“I’ve known Rob forever,” Dornan said while participating in the latest edition of Wired’s “Autocomplete Interview” video series, released Monday. “He’s a really good friend. I love him. I think he’s one of the most investing, exciting actors around.”
“I probably at one point was quite jealous early on,” the Irish actor continued. “We were all friends back in London and Rob was going places and we weren’t. I think he’s the nicest guy in the world.”
Dornan, known for his work in movies like “Fifty Shades of Grey” and “Belfast,” was referring to the time in his career pre-fame when he ran in the same circle as several actors who’d go on to become A-list stars: Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, Eddie Redmayne, and Charlie Cox.
The “Heart of Stone” actor has opened up about their dynamic in past interviews, explaining that Pattinson wasn’t on the same level as them at the time because he achieved success with roles in the “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” franchises.
“I think with Rob it’s always been like, he sort of had success earlier, so we were a bit like, ‘Does he really fit in with us?’ Because we were not working and he’s working all the time,” Dornan explained to Entertainment Tonight in March 2022. “He did ‘Twilight’ and was suddenly in a different stratosphere than us.”
During an appearance on “The Late Late Show With James Corden” in November 2021, Dornan and Garfield recalled that the group of struggling actors would travel to LA for pilot season in the hopes of booking roles.
I visited Forks, Washington, where the ‘Twilight’ series takes place. It’s surprisingly charming.
The actors also said that they would audition for the same roles and help each other with self-tapes for parts.
“We were the kind of guys who would go to the Standard Hotel on Sunset Boulevard to play ping-pong and order one cocktail between us because we couldn’t afford any more,” Garfield said. “And we would spend six or seven hours.”
“But you had to order food or they would kick you out,” Dornan chimed in. “So we’d order like, a burger and have like, a bite each.”
