What made you say yes to Remember Me?

It was before Twilight came out, and I read the script and I wanted to do another job before Twilight was released. I didn’t end up doing one, but this was one of the things I read. Tyler wasn’t really coming from an obvious place and wasn’t ending up in an obvious place either, so it gave you much more to work with, and it could be more of a character piece. 

Were there certain aspects of the character you could see in yourself? 

Yes, in a lot of ways, I saw right from the beginning that he was quite similar to me, and I kind of tried to tailor it to be even more similar, but then the more I tailored it, the more it became a fictional creation. I mean, you get to your early 20s and you are much more accepting of being part of the world, and not wanting to drive everything away from you all the time, and I kind of had that when I was in my early 20s.

Did this role feel very different from the other roles that you have played?

Yes, definitely. There are certain things about it; you can improvise quite a lot more, especially in comparison to the Twilight films. The whole point of the Twilight films is that there are so many hindrances as to what you can do, whereas with Tyler, it’s the first time I played somebody who is just the kind of normal guy. He is literally just a normal guy, with no specific handicaps, and it was fun. 

Are you gearing up to shoot the last Twilight movie now?

I think I’m going to have to do Breaking Dawn at the end of this year, so I’m not sure when. 

Did the Twilight fans make shooting Remember Me in New York quite difficult?

The fan situation, honestly, they were lovely. They would completely respond to people saying: “Please go and wait over there or something“, even when there were tonnes and tonnes of them. But it was the paparazzi who were unbelievable. They were like jackals. 

In what ways has this success changed things for you?

It changed more in America. I always thought it was going to be like this. I came out last Christmas and it was kind of… it was all pretty low key again and I always thought it would’ve changed by now in London but it hasn’t really. People just don’t look for the same stuff, but in America, I guess it is different. 

How do you disguise yourself  in order to be able to walk around places like London?

Biting your nails works quite well! Actually, I was in HMV on Oxford Street on Christmas Eve buying Christmas presents, and not a single person noticed. And there were Twilight posters everywhere! It’s been years since I’ve done anything like that, and I think people just aren’t looking in the same way
in London.

How do you deal with fame?

I just try to keep working. Even ten years ago, Leonardo DiCaprio always talked about being able to take a break away from everything, but I don’t think you can do that any more. I think you need to capitalise and steer your career at the same time. Especially with a thing like Twilight, where it is such a huge universe.