Variety Essay Names Robert Pattinson as a Different Model of Screen Stardom

A new Variety essay makes the case that Robert Pattinson represents a different kind of film star. The piece contrasts him with Tom Cruise, who has often been described as the final example of the classic movie star in the years since "Top Gun: Maverick." Variety calls Cruise the benchmark for that tradition and presents Pattinson as someone who has taken a different route to the same standing. For readers in Beverly Hills, where the business of making stars has long been local business, the essay is a studio-town argument about what screen stardom can look like now.

With reporting from Variety.