Auditioning For Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire Didn't Faze Robert Pattinson
Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory will probably go down as one of the most memorable pre-breakout first roles for a now-major actor. Pattinson's work in "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was understated and well-considered, getting to the heart of the character as he was in the books. I think most "Potter" fans feel positively about his performance, and they should.
Unsurprisingly — at least to me, this feels like how Pattinson would approach a character — the actor revealed during a video shot on the original "Goblet of Fire" press junket that he was very prepared going into his Cedric audition. No wonder he knocked it out of the park. He recalled:
"I read the book before the audition, and there wasn't any part of the character which I didn't think I could play. And the thing is — I don't know if that's arrogant or not, but I just felt quite at ease with it. And I went into my second audition really confident. Like, I read it in a day and I just thought, 'Ah yeah, I could do that.' And so I went in, and I think that confidence helped a lot with getting the part. So yeah, I just really wanted to do it really well because I'm still young and everything, and a relatively inexperienced actor. And because there were so many famous actors in it. I was just concentrating a lot and I put quite a lot of work into it at the beginning, and so I kind of ignored all my nerves just by sitting, looking at the script, and reading the book like 10 times all the time. Which was probably pointless."
Pattinson's rise
In my eyes, it makes complete sense that Robert Pattinson started as a very confident young actor, because he's grown into being a very confident adult actor. He appears to be quietly self-assured in his work, and it bleeds into his roles, giving him a sense of strong authority over who and what he's portraying. Plus, Pattinson has gone on to choose really fun, bizarre, and challenging roles that totally subvert the ones he got famous from, namely those in the "Harry Potter" and "Twilight" movies.
Much like "Potter" veteran Daniel Radcliffe, Pattinson has made it a point to craft a filmography full of work that defies norms and upends what audiences expect from him. Some of the actor's best films — "The Lighthouse," "High Life," and "Good Time," just to name a few — have been movies that alter the audience's perception of what is possible both in genre and in film in general. That says a lot about his curatorial eye on his own career. Plus, he's even made the crossover into comic book franchises with his work as Bruce Wayne in "The Batman," so he's even bringing his eclectic sense of character to more mainstream projects as well. He's a one-of-a-kind performer, and it just makes sense that he was always as thoughtful with his eye on the prize, even in his younger days.