* Robert Pattinson On the set of Remember me *
June 15th, 2009 at 11:39 amFirst Day…Around 8:30 a.m. today, Robert Pattinson, the outrageously attractive star of the Twilight series of films, began shooting his new film Remember Me in downtown Manhattan.
Pattinson will play the lead role of Tyler Roth in “Remember Me,” a story of a young couple whose burgeoning relationship is complicated by a succession of family tragedies that test their bond.
Robert, dressed in a flannel shirt over a cotton white tee, jeans, black sneakers and carrying a black backpack, Rob ate breakfast outside with some of the cast during morning walkthroughs. “He was breakdancing and joking around,” one R-Patts spotter tells OK!. “When lots of people did show up, Rob tried to act unfazed, standing behind some extras and laughing with his male co-stars and a few extras.”
The film also stars Emilie de Ravin from “Lost” (as his love interest),
Pierce Brosnan ( as his father), Chris Cooper and Lena Olin.
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Emmy-winning director Allen Coulter (”The Sopranos,” “Damages”) will direct, and Jenny Lumet, who penned the script for last year’s critical darling “Rachel Getting Married,” is working on a draft of the screenplay.
Landing the “Remember Me” lead marks the first major role for Pattinson since he rocketed to public adulation for his portrayal of vampire Edward Cullen in the “Twilight” franchise. He had been signed to appear alongside Rosario Dawson in “Parts per Billion,” but was forced to drop out due to his “New Moon” commitment. Pattinson can now be seen in May’s “Little Ashes,” the Salvador Dalí biopic he shot before “Twilight.”
His “Twilight” co-star Kristen Stewart has already landed some meaty roles since the vampire series became a big box-office success, including a 
turn as real-life rocker Joan Jett in “The Runaways.”
