--- description: The 28-year-old actor said that his stage name was Big Tub and that he taped some songs title: Watch: Robert Pattinson Wanted To Be A Rapper image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a68b22172bd7cee/69869813cd804da2bfccb85d/lnh1280x720-8.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Late Night](/tag/late-night/) ## Late Night Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # WATCH: Robert Pattinson Wanted to Be a Rapper by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 2:37 PM CUT  Actor Robert Pattinson on the Late Night Show Actor Robert Pattinson on the Late Night ShowLloyd Bishop / Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 18, 2014 2:37 PM CUT Actor Robert Pattinson, widely known for playing the vampire heartthrob Edward Cullen in the _Twilight_ movies, said on _Late Night With_ _Seth Meyers_ on Wednesday that he wanted to be a rapper when he was a kid. The 28-year-old Pattinson said that his stage name was _Big Tub._ “What, did you pick last?” the late night host joked. Patterson said that he even record some songs – with crafty solutions to create studio sound effects. “I didn’t know how to scratch, so I used to pull up and down the zipper on my hoodie,” he said. Pattinson was on the show to promote _The Rover_, a drama with Guy Pearce that opens in theaters on June 20. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2894225/robert-pattinson-rapper/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2894225/robert-pattinson-rapper/"},"headline":"WATCH: Robert Pattinson Wanted to Be a Rapper","datePublished":"2014-06-18T14:37:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:28:49.020Z","description":"The actor said he picked the stage name \"Big Tub\"","url":"https://time.com/2894225/robert-pattinson-rapper/","keywords":["Late Night","Television","Music","rap","Late Night Highlight","Twilight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a68b22172bd7cee/69869813cd804da2bfccb85d/lnh1280x720-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a68b22172bd7cee/69869813cd804da2bfccb85d/lnh1280x720-8.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Robert Pattinson wanted to be a rapper","caption":"Actor Robert Pattinson on the Late Night Show","creditText":"Lloyd Bishop / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/late-night/","name":"Late Night"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2894225/robert-pattinson-rapper/","name":"WATCH: Robert Pattinson Wanted to Be a Rapper"}}]}] ```