Chris Weitz on Robert Pattinson’s chill media ‘tude

“Twilight: New Moon” director Chris Weitz talked exclusively with The Dish Rag about Robert Pattinson’s noticeably more relaxed interview skills on his recent New York media tour for “Remember Me.”

The actor wowed NY talk show hosts with his off-the-cuff amusing remarks about how sexy Betty White is on “The View,” telling the “Today Show” that he offered to do a nude photo shoot for Details, revisiting his lady parts allergy, even good-naturedly climbing up a tree for a “Bothered” video with Jimmy Fallon.

The guy is becoming a younger, wittier, even more self-deprecating George Clooney.

“I think that he is probably happy to to be talking about a non-vampire role, because he’s so much more than that,” Weitz reveals during our chat about the cool extras in the upcoming “New Moon” DVD, coming out on Mar. 20.

In a recent survey of 130,000 women by iVillage Entertainment, 87% said they would trade their husband for British actor Robert Pattinson. Clearly, some of them were kidding. The rest will just have to accept that the 23-year-old Mr. Pattinson, like the romantic vampire Edward Cullen he embodies in the “Twilight” movie series, is unlikely ever to cross their paths outside the realm of dreams.

Until now, most of those dreams were sweet or at least private ones. Yet as Mr. Pattinson made the rounds in New York this week to promote his new, nonvampire movie, “Remember Me,” the spectacle of his sexploitation—how else to put it?—was grotesque. What’s being wrecked is the essence of his appeal, and he’s really not old enough to safeguard it.

Whatever Pattinson-appreciation is built on, the gateway drug for most women (and fewer men) is Stephenie Meyer’s “Twilight,” a classic saga of young love. The twist is that Edward hasn’t been human since he was bitten by a vampire in 1918, and yet he soulfully strives to protect Bella, the ordinary girl who returns his affection, from his own monstrous fate.

A beautiful man with the will and strength to maintain eternal devotion? A few joyless types missed the big picture and veered off on tangents about stalking and other tedious subjects. But most girls got it instantly, and adult women perked up as if from a torpor—even if they could only sneak off to Robsessed.com and other Web sites after the children and a resentful husband or boyfriend were asleep. Then, they talk about Mr. Pattinson as if he were their own personal brand of heroin. “I’m addicted,” a mother of four laments. “When will it end?” “O.M.G. When will we wake up?” types someone else. “When he’s 40? 50?”

From Remember Me Facebook

Rob Pattinson chats with the filmmakers of REMEMBER ME. The “Rob Pattinson & Filmmaker Chat” will be rolled out in 3 parts, available on iTunes, as an audio podcast. Part 1 is available to download for free now!

Download Part 1 HERE

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Do you think you could deal with the level of fame of someone like Robert Pattinson? “I’d like to think I would, but you never really know unless you get first hand experience of it. I have a feeling good old Pattz gets pretty irked by it at times.”

Visit the Source to read the full interview (That’s not about Rob).

@RememberMeFilm: From Rob (cont’d) – I’m very proud of the film and I hope you like it as much as I do.

@RememberMeFilm:From Rob (cont’d)- Thank you all for always being so supportive.

@RememberMeFilm:From Rob-Just heard about “Remember Me Saturday” and I can not believe you guys are doing that for me.

Robert Pattinson may only have eyes for Betty White – but as far as the former “Golden Girl” is concerned, R-Pattz’s profession of love is only good for a laugh.

On Tuesday, the “Twilight Saga” star paid a visit to the ladies of “The View” where he revealed his crush on the veteran comedienne.

“I think Betty White is probably one of the sexiest women in America,” he said. “She’s vibrant; it’s sexy. I think the more age, the better.”

And on Tuesday night, Betty responded with an exclusive statement to Access Hollywood.

“Now THAT is a comedy line!” the 88-year-old actress said.

No word what Robert’s rumored on-screen/off-screen love interest Kristen Stewart – who joined Robert on the red carpet for his “Remember Me” premiere in New York City on Monday night – has to say about the admission.

However, Robert isn’t the only one who has Betty on the brain.

As previously reported on AccessHollywood.com, a huge Facebook fan campaign has been launched in effort to get Betty as the host of “Saturday Night Live” – something which also caught her off guard.

“All this came out of left field — all of a sudden, all this stuff has come in,” she told Access in February. “I don’t know any more than I did in the beginning, I’m just watching in awe.”

Source and Source

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart share an intimate embrace in a scene from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Kristen’s character Bella is seen grabbing at vampire Edward, played by Robert. She even pulls back the 23-year-old hunk’s shirt to show off his chest.

The hotly-awaited flick hits theaters on June 30, 2010, and Rob claims everything in Eclipse is more intense than its predecessors.

“In Eclipse there’s a lot of fighting and conflict,” he said.

“It’s really escalated. It’s much more tense and it’s at a lot faster pace.”

In Eclipse, schoolgirl Bella has to battle with her passion for Edward and for werewolf Jacob Black, played by Taylor Lautner.

Robert Pattinson will be presenting, Kristen Stewart has been nominated for The Orange Rising Star Award, and Anna Kendrick has been nominated for Best Supporting Actress! All these on this Friday (February 21)!

I downloaded Twilight Tracker a few days ago and today I found this:

ECLIPSE trailer will play with REMEMBER ME in theatres on March 12.