically no days off this whole year.

"I've been on three different sets, since January 14th," Rob told the crowd at yesterday's press conference. "I've had, like, three days off. I'm going to be on set all next year as well. I don't know what doing errands and things is really like 'cause I haven't had a sustained period of time where I've been off."

Poor guy! Don't you just want to give him a hug...maybe draw him a bubble bath? Either way we're glad he has someone to lean on through this. Whether R.Pattz ever chooses to admittedly talk romantically about Kristen, he fully says he's able to share this crazy fame experience with her- something that's made them very close.

New Moon Overload! Catch the Big Weekend Scoop

Did you hear about Robert Pattinson's romance aversion? And what's got Taylor Lautner's fur all in a bunch? Or how Kristen Stewart plans to keep a li'l R.Pattz in her life?

Over the weekend, the entire Twilight Saga: New Moon gang—wolfpack, Volturi and all—got together for an all-hands press day.

We had it covered from every angle, and here's what went down:

R.Pattz admits the impossible. Like that he doesn't know the first thing about romance. "I really haven't done that many romantic things in my life."

K.Stew is totally over it. All this gossip business, that is. Also, she admits her secret to identifying with Bella: "I am an immature girl."

Taylor gets all tense—when you ask about that other Taylor. "What about us?" he said.

Dakota Fanning obsesses about baby names. And always has. "I have been planning the names of my children," she said, "since I was four."

The Wolf Pack boys plan to get matching tattoos. Also, their nipples get rock-hard. "We should have a cutting glass business," one pack member revealed.

K.Stew wants R.Pattz again...as a costar! She tells us: "Yeah, we talk about it all the time."

Hit the links for the whole stories—and our E! video interviews.