Robert Pattinson's new movie Cosmopolis was released on 15 June

It's hard to imagine Twilight heartthrob Robert Pattinson not being any good at auditions, but he insists he's rubbish.

Robert, 26, says he hasn't tried out for many films at all since starring as Edward Cullen in the hit vampire saga.

'I was always shit at auditions,' says Robert.

'Since Twilight, I've done two.'

Nevertheless, Rob clearly impressed writer and director David Crononberg, who cast him in the role of billionaire Eric Packer in new film Cosmopolis - a drama set in Manhattan.

'I was so happy afterwards when I got it,' Robert tells The Guardian Guide.

'And it was purely because of Cosmopolis that I was thinking: "You can go and do this as an actor, rather than just as the guy from Twilight, because you've got some foreign value now."'

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