Rob on a high perch as Edward Credit: Summit Entertainment

We might have first noted Twilight's cinema version of the beloved vampire Edward Cullen when tall, gorgeous Robert Pattinson played doomed Cedric Diggory in the 4th Harry Potter film. Of course, when news leaked that he was chosen by director Catherine Hardwicke and "Twilight" novelist Stephenie Myer to play the perfect Edward, fans, who wanted everyone from "Smallville's" Tom Welling to Johnny Depp for the part, were mostly furious....but the actor is growing on them bigtime! We've met him and can see why.

Let's get to the dish! Perhaps even something you haven't read before. We met Robert, we chatted with him, we learned that, before he was cast as troubled painter Salvador Dali in the indie-film Little Ashes, Rob was disillusioned and ready to give up acting for a possible music career. The actor is also friends with another uber-hunk Prince Caspian's Ben Barnes. We interviewed Ben the day before chatting with Rob and were asked to pass on our greetings and good wishes. We also learned that Ben used to groove to soul music in high school with Rob's older sister. Small world for these two hunks, evidently.