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Robert Pattinson pretended to be a drug dealer
Robert Pattinson used to faux he was a drug seller.
Robert Pattinson covers GQ
The ‘Batman’ actor was eager to impress the “cool children” when he was at college so despite the fact that he had no concept what narcotics “seemed like”, he created his personal powder doused in cleansing merchandise, which he hid inside floppy discs and claimed he was importing illegally.
He stated: “I haven’t thought of this in years, however throughout secondary college my first proper-ish sort of girlfriend was a couple of years above me, and I at all times wished to hang around with the cool children, who have been within the oldest yr.
“And a few of us determined that I’d faux that I used to be importing medication. However I didn’t even know what medication seemed like.
“So I had this concept I’d get floppy discs, open up the floppy disc, pour this type of powder stuff inside, after which spray it with, like, some sort of cleansing product in order that it’d odor chemical-y, and seal all of it in. I purchased, like, 40 floppy discs, after which I’d present it to children who have been most likely 15 or 16, and I’d be like, ‘Yeah, I’m importing medication in floppy discs.’
“And everyone believed me. And I sort of obtained this fame that,This child is loopy. He’s a drug seller! Like, ‘Need to strive some? Some sawdust with Febreze on it?’ “
Robert additionally used to faux he was an incredible skateboarder when he was really “terrified” of boarding as a result of he didn’t need to get injured.
He stated: “I couldn’t really skateboard, however strive as laborious as I may, and I’d observe on my own, after which actually anytime it was time to do something, I used to be terrified of wounding myself, so I’d simply sit there, dragging the skateboard round. Rolling it backwards and forwards, hit it with issues, and sort of put little gashes into it, in order that it seemed like I’d been driving it. However I by no means obtained on it ever.”
The 35-year-old star admitted he has commonly fabricated tales over time, similar to his previous declare he by no means washed his hair, and he even used to create a special persona for his auditions as a result of he knew casting brokers can be involved in the event that they knew he was English and attempting out for an American function.
He recalled in an interview with GQ journal: “They’d at all times query it, ‘We’re fearful in regards to the accent…’
“So I used to at all times are available as a special individual, an American. I’d say, ‘Hello, I’m from Michigan.’
“However then I used to be doing an audition for ‘Transformers 2’, proper after ‘Twilight’ had come out and I went in as some man from Denver. They usually referred to as my agent and have been like, ‘What’s improper with him? Why was he doing an improv? A extremely boring improv?’ ”
Learn the complete interview in GQ’s March challenge – which fits on sale on 22 February – and on GQ.com at gq.com/story/robert-pattinson-march-cover-profile.
