In 2008, Robert Pattinson starred in Twilight. Since then, he's been trolling precisely all of us.

Although it’s hard to believe, it’s already been over a decade since Robert Pattinson burst onto our screens with his appearance in 2008 fantasy film Twilight.

From the abomination that was the nickname ‘RPattz’ to Team Edward T-Shirts, it was an… interesting time.

And now, 11 years later, it seems Robert Pattinson is all anyone can talk about.

The 33-year-old English actor is currently appearing alongside Timothée Chalamet in Netflix’s The King – a historical drama based on several plays from Shakespeare’s “Henriad”, including Henry IV and Henry V.

In the new film, RPattz (I’m sorry) plays the heir to the French throne – the Dauphin of France – who wages war against English monarch Henry V (Timothée Chalamet).

But although fans loved Pattinson’s supporting role in the new movie (and his glorious wig), they couldn’t stop talking about his ridiculous choice of accent.

Currently seeking applicants for a support group I’m starting. Only those whose necks have been stepped on by Robert Pattinson’s sublime accent in #TheKing need apply pic.twitter.com/T87QFjkNgo

— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) November 4, 2019

In fact, it was so outrageously French, Pattinson’s accent almost bordered on parody. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Meanwhile, speaking to The Irish Times prior to the film’s release, Pattinson shared that he hadn’t quite figured out his character until he saw hair and makeup photographs of his The King costar Lily-Rose Depp.

“I was like, ‘I want to play a princess too,'” he said

And then we realised it.

Robert Pattinson has been trolling us all along.

Ever since the now 33-year-old stepped into the spotlight, he's become well-known for his ability to troll precisely all of us with his ridiculous interviews.

It all began during the throes of his Twilight days. During press interviews, Pattinson was well known for his obvious aversion to the saga.

Case in point:

"When I read it, it seemed like a book that wasn't meant to be published."

"[Edward] is kind of a mixture of looking slightly constipated and stoned."

"Why are they still in high school? It doesn't... they're a hundred years old."

"Twilight fans are literally on the verge of being clinically insane."

But it didn't end there.

You see, in 2011, Pattinson took his interview trolling to a whole other level when he blatantly lied on the Today show.

Remember that time Robert Pattinson made up a story about a dead clown... Post continues after video.

Speaking to host Matt Lauer ahead of the release of 2011 film Water for Elephants, in which the actor was playing a circus hand, Pattinson essentially made up an entire story about witnessing the death of a clown at the circus.

When Lauer opened the interview by asking whether Pattinson had ever dreamed of running away to the circus, Pattinson responded: "The first time I went to the circus, somebody died."

"One of the clowns died," he added.

"Are you being serious right now?" Lauer responded.

"His little car exploded. The joke car exploded on him," the actor replied.

"Seriously. My parents had to – everybody ran out. It was terrifying. It was the only time I've ever been to the circus."

Robert Pattinson once went on The Today Show and lied to Matt Lauer about going to the circus as a kid and seeing a clown car explode and kill a clown and so if you think of him as just the guy from Twilight and not the world's greatest living actor, that's on you.

— 20 Years of Nitro (@20YearsofNitro) October 28, 2019

Only... a week later, Pattinson admitted that he had made the entire story up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"I said those things. But I actually made the whole thing up," he told a reporter, when asked about the ~infamous clown death~.

"It’s coming back to haunt me. I said it on some show. It was really early in the morning the day after the New York premiere. Someone asked me what my experience with the circus was and I was like, I have nothing interesting to say. I don’t know why I said that!"

Several years later, in another interview, Pattinson complained about the, erm, regular occurrence of masturbation scenes in his movies.

"I keep masturbating," Pattinson told Variety.

"In the last three or four movies, I’ve got a masturbation scene. I did it in High Life. I did it in Damsel. And The Devil All the Time. I only realised when I did it the fourth time [in The Lighthouse]."

if anyone is wondering why i (a person who doesnt usually like batman) is gonna go see robert pattinson's batman, this is why: pic.twitter.com/8jsS7IyS3K

— 300 faeries in a trenchcoat (@hexthewitch) November 2, 2019

Now, ahead of his role as the latest incarnation of Batman in The Batman, it seems Pattinson is trolling us all over again.

Speaking to a reporter, Pattinson hinted that he might be adopting a pirate-style accent for the film... teasing thousands of Batman fans in the process.

"[Willem Dafoe's] voice in The Batman was quite inspiring for it, to be honest. It is pretty similar, the voice I'm gonna do, to Willem's," he said.

"Aaargh! I think Batman has a sort of piratey kind of voice – I think that will really suit it."

Whatever you say, RPattz. Whatever you say.

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