{"id":786234,"date":"2026-07-08T04:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/786234\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T04:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:43:08","slug":"robert-pattinson-compares-the-odyssey-role-to-jacob-in-twilight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/786234\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pattinson Compares &#8216;The Odyssey&#8217; Role To Jacob In &#8216;Twilight&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/robert-pattinson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_robert-pattinson\" data-tag=\"robert-pattinson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Pattinson<\/a> has learned, you either die an Edward, or you live long enough to see yourself become the Jacob.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWhile discussing his character Antinous in <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-odyssey\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-odyssey\" data-tag=\"the-odyssey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Odyssey<\/a>, the actor compared the role in the Christopher Nolan-helmed movie to Taylor Lautner\u2019s Jacob in the <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/twilight\/\" id=\"auto-tag_twilight\" data-tag=\"twilight\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twilight<\/a> movie franchise, nearly 15 years after Pattinson last played Edward Cullen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cI think they will be rooting for him,\u201d he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mtvuk\/video\/7659524254651763990?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">MTV UK<\/a>. \u201cI keep comparing it\u2014it\u2019s kind of like Jacob in Twilight,\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPattinson added, \u201cWhat The Odyssey is about \u2014 Penelope just can\u2019t make her mind up between the two guys and I\u2019m just trying to like help her make a decision. It\u2019s like, \u2018It\u2019s fine. He\u2019s dead, get over it.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAn adaptation of one of the first stories in human history, The Odyssey follows Odysseus (Matt Damon) through the incredible trials and mythical encounters he faces on his decade-long journey home to wife Penelope (Anne Hathaway) and son Telemachus (Tom Holland) after the Trojan War.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tPattinson stars as Antinous, a suitor vying for Penelope\u2019s hand in marriage and Odysseus\u2019 throne overseeing the kingdom of Ithaca.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe film also stars Zendaya, Lupita Nyong\u2019o, Charlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, Benny Safdie, John Leguizamo, Elliot Page, Himesh Patel, Bill Irwin, Samantha Morton, Jesse Garcia, Will Yun Lee, Rafi Gavron, Shiloh Fernandez, Mia Goth and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIn 2008, Pattinson starred in his breakout role as Edward Cullen in Twilight, based on the books by Stephenie Meyer. The sparkly vampire competed with werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) for the affection of Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) in the The Twilight Saga franchise, which included New Moon (2009), Eclipse (2010), Breaking Dawn \u2014 Part 1 (2011) and Breaking Dawn \u2014 Part 2 (2012).<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Robert Pattinson has learned, you either die an Edward, or you live long enough to see yourself&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,134,344,13678,30335,140848],"class_list":["post-786234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-robert-pattinson","tag-the-odyssey","tag-twilight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}