Robert “Sparkles/Pattz” Pattinson is the cover boy for the new issue of the British magazine AnOther Man. I am pretty unfamiliar with this magazine, but judging solely from the way Sparkles was styled and photographed, I’m thinking the readership probably falls into the ever-so-elusive “artsy-fartsy/gay” sub-trend. Pattz was photographed by Hedi Slimane, who is probably best known as the former chief designer of Dior Homme (Christian Dior for men). Hedi seems like the kind of young Karl Lagerfeld-type who needs his boys emaciated and pouting. So Pattz was right up his alley.

In the interview preview on AnOther Man’s site, Pattz talks about the fickle bitch that is fame, how clueless he was about how big Twilight was going to be, and his future as an actor. Remember, girls: he’s 23 years old. He’s not supposed to be brilliant. Just be happy he’s so pretty.

DazedDigital previews issue 9 of AnOther Man out on October 1, which features Robert Pattinson on the cover, shot by Hedi Slimane and styled by Nicola Formichetti. Dave Calhoun speak to the 23-year-old Twilight star about the pressures of fame and the craft of acting: “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life.”

Was Pattinson aware of the loyalty of fans of the Twilight books? It looks like the sort of obsessive fandom that can turn into anger and even hatred when an adaptation isn’t to their liking. Did he know what he was letting himself in for? “It’s strange because even though the figures show that the books were successful and sold millions of copies, you couldn’t even buy them in London. I tried a couple of bookshops and they weren’t available. Hardly anyone I knew had read them apart from one girl, a friend of my sister. I had no idea at all. I’d seen Kristen Stewart in Into the Wild and some of the director Catherine Hardwicke’s other films, and that’s all I thought it was, something really small.”

His manner is very laid back. He doesn’t sound thrusting or ambitious, more like he’s just going with the flow and enjoying things. Is he going to harness his newfound fame and box-office appeal to approach the kind of filmmakers he wants to work with in the future? He’s not so sure. “Annoyingly, there are so few parts I feel I can add anything to, or that I want to do.” But he knows what he doesn’t need. “I don’t want to be an actor for the sake of it. I don’t find any particular pleasure in being an attention-seeker.”

[From AnOther Man Magazine via Dazed Digital]

I’m sure I’ll be accused of a double-standard, because if someone like Megan Fox uttered the words “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life” about fame and the acting craft, I would be ripping them a new one. But Sparkles is so delicate! If I yell at him, he might break. He might tremble with emotion, then draw himself a hot bath, where he’ll sit and cry for several hours. I can’t yell at him for thinking his Twilight fame is “the hardest thing”. Probably because I’ve caught a glimpse of some of the more rabid Twihards, and I don’t envy Sparkles in the least. I’m surprised he hasn’t had a full-fledged nervous breakdown.

What’s keeping Sparkles’ head above water in the face of Twihard-lunacy? Most likely it’s Kristen Stewart. Yes, E! News’ gossip column The Awful Truth has an eyewitness interview (from the wait staff at a restaurant the Eclipse cast visits) from Vancouver. It seems that “everyone” in town knows Pattz and K-Stew are dating:

“The whole cast comes in a lot together. For some reason, this is one of the places the paparazzi doesn’t constantly find them,” dished one of the girls who has seated the Twilight crew dozens of time.

“It looks like they all really get along well. It’s always a fun table—they are laughing, joking and just very polite,” added the other girl.

A.T.: How about Rob and Kristen, what is their dynamic like?
Hostess One: Doesn’t everyone just know that they’re dating?

A.T.: Uh, you’d be surprised how many don’t want to believe it.
Hostess Two: Oh, well everyone here knows. They are the only cast members who will come in alone a lot. You can just tell by looking at them. They’re really cute together, always smiling.

A.T.: Love it! Hate to say it though, but “smiling” and “Kristen Stewart” seem unlikely to be in the same sentence together.
Hostess One: No way. She is incredibly sweet—I’d be a bitch, too, if there were cameras constantly in my face. But she’s great, and so is Rob. They just seem to make each other happy.

[From E! News]

Aw… sweet kids. Am I gross for wondering if the sex is good? I bet it is. I bet Sparkles doesn’t know what to do with himself. I bet Kristen has him wrapped around her little finger. I bet they do a lot of stuff Eli Roth was suggesting.

Thanks to PopSugar for these pics from AnOther Man Magazine