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"Robert Pattinson doesn&amp;#039;t understand why the Twilight films received such a backlash from fans. The actor, who starred as vampire Edward Cullen in the franchise, said that while the first film was well received, the sequels attracted increasing criticism.  &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t understand the backlash against Twilight,&amp;quot; Pattinson told The Daily Beast  &amp;quot;The first movie, everyone liked it. But then it was suddenly\u00E2\u20AC\u00A6 I don&amp;#039;t quite get why people turned on the other ones.  &amp;quot;There are plenty of successful franchises which everyone accepts. But for some reason there were all these political arguments against it. People saying, &amp;#039;Oh, it&amp;#039;s a bad example for women.&amp;#039; Blah, blah, blah. As if we were all a bunch of dumbasses.  &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;re not playing it that way! That&amp;#039;s purely your interpretation! We&amp;#039;re not trying to make a movie about subservient female characters at all.&amp;quot; Pattinson said that while he was heavily criticised because of the way his character sparkled in sunlight, ultimately the movies made him a better actor.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve found that the Twilight movies were probably the hardest jobs I&amp;#039;ve done,&amp;quot; Pattinson continued. &amp;quot;You have so many parameters to play the character within, and also you&amp;#039;re doing five movies where you have to play the same point every time and figure out different variations on it. It was really hard. It was like trying to write a haiku.&amp;quot; Pattinson will next be seen in The Rover. Out now in the US, it makes its UK debut on August 22.      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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