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• Robert Pattinson rocketed into fame in the "Twilight Saga," but there's a lot to learn about him.
• Pattinson has yet to act on a TV show, and he chose "Harry Potter" over going to university.
• In addition to being an actor, he's also a musician who composes and writes his own music. 

"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was the actor's first major film.

In 2005, Pattinson was a newbie actor who only had three roles to his name, but he landed the coveted role of Cedric Diggory in "Harry Potter and the Goblet Fire."

This was his first major role and, arguably, the role that put him on the map.

Pattinson chose to be in "Harry Potter" over going to university.

Pattinson was 17 years old when he was cast as Cedric Diggory in the "Harry Potter" franchise.

In a 2017 interview with Time Out London, Pattinson said that he had to choose between his role in"Harry Potter" and attending university.

"It went so far over schedule, I couldn't go. It was supposed to be four months, but it ended up being 10 or 11," he said. "I was 17 and I was the only person who wasn't in school. I'd just hang about."

But before "Harry Potter," Pattinson had an uncredited role in "Vanity Fair."

Although Cedric Diggory was Pattinson's first major role, he was cast in a small role in 2004's "Vanity Fair" before "Harry Potter."

The movie starred his future "Water for Elephants" costar, Reese Witherspoon, but Pattinson's scenes were unfortunately cut from the finished film. 

He said he was expelled from grade school for stealing — and then selling — pornographic magazines.

During an interview on "The Howard Stern Show" in 2017, Pattinson said he was expelled from his "elite" grade school for stealing pornographic magazines and selling them to his friends.

He would replenish his supply of magazines by stealing them from a local store, which ultimately led to the actor getting caught. 

"I used to go in and take, like, one or two, and then put them in my bag. I was in my school uniform when I was doing it, and it was kind of risky," he told Stern. "At the end, I got so cocky that I would take the entire rack."

Despite his successful film career, he's never acted on a TV show.

Though he has appeared in TV movies and video shorts, throughout Pattinson's 15-year career, he's never acted on a TV show. 

The star said that he's always wanted to be a rapper.

During a 2020 appearance on "Late Night With Seth Meyers," Pattinson told the host that when he was younger he wanted to be a rapper, and he still kind of does. 

His rap name was "Big Tub" — part of Big Tub and the Tabby Cats — and he did record a few unreleased tapes.

"Yeah, I remember I didn't know how to scratch, and so I used to pull up and down the zip on my hoodie ... it sounds exactly like it," he said while laughing with Meyers.  

The actor has admitted that he's not the best driver.

Pattinson told Ellen DeGeneres during his first appearance on her show that he doesn't really know how to drive.

"Technically I am driving, but I don't actually know how to drive," he said. "It's absolutely terrifying. Plus I don't know how to use the little wipey thing on the windscreen, so I can't actually see."

He is, however, an award-winning kisser.

From 2009 to 2012, Pattinson and "Twilight" costar Kristen Stewart won the MTV Movie and TV Award for best kiss four times.

No other pairing has won two years in a row, let alone four.

Pattinson almost got fired from "Twilight."

Nearly a decade after the first "Twilight" film was released, Pattinson told Howard Stern in 2017 that he was almost fired from the role.

According to the star, he was acting "too serious" as Edward and was told to lighten up. He was even given a copy of Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight" with every mention of his character smiling highlighted for inspiration. 

Luckily, he and the director eventually came to a compromise about the character.

On the first day of filming for "Twilight," he suffered an unfortunate butt-cheek injury.

Pattinson told MTV in 2012, that on the first day of filming "Twilight" he almost tore his glute during a fight scene.

"[They] had to get a physiotherapist to come in and massage my butt cheek for the rest of the day," he said. "I was there for three months working out and stuff. I was at my peak, my physical prime, and then ... a-- done. The a-- is out!"

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