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Stewart and Robert Pattinson at the premiere of Summit Entertainment's
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" Source:
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph reports
Robert "everywhere at once" Pattinson is set to begin intensive training for a role he has described as his most exciting to date - and he will soon return to Australia to begin shooting.
The world's most sought-after vampire is travelling the globe promoting The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2, which took an astonishing $12.4 million at the Australian box office alone on its opening at the weekend.
But, come January, the 26-year-old British actor will return Down Under to work on The Rover, a futuristic western being filmed in the South Australian desert by Animal Kingdom director David Michod.
Yesterday, Pattinson said the movie would be one of the most important he had done.
"It's one of the best (scripts) I've read," he said.
"It's one of my top five favourite scripts that I've read since I started doing this.
"It's really nerve-racking. Everything ... is very physical. Because I feel like I've done quite a few things where I'm quite still, I'm trying to find people that are doing things that feel dangerous."
Pattinson had to endure two three-hour auditions with Michod before landing the part.
The film, co-starring Aussie leading lad Guy Pearce, is Mad Max-esque. A loner (Pearce) is robbed on the side of the road by a gang and forces a wounded gang member (Pattinson) to help him track down his hunters.
Pattinson, who said The Rover's plot was twisted and dangerous, said: "It's the type of part I was afraid I wouldn't get after being in a franchise (like, Twilight)."
The Rover is on a budget of $12.5 million - loose change compared to Twilight's earnings.
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