

He told MTV that “the books are written from Bella's perspective, so I've had to pretty much invent the character of Edward because in the books, he's just this enigma. In addition, Pattinson had to be a bit more creative when channeling in on his inner-Edward. Robert Pattinson - "'Harry Potter' was massive event in my life" Hollywood heartthrob Robert Pattinson Photo Gallery He is very tortured and conflicted, which is very different from what I played in "Harry Potter." When commenting on the two diverse personas, Pattinson said: “my character certainly is than the character I played in "Harry Potter", mainly because the entire thing is based on Edward's character and who he is. But when you actually look at it, nobody really treats him like he's a god, and he can't really do that many godlike things at all.”Īnd how do Cedric and Harry Potter compare? In "Harry Potter," Pattinson played the happy, courageous, and lovable Cedric Diggory, and in "Twilight," Edward’s character is a lot more mysterious, inward, dark, and a bit self-hating. Pattinson even said that he tries hard to keep his character Edward as a “real character, rather than just Dracula.” He claims that he does this to “get rid of all the elements of it being a fantasy thing. They're not separate entities to the rest of the world. The way a vampire gets made is you just get bitten by someone. It's not like there are goblins or something. Pattinson told MTV that, “The way Stephenie Meyer writes, so much more of it is based in the real world than the fantasy world. "Twilight," on the other hand, takes place in suburban Forks, Washington, and could realistically take place anywhere else.

It’s a place filled with goblins, centaurs, witches, wizards, dragons and countless other mystical people and creatures.

Although "Harry Potter" technically takes place in the UK, the film is dominated by the wizarding world that no muggles (non-wizards) seem to know about. One big difference between the two films is where they are set. In a past interview with MTV, Pattinson spoke about the differences between the two movies and the roles he played in them.

Three years later, however, after HP grossed nearly $900 million worldwide, he was cast as the mysterious Edward in Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” trilogy. When Robert Pattinson was casted as Cedric Diggory in the 2005 “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” he was a relatively unknown British actor. With the world gripped by Potter fever as “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” hits movie theatres this weekend, "Twilight” star Robert Pattinson compares the world of wizards to the world of vampires.
