R.Pattz was 'too miserable' for Twilight

It's hard to believe you could find a bigger sook of a vampire, but Robert Pattinson has revealed he was nearly fired from Twilight for being "too miserable".

Despite capturing the hearts of emo girls around the world, R.Pattz fought with producers in the early stages of the franchise, who insisted vamps Eddy smile more.

"Now, Twilight’s known to be this very emo thing... That’s what teenage relationships are like. But everyone wanted them happy and having fun. I wanted it brooding," Rob told The Howard Stern Show this week.

"I remember the producers giving me a copy of the book, and every single instance where my character smiled, they’d highlighted. I got a different colour highlighter and highlighted all the times he frowned!"

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Ah yes, where would Twilight be without the broodiness of Edward and not to mention Bella!

However producers still weren't happy with the British actor's portrayal of the lovelorn vampire, with his agents getting involved when his job was on the line!

"They were like 'You have to do the opposite of what you’re doing now, or you’re going to get fired, TODAY.' I came back after lunch and I was like [overly cheery]: 'Hiiiii! I wanna keep my job!' I was probably going a little too miserable, so some kind of compromise was OK,” he added.

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