“It was just kind of agreed that we would do something,” Robert told Vulture in 2017 of their first in-person conversation. “It wasn’t about any particular project or anything. But I remember leaving the meeting and thinking, ‘Yeah.’”

The 39-year-old added at the time, “Usually a meeting about a movie is just with the director. And you’re kind of trying to impress them and they’re trying to impress you. So, to have it with two people, it was more like entering a show.”

And the vibes were exactly what Robert—dad to a 22-month-old daughter with fiancée Suki Waterhouse—was looking for.

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“That’s kind of what I wanted,” he continued. “I knew that to get to a certain level of energy that I wanted, you have to commit to somebody else’s world. And it seemed like they had a self-contained world that they were a part of, that they weren’t just trying to make a movie or whatever. But it felt like an entire environment you could go into.”

For a look back at Robert through the years, including his relationship with Suki, keep reading…

Suki Waterhouse and Robert Pattinson first sparked relationship speculation in July 2018, when they were photographed on a PDA-filled date night in London.

In Dec. 2022, the private pair made their relationship red carpet official at Dior's fashion show in Egypt...

...where they couldn't help but show off their love.

The Daisy Jones actress and the Twilight alum turned the 2023 Met Gala into a date night on the first Monday in May.

The couple attended GO Campaign's 17th annual GO Gala at Citizen News in Hollywood on Oct. 21.

About two weeks after Suki confirmed her pregnancy, she and Rob went to the Poor Things premiere in New York. And they weren't the only stars there as Taylor Swift was also at the event.

In February 2023, Suki shared rare insight into her relationship with Rob. "I'm always incredibly excited when I see his name pop up [on my phone] or even a text, and I think he feels the same about me," she told The Sunday Times. "We've always got so much to say, and I find him hilarious."

"Rob definitely isn't getting advice from me about acting," Suki shared with The Sunday Times, "but of course I'll try and get him to help me with an audition before he falls asleep on the sofa."

The pair made their first official joint appearance since welcoming their daugher Oct. 5, 2024 at the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Pacific Palisades, Calif.

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