Some little known facts about teen hearththrob Robert Pattinson, or Edward of Twilight fame:

- Robert Pattinson is a heavy smoker
- Until he was 12 (when he, by his own admissin “became cool.. when I discovered hair gel”), Robert Pattinson’s sisters dressed him up as a girl and introduce him as Claudia.
- His first film role was Giselher in Ring of the Nibelungs. Next was Older Rawdy Crawley in Vanity Fair. Never heard of them.
- He is 6′ 1.
- Auditioned in bed with Kristen Stewart for Twilight - ‘For the role of Edward Cullen, Robert flew from England to director Catherine Hardwicke’s house to audition. There, he and Kristen Stewart, who was already cast as Bella Swan, rehearsed the “Love Scene”/”Meadow Scene” on Hardwicke’s own bed.’
- Robert Pattinson wrote and performed some of the music on the Twilight New Moon soundtrack
- There is an authorized biography for sale for $4.99 at Amazon all about Robert Pattinson - his likes and dislikes, his childhood nicknames, what he looks for in a girlfriend and more! Robert Pattinson Eternally Yours it’s called.

That’s right, Ashley Greene and Nikki Reed, stars of Twilight, are going to QUIT! Smoking cigarettes that is - the Twilight stars know that they are now worldwide famous role models, and they are tring to present a better image to their young fans. Unlike Kristen Stewart, who smokes pot in public and doesn’t seem to care, Ashley Greene and Nikki Reed care about their fans!

[they] know they are role models for little kids… If there are a ton of paparazzi photos of them smoking, that’s not a positive image.

Setting a bad example for the many young fans of the movie Twilight, and the movie New Moon, Robert Pattison has a glossy magazine photo spread in this month’s Dossier magazine, in which the actor is seen smoking cigarettes. Bad form, bloke! Seems like the Twilight movies star a lot of smokers, as evidenced by Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattison’s Twilight costar, who has been photographed smoking other things!

Patrick Swayze, who is battling pancreatic cancer, has admitted that quitting smoking is ‘not my priority’ despite his concerns that smoking may have contributed to developing the disease.