Robert Pattinson is looking back at his past habit of spinning elaborate stories for the press during interviews — and one particular lie has haunted him for over a decade. During a demanding worldwide promotional tour in 2011 for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1,” the now 38-year-old English actor fabricated a tale about witnessing a clown’s death in a car explosion when he was a child.

Pattinson revisited the interview clip and reacted to his own fabrication. “There was absolutely no hesitation at all [in my voice],” he told The New York Times Style Magazine in an interview published on Wednesday. “I’m like, ‘What on earth? Are you possessed?’” Pattinson explained that he frequently embellished or outright lied when speaking to the press during that period of his career because he was tired of answering the same questions.

“The only thing people would ever ask me about was being famous,” he said. “You go into, like, a fugue state.” Other stories Pattinson concocted included taking one of his stalkers to dinner, pretending to be a female hand model, and filming a coprophilia scene for “Twilight” that never made the final cut.

Pattinson’s latest film, “Mickey 17,” is set to release next year. It marks his first live-action role since portraying “The Batman” in 2022, which is why he wasn’t surprised when a fan thought he had retired from acting. During his Times interview, Pattinson recounted an airport employee asking him: “Hey, you’re the guy from ‘Twilight.’ Why’d you stop acting?” “I was like, ‘I’m Batman?’” he said. “She just laughed.”

“Mickey 17” is a science fiction dark comedy based on the 2022 novel “Mickey7” by Edward Ashton. The film is written, produced, and directed by “Parasite” Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho. Pattinson’s character is an “expendable” who embarks on a perilous journey to colonize an ice planet. He’ll star alongside Toni Collette, Mark Ruffalo, Steven Yeun, and Naomi Ackie. “Mickey 17” is slated for release on April 18, 2025.

However, “Mickey 17” isn’t Pattinson’s only upcoming project. He’s also set to reprise his role as Bruce Wayne in “The Batman Part II,” which will begin production next year and is likely to be released in 2026. Pattinson has been filming “The Drama” with Zendaya in Boston and completed “Die, My Love” with co-star Jennifer Lawrence. When he’s not working, the actor enjoys time with his fiancée, Suki Waterhouse, whom he’s been dating since 2018.

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