Robert Pattinson reveled in the Sydney Morning Herald how he thinks Taylor Lautner is the main star of New Moon, how he is handling the hoards of fans plus how he bonded with Hugh Jackman in preparation for his next film Unbound Captives.

On the mass hysteria that follows him:

To be honest, I still don’t really understand what’s going on,” he says. “Like yesterday, I was having lunch down the road. We were in this place for a couple of hours and suddenly there was like 400 people outside on the street. It was just so nuts and it’s like that all the time now.

On New Moon and coping with fans following its release:

When the second one comes out, then I’ll see how I am. Mostly I can ignore things to quite a big extent and kind of pretend they’re not really happening,” he says, sounding eerily calm.”I just don’t take any of it seriously. It’s just a job and while it’s a job I love, girls scream out for Edward, not Robert. I still can’t get a date.”

The real reason Pattinson is so calm is simple: “I’m not the lead in the second film. Taylor [Lautner] is.” He grins idiotically. “I appear in Bella’s dreams. So I’m in it but the focus is not on me. I just have significant moments at the beginning … and the end. So I’m more of a supporting role in this one, which is why I felt so free. I didn’t have to deal with any of the bullshit of the first one. I don’t have to hold the movie or worry about the fans. I think I did it better without all those pressures.”

On bonding with Hugh Jackman in Japan:

“We went karaoke singing,” he laughs. “We were singing Abba songs, it was pretty funny. It was sort of an Abba song sing-off, you know, last man standing.”  Who won? “I think he did, only because he can drink more than me and still sing in tune. He’s a cool guy and I’m really looking forward to that film.”

Oh to have been in that karaoke bar and seen both Rob and Hugh singing ‘Dancing Queen’!

Check out the rest of the interview here.

[Source: SMH.  Thanks Alyssa!]

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