You won't see heartthrob Robert Pattinson spending money on extravagant homes or fancy cars or flitting from one red carpet to another.

"That’s not my scene," he told me at the recent BAFTA Award ceremony in London. I’m more than happy to do the normal things and buy the things I bought before all this madness kicked off."

In fact, the 23-year-old actor, known among British media as "Our Patz," said he was stunned to open the tabloids and find pictures of himself "buying underwear at my local store."

"These guys must be hiding in the rails or something," he said of the paparazzi. The star of the "Twilight" movies, born in West London, said, "I didn’t go into acting because I wanted to be famous, I got into acting because I loved the creation and the making of good credible drama. Fame is just an extra added on."

Back in London to film "Bel Ami" with "Kill Bill" star Uma Thurman, Pattinson admits that he is unsure of what to do at premieres and other red carpet events. "Although I like meeting fans and love the response from them," he said, "I’m far happier going down to my local pub, having a drink and sitting chatting to friends. That’s when I’m most relaxed."

Pattinson also expressed admiration for his "Remember Me" co-star Pierce Brosnan, known to audiences for many years as cinema's James Bond.

"You get to learn so much from these people," Pattinson said, "and Pierce has always been an acting hero of mine."

Fans can now get up close and personal with Robert Pattinson -- or at least an incredible similarity!

Robert is used to being an immortal onscreen -- as he plays a vampire in the "Twilight" franchise -- now he's being immortalized in wax.

ET is in Times Square for a sneak peek at the newest Madame Tussauds figure, where screaming fans can check out the official unveiling tomorrow.

Strictly between us blood-suckers, Ian Somerhalder of The Vampire Diaries hasn’t watched the Twilight flicks.

“I’ve met Robert Pattinson before — he’s a nice guy,” Somerhalder said. “But I don’t know anything about (Pattinson’s character) Edward, because I’ve never seen any of the Twilight movies.

“I hear he’s a stud, though.”

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The movie: an adaptation of Sara Gruen's 2006 bestselling novel "Water for Elephants," about a veterinary student who quits his studies to join a traveling circus.

The scene: a group of students, circa 1931, on the campus of Cornell University.

Jim Elyea's task: to make sure the briefcases the students are carrying look authentic when the film begins shooting this May in Santa Paula, Calif.

Among second-weekend holdovers, Green Zone made $6.1 million, down a rough 57 percent, and has mustered just $24.9 million in ten days. She's Out of My League held much better, down 41 percent to $5.8 million. Our Family Wedding dropped 51 percent to $3.7 million, while Remember Me tumbled 60 percent to $3.3 million.

In Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a troubled 22-year-old who has more family issues than you can shake a stick at. Then he meets Ally, who lives each day to the full since her mother’s murder. But can the tragic circumstances that bought them together keep them there?

“There’s so much more to it than just a love story,” says Robert’s co-star Emilie de Ravin. “It’s about how families and individuals are affected by and react to love and loss and fear and grief, and all of these things.”

After Twilight’s sucess, Robert has his pick of Hollywood’s top roles, so what made him decide to take Remember Me? “It felt very different to anything else was out there, and it felt very real. And I don’t think most films do feel very real in the way that they’re written. So hopefully that comes across,” Robert explained, before adding. “I just really liked the character, I really related to him.”

But what did Robert and Emilie think about working together? “I can’t think of anyone more perfect for the role,” gushed Emilie. “He really was as equally passionate about it as I was and we really did everything we could to develop our roles, and make everything as natural and real as possible.” And Robert was equally as complimentary. “It was really good, she’s really great,” he said, before adding, “Very feisty.”

NEW YORK — Will Fetters is living an aspiring young screenwriter’s dream.

His first script, completed while he was studying political science and prepping for law school at the University of Delaware, just finished a Cinderella journey to production and opened in theaters nationwide this month.

"Remember Me” is directed by Allen Coulter ("Hollywoodland”) and has a heavyweight cast that includes Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin, Chris Cooper and Robert Pattinson of "Twilight” fame. It was Pattinson’s participation in the film as star and executive producer that secured financing and gave the movie an invaluable publicity boost, the screenwriter said.

But it wasn’t Pattinson whom Fetters had in mind while writing the script.

"When you’re a 22-year-old and you don’t know anyone and you’re writing your first script, you have ideals in your head,” Fetters said during a recent press junket. "When I was teaching myself to write, I read ‘American Beauty,’ and Chris Cooper was actually the guy that I had in my head for the cop’s role when I was writing in my apartment in Delaware.

"And when I heard that he was going to do it — that was actually one of the last roles that we cast — that was pretty cool,” he said. "His performance in ‘American Beauty’ stayed with me. And to see him cast in my first movie, that was very, very cool.”

Fetters said he never dreamed his first screenplay, loosely based on an incident in his life, would lure such big-name talent.

"I always thought that if I were lucky this would be a small independent film that would go to Sundance without a distributor,” he said. "But to have this actor (Pattinson) at this moment come on board …. It’s wonderful, but who would have thought?

"My life has changed completely,” Fetters said. "When you’re a young writer, you cross this invisible threshold when you get your first movie made. And the fact that Rob’s involved certainly upped the profile. I got my first job offer right after Rob started to circle this project.

"It’s like high school sometimes in Hollywood, where once someone says this guy’s all right, then it’s OK to date me,” he said. "So, other studios started to send me books to look at. And now I’m in this really uncomfortable position where I have to actually choose what work I do as opposed to just doing whatever I’m offered. So, I have to have some culpability for my own career.”