Robert Pattinson: 17 Roles You Forgot He Played Before The Drama

Since shooting to fame as Edward Cullen in Twilight, the British actor has appeared in a number of experimental and unexpected movies.

You’re cordially invited to The Drama, a new movie starring Robert Pattinson and Zendaya that looks set to become one of the year’s most talked-about films.

The comedy-drama follows a groom-to-be who discovers a dark secret about his fiancée in the lead-up to their wedding, which tests their relationship and leads them both to ask some big questions.

Before he found himself walking down the aisle with Zendaya (with whom he’s set to star in two more films later in 2026), Robert already had a long and varied career.

After first finding fame as Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter, he became a global heartthrob off the back of his role as Edward Cullen in the Twilight series.

Since then, Robert has gone on to appear in a range of different projects, from big-budget studio films to more left-of-centre indies, frequently taking on unexpected roles that have played against his heartthrob status.

Fans of the acclaimed English actor are in luck, as he has four films coming out in the next few months alone.

After his leading work in The Drama, he’ll be reuniting with Zendaya in The Odyssey and Dune: Part Three later this year, as well as appearing in Here Comes The Flood, a heist film co-starring Denzel Washington and Daisy Edgar-Jones.

Before Robert takes on Greek mythology and battles Paul Atreides on Arrakis, here are 17 more roles from his past that you might have totally forgotten about…

A year after he made his Twilight debut, Robert starred as the Spanish artist Salvador Dalí in the romantic drama Little Ashes.

Shot before his work as Edward Cullen, Little Ashes saw Robert take on the role of the eccentric painter in a movie which chronicled Dalí’s friendship with the filmmaker Luis Buñuel – and possible love affair with poet Federico García Lorca.

While the film wasn’t universally well-received – and was criticised by some for being tonally uneven – it did earn a GLAAD Award, and sparked Robert’s interest in working on more niche projects. It also hit headlines at the time for its graphic sex scenes, allowing cinemagoers to see a different side of the actor (quite literally).

The 2010 coming-of-age drama Remember Me was poorly reviewed upon its release, and may well have been completely forgotten by audiences if not for its unexpected twist ending.

Robert played Tyler, a troubled young NYU student struggling to cope in the wake of his brother’s death, who falls in love with a detective’s daughter, played by Lost actor Emilie de Ravin, after being arrested.

All in all, it was a pretty run-of-the-mill........

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