Robert Pattinson talks about playing the antagonist in ‘The Odyssey’ and compares his role to ‘The Twilight Saga’ (YouTube)
Over the years, Robert Pattinson has become known for one of Hollywood’s most popular franchises, ‘The Twilight Saga’. As he preps for his upcoming film, ‘The Odyssey’, directed by Christopher Nolan, the actor could not help but look back to the days when he played a teenage vampire.
Robert Pattinson compares ‘Twilight Saga’ and ‘The Odyssey’ character
While Robert Pattinson has led many films as the ‘good guy,’ in ‘The Odyssey,’ he plays the polar opposite role. While talking to MTV U.K. about his latest role, the actor was asked how he felt playing the antagonist finally, or the “character that everyone is not rooting for?” He shared that some people may root for his character in the film. He added, “I think they will be rooting for him. I keep comparing it… it’s kind of like Jacob in Twilight. What The Odyssey is about — Penelope just can’t make her mind up between the two guys, and I’m just trying to like help her make a decision. … It’s like, it’s fine. He’s dead, get over it”. He compared his character to what Taylor Lautner’s Jacob went through in the famed fantasy series.
About Robert Pattinson’s character
In ‘The Odyssey’, Pattinson plays Antinous, one of the main antagonists and a suitor for Queen Penelope. Throughout the film, he is one of the men who pressures her to remarry while King Odysseus is away fighting in the Trojan War. The film is set to have a star cast and will revolve around Odysseus’s journey back home after the Trojan War with his crew to meet his wife and son again. The film’s cast includes Matt Damon as Odysseus, Tom Holland as Telemachus, Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Robert Pattinson as Antinous, Lupita Nyong’o in a dual role as Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra, Zendaya as Athena, Charlize Theron as Calypso, Benny Safdie as Agamemnon, Jon Bernthal as Menelaus, John Leguizamo as Eumaeus, Bill Irwin as Polyphemus, Samantha Morton as Circe, Himesh Patel as Eurylochus, Mia Goth as Melantho, Elliot Page as Sinon, Travis Scott as a bard, and many others. Go to Source
