Robert Pattinson on fans,fame and fighting

Robert Pattinson on fans, fame and fighting Move over Hugh Grant and Daniel Craig. Right now, Robert Pattinson is the biggest British movie star in Hollywood. Since hit vampire films Twilight and New Moon, R-Patz mania has exploded. Once, girls left notes on his car windscreen. Now they set themselves on fire outside his hotel. “You start getting a bit paranoid,” he admits. “Looking around when you’re walking down the street, in case you get mobbed by teenage girls.” When Pattinson, 23, shot his latest film, romantic drama Remember Me, in New York, the hysteria almost killed him. Spotted by a bunch of ‘Twi-hards’ (as his obsessive fans are known), he crossed the road – narrowly missing being hit by a taxi. Everywhere, fans crowded to watch him shoot scenes with co-star Emilie de Ravin. “It was mad,” he says. “I didn’t see it coming. I thought it was going to be a little film shot in New York, and I’d be able to just hang out!” For Pattinson, those days are long gone. “I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to not be seen,” he explains. “It’s annoying but the pay-off is infinite. If no one finds out where you’re staying, if people aren’t following you, or outside a restaurant if you have dinner there… then it’s great.” The big question is over his relationship with Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart. The pair reputedly got together when filming New Moon, but when Stewart collected the Orange Rising Star Bafta in February, they arrived separately – presumably to avoid a ‘Twi-hard’ riot. Does he find it even more difficult to go out with Stewart? “It’s difficult either way,” he says, refusing to elaborate. “When the spotlight seems centred on you, the best thing is to remain as much of a mystery as you can.