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July 15, 2009

Brooklyn Heights Streets Clogged With Twilight Fans

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Unlike when we rode through earlier in the day, Brooklyn Heights was firmly in the grip of Rob Pattinson fever by late afternoon yesterday. There must have been well over a hundred onlookers on Middagh Street waiting to catch a glimpse of the Twilight star when he made his way out of his trailer that was parked between Henry Street and Cadman Plaza West. We didn't stick around, so we have no idea how long they had to wait. Has there been any backlash in The Heights over the amount of film shoots that take place there?




Posted by Brownstoner at 9:00 AM | Comments (17)
Categories: Brooklyn Heights, Celebrity, Quality of Life

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WOW, and people think that we are pathetic losers!!!!

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 15, 2009 9:05 AM

I saw rob there

Posted by: Return of Randolph at July 15, 2009 9:09 AM

Anybody who admits to being there (and seeing others) really needs to get a life.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 15, 2009 9:13 AM

I'll admit to walking by on my way home and wondering what the hell those people were doing there. I never heard of the actor or the show. It's not quite the same as when Brad Pitt and George Clooney were filming Burn Before Reading. At least I could understand the interest in that.

Posted by: Biff Champion at July 15, 2009 9:18 AM

I don't usually care either way, but he is actually pretty delicious...

Posted by: miss priss at July 15, 2009 9:20 AM

The sidewalks were clogged with every 14 year old girl in NYC yesterday. I don't think they need to get a life. They looked like they were having fun. I loved how so many of them had gotten dressed up for the occasion -- "if only he looked my way and our eyes met, I know..."

I have only a vague idea of who this guy is, but I get that that's because I'm middle aged.


Posted by: Ringo at July 15, 2009 9:29 AM

I've never heard of him either. Googled him and he's just not my cup of tea.

Posted by: daveinbedstuy at July 15, 2009 9:30 AM

I think they were also filming on Amity Street, between Clinton & Henry, the week or so before. Huge crowds as I walked by each morning. Haven't got a clue about 'Twilight'...likewise Ringo.

Posted by: cobblehiller at July 15, 2009 9:35 AM

I have never heard of him or the show.

Posted by: wasder at July 15, 2009 9:46 AM

Well, hey, I guess it's a step-up from Jonas Brothers, what with their pledge to never touch a vajayjay.

Posted by: heck_of_a_job_brownie at July 15, 2009 10:24 AM

Twilight is a series of hugely popular teen vampire books -- and he plays the vampire in the movies (first was out last year I think).

Posted by: BH76 at July 15, 2009 10:32 AM

I think the Twilight thing is a bit like a sexed up Harry Potter for tweens.

And Biff, did they film portions of Burn After Reading in Brooklyn Heights? I had no idea.

Posted by: Nokilissa at July 15, 2009 11:27 AM

http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/tag/burn-after-reading

Posted by: BH76 at July 15, 2009 12:06 PM

They are constantly filming in the Heights. I think the BHA gets "quiet money" for every shoot so there is no organized uprising. Also, the gentry keep their cars garaged so its no biggie for them.

so many movies and TV shows filmed in the Heights.
For Burn after Reading they made State street look like Georgetown. For Age of Innocence they had huge mounds of fake snow on Remsen Street. For Bullets Over Broadway they made a whole fake building facade on Joralemon and Columbia Place, on and on.


Posted by: Minard Lafever at July 15, 2009 12:21 PM

Thanks BH76! That was great fun to peruse.

Posted by: Nokilissa at July 15, 2009 12:21 PM

My family's lived in Cadman Plaza for over 40 years, since the bldg was first completed--the only time a film crew was a nuisance was when a scene from the first Superman movie was shot on the bridge at night and the lights were so strong they came right in my 5th floor bedroom window and kept me up. Moonstruck is generally considered the high point of the Heights' movie career. In Manhattan, Woody Allen and his wife bicker about something right at the end of I think it's Orange St. If you grow up in NY, complaining about film crews is like complaining about all the tall buildings. The one thing I don't like is when they have fabulous catered spreads right out there on the sidewalk, at arm's length, all that fresh fruit and turkey sandwiches, and you can't have any of it. Pattinson's fans were orderly and pleasant and they're welcome to loiter passionately on my stoop any time they like.

Posted by: skinnymoo at July 15, 2009 1:14 PM


Heights people love this kind of stuff.

Posted by: East New York at July 15, 2009 2:14 PM

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