Stars That Ain't All That
By Kim Potts, Special to Hollywood.com
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Monday, July 20, 2009
Sure, they're as famous as Jesus ... but, really, do these 12 actors truly deserve the attention, the accolades or the adoration, like, at all? No, wethinks ...
Robert Pattinson
What's the Hubbub? His first big role was as Harry Potter pal Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, but he's best known as hunky vampire Edward Cullen in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's wildly popular Twilight novel.
The Hype: Unless you're a male cast member of Gossip Girl, it doesn't get much bigger than Pattinson in teen pin-up world these days. His brooding good looks and carefully tousled hair have made "RPattz" the new Zac Efron (or, as some critics have compared him, the new Jude Law). He's also threatening to launch a music career (because there certainly aren't enough actor-turned-musicians for us to poke fun at now, right ... Bruce Willis/Eddie Murphy/Lindsay Lohan/Russell Crowe/etc.?).
Why He Ain't Really All That: Well, for starters, the comparison to Law might sound good initially, but, it's not like Law's career is going gangbusters at this point. And then there's the fact that Pattinson so quickly replaced High School Musical star Efron as the hunk du jour … teen pin-up land is a fickle place to be. Pattinson may have the goods for a long-term run in Hollywood, but it's way too soon to make that call now. For now, he's a pretty, pretty good actor who's had choice roles in two big flicks, but flicks that were based on two of the biggest already-established pop culture stories ever. If he racks up a couple of non-Potter, non-vamp hits, then maybe we'll believe the hype.
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