Fans greet Robert Pattinson on the red carpet as he attends screening of The Rover

 
Bonded: actors Guy Pearce and Robert Pattinson (Picture: Getty)
Standard Reporter6 August 2014

Robert Pattinson greeted adoring female fans as he attended a special screening for his latest film The Rover.

The Twilight star was joined by co-star Guy Pearce at a BFI screening of the film which is set in the Australian Outback.

Directed by David Michod, The Rover is set in a dystopian world 10 years after a global economic collapse. Pattinson and Pearce play two down-and-outs thrown together in the fight for survival.

Pattinson said: "It was really in the middle of nowhere - it wasn't even like Ayr's Rock, touristy Outback. There's nothing at all.

Hollywood star: Robert Pattinson (Picture: Getty)

"I don't even know what people were doing out there, I think it was opal mining or something.

"It's not really something you can find good advice on.

"I realised the hats Australian people wear with the corks on... I thought that was just for the look, but it's actually to keep away flies and it worked very well."

But native Australian Pearce insisted he felt at home there.

"It was fine for me, I love it," he said. "The heat, all the things that are supposedly difficult - the isolation, the heat and the flies and all that sort of stuff - to me it all adds to the unique nature of being out there."

And just like their characters the two actors admit they bonded while making the film.

Pearce laughed: "Yeah, we formed a bond."

The Rover opens in cinemas on Friday August 15.

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