{"id":2353250,"date":"2026-03-31T18:13:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2353250"},"modified":"2026-03-31T18:13:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T18:13:33","slug":"robert-pattinson-tells-zendaya-about-the-bizarre-request-made-during-a-failed-audition-absolutely-traumatized","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/robert-pattinson-tells-zendaya-about-the-bizarre-request-made-during-a-failed-audition-absolutely-traumatized\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Pattinson tells Zendaya about the bizarre request made during a failed audition: &#8216;Absolutely traumatized&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">Key Points<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Robert Pattinson relayed a wild story from a failed audition to his <em>The Drama <\/em>costar Zendaya during a round of EW&#8217;s &#8220;Lie vs. Lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The worst audition story was, pretend to carry a rock from one side of the room to another in your underpants, a heavy rock,&#8221; Pattinson shared, with Zendaya judged as true.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pattinson claimed the story was true, and from an audition for the 2006 epic <em>300<\/em>, but Zendaya later noted, dubiously, &#8220;Rob throws me off, because you have so many crazy stories.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The truth is often stranger than fiction. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/robert-pattinson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Robert Pattinson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Robert Pattinson&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Robert Pattinson<\/a>&#8216;s storied career is living proof.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the latest round of <em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em>&#8216;s &#8220;Lie vs. Lie,&#8221; in which castmates employ deception, subterfuge, and all manner of trickery to sneak white lies past one another, the king of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/robert-pattinson-clarifies-all-the-lies-he-has-told-11930869\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:making stuff up;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;making stuff up&quot;}\" class=\"link \">making stuff up<\/a> swore to his <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/zendaya-robert-pattinson-the-drama-trailer-11865802\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Drama;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Drama&quot;}\" class=\"link \">The Drama<\/a> <\/em>costar <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/zendaya\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Zendaya;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Zendaya&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Zendaya<\/a> that one wild story was actually true.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The worst audition story was, pretend to carry a rock from one side of the room to another in your underpants, a heavy rock,&#8221; Pattinson proffered with a poker face. But unlike virtually all his other attempts, the <em>Euphoria <\/em>star clocked the story as true.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Robert Pattinson and Zendaya play EW&#8217;s &#8216;Lie vs. Lie&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Entertainment Weekly<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;You know how I know it&#8217;s true?&#8221; Zendaya asked Pattinson, who, looking disappointed in himself, responded, &#8220;I told you already.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pattinson claimed the odd ask came during an audition for the hyper-stylized Greco-Persian war epic <em>300<\/em>, which was released in 2006. &#8220;All the guys in England were doing that, and everyone came out looking absolutely traumatized, and not a single person got the job,&#8221; he recalled.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Though Zendaya&#8217;s B.S. radar didn&#8217;t detect anything unusual during Pattinson&#8217;s out-there audition story, she did later clarify that there&#8217;s reason to take <em>anything <\/em>the <em>Batman <\/em>star says with a grain of salt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Rob throws me off, because you have so many crazy stories,&#8221; she explained, conceding that, &#8220;I know that some of them are true, because I&#8217;ve heard you tell them over and over and over again to other people, exactly the same. That feels like it&#8217;s the truth. It&#8217;s not like he&#8217;s exaggerating every time he says it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But Pattinson himself has copped to some outlandish fibs he&#8217;s told in the past.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in 'The Drama'Credit: Courtesy of A24\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/DtL5IjQuPD7tbLSl3HK7lg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/03749837f7e99b189b44d7e0baed7733\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Robert Pattinson and Zendaya in &#8216;The Drama&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Courtesy of A24<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/movies\/robert-pattinson-delightfully-strange-interview-moments\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:previously owned up;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;previously owned up&quot;}\" class=\"link \">previously owned up<\/a> to getting into the drug-dealing business in school, but selling &#8220;sawdust with Febreze on it&#8221; to older students in place of an actual narcotic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2024, he admitted to a lie he told during a <em>Water for Elephants <\/em>press event in 2011 that he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QbNmAppHZ5Y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:saw a clown die in a terrible car explosion;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;saw a clown die in a terrible car explosion&quot;}\" class=\"link \">saw a clown die in a terrible car explosion<\/a>. &#8220;There was absolutely no hesitation at all [in my voice],&#8221; he reflected. &#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;What on Earth? Are you possessed?'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with our <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;EW Dispatch newsletter&quot;}\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Robert Pattinson and Zendaya star in Kristoffer Borgli's 'The Drama'Credit: Courtesy of A24\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/hsuCzj13d1fh5v7nN3C6xw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/entertainment_weekly_785\/ac6c0770f15dba0e68df40dfe7c9d44c\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-0 size-full\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-3 right-3 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed bottom-0 left-0 right-0 top-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><i>Robert Pattinson and Zendaya star in Kristoffer Borgli&#8217;s &#8216;The Drama&#8217;<br \/>Credit: Courtesy of A24<\/i><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for the <em>300 <\/em>claim, there don&#8217;t appear to be any stories from the cast about a rock-in-the-underpants portion of the auditions. But Andrew Garfield told a funny story about Pattinson&#8217;s old roommate, Tom Sturridge, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-independent.com\/arts-entertainment\/films\/news\/andrew-garfield-tom-sturridge-striptease-b2039703.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:flubbing his own audition;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;flubbing his own audition&quot;}\" class=\"link \">flubbing his own audition<\/a> for a part in the film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Tom tried to bulk up by wearing eight layers on his top half,&#8221; Garfield revealed in 2022. &#8220;But during the audition, they asked him to take off his shirt, so he had to spend four minutes removing all of these clothes in front of the casting people.&#8221; Garfield referred to the humiliation ritual as &#8220;the most brutal striptease ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>The Drama <\/em>releases in theaters on April 3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/robert-pattinson-tells-zendaya-about-bizarre-request-during-failed-audition-11935536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Entertainment Weekly&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Robert Pattinson relayed a wild story from a failed audition to his The Drama costar Zendaya during a round of EW&#8217;s &#8220;Lie vs. Lie.&#8221; &#8220;The worst audition story was, pretend to carry a rock from one side of the room to another in your underpants, a heavy rock,&#8221; Pattinson shared, with Zendaya judged [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2353251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[39188,29279],"class_list":["post-2353250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-robert-pattinson","tag-zendaya"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Robert-Pattinson-tells-Zendaya-about-the-bizarre-request-made-during.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2353252,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353250\/revisions\/2353252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}