--- title: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Robert Pattinson Video description: Zac Efron shared the video for Robert Pattinson canonical: https://time.com/3154089/robert-pattinson-als-ice-bucket-challenge/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-21T16:43:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:12:38.781Z og:title: WATCH: Robert Pattinson Accepted Zac Efron's Ice Bucket Challenge Nomination og:description: The result is totally hilarious og:url: https://time.com/3154089/robert-pattinson-als-ice-bucket-challenge/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d201060b7189794/6986a05dcd804d26f2ccc701/453256816.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Robert Pattinson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: WATCH: Robert Pattinson Accepted Zac Efron's Ice Bucket Challenge Nomination twitter:description: The result is totally hilarious twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d201060b7189794/6986a05dcd804d26f2ccc701/453256816.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Oh, Look: Robert Pattinson Did the Ice Bucket Challenge, Too > Sponsored content. 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Benett—WireImage / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Aug 21, 2014 4:43 PM UTC Celebrities are really into [nominating each other ](http://time.com/3153851/celebrity-ice-bucket-challenge-web/)for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge right now and then posting the videos all over social media. Well, on Tuesday, Zac Efron [nominated ](http://instagram.com/p/r5OISFQaGO)his famous buddy Robert Pattinson, even though he’s virtually invisible on social media. It’s a bit of a surprise that he actually went through with the challenge. He ended up simply tasking Efron with sharing the video on his behalf. After the _Twilight_ star thanks Efron for the nomination, somebody dumps a pot of ice cubes over his head. Then someone else sprays him with a hose. When he thinks it’s all over, he lists his own nominations while ice cubes (and red Solo cups) are chucked at him. Man, this really makes us wish he did the whole social media thing. 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