The American actor is famed for his role as mysterious vampire Edward Cullen in the successful vampire franchise, based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer. Robert and his Twilight co-stars Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner have been promoting The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 at the popular Comic-Con book, film and television convention in San Diego, California. The film is the penultimate installment in the hugely popular film series, and Robert bares a lot of flesh in the picture.
The 25-year-old star says fans shouldn’t expect too much. "I don't want to get anyone's hopes up. I look like an inflatable frankfurter in some of those [scenes],” he quipped to MTV. Robert has been fully clothed in the films up until now, despite Edward frequently not wearing a shirt in the fantasy novels. The Hollywood hunk says he conjured up a number of options in his head to avoid having to be naked in the film.
"The thing I was most nervous about was taking my shirt off," he explained. "I've managed to have my shirt on the whole series. In the book, [Edward is shirtless] almost every three pages. [I kept thinking,] 'How can I wear a T-shirt in the sea? Or a onesie?'"The highly-anticipated honeymoon scene between Robert and his real-life girlfriend Kristen premiered at Comic-Con - with more than 6,000 fans gathering to catch a glimpse of the couple getting steamy in the sea.