Robert Pattinson revealed why he insisted on performing real sex act unsimulated on set

Robert Pattinson is not the most typical of celebrities.

This is a good thing if you ask me, but the Mickey 17 star does not have the polished, perfect image that many other celebrities do.

He recently opened up about why he can’t watch horror films, stating that they had him waiting on the sofa with two kitchen knives.

In prior interviews he claimed he grabbed dinner with his stalker, who supposedly left him alone after he complained to her all meal long. That is, however, if you can you even fully believe that story after he admitted having made up watching a clown die in a car explosion.

Robert Pattinson said he was unable to fake it in the moment (Francois Durand via Getty Images)

Similarly, most celebrities when told to perform a sex act on screen will then discuss how best to simulate it and make it look real.

Robert Pattinson, however, insisted on actually performing the sex act.

The actor starred in a biopic about Salvador Dali called Little Ashes in which he had to masturbate in one scene.

Rather than fake it, the actor decided to instead do it for real.

In a 2013 interview with German magazine Interview, he said: “If you google something long enough you will soon know everything there is to know about me: what I eat, what my poop looks like, with whom I’m sleeping, what my d**k looks like, even what I look like when I masturbate.

He genuinely masturbated in the scene which he thought would ruin his career (Regent Releasing)

"Well, that might be a little exaggerated. But my orgasm face is recorded for eternity.”

The actor claimed he was unable to fake the moment he had to climax for the film, saying: “Try it. I can tell you right now, no chance. It just doesn’t work.

"So I rubbed one out in front of the camera."

He reflected on the decision in the interview, saying: “Something like that, yes. After the end of the shooting I thought for a couple of days that this would be the end of my - at the time really short - acting career.

"But then I got the phone call that said 'You got the role.' And then Twilight started."

He starred as Salvador Dali (Regent Releasing)

The actor’s career has more than worked out, with a number of critically acclaimed roles, multiple Christopher Nolan films if you include the upcoming The Odyssey, as well as The Batman.

His newest film however, Mickey 17, sees Pattinson playing multiple different clones of himself.

The movie, made by Parasite director Bong Joon Ho, sees him play a man who takes on dangerous roles, with clones sent out if he dies.

The sci-fi comedy has debuted to 85 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and an 8.7 on IMDb, with Helen O’Hara of Empire Magazine saying: “Like Mickey himself, it’s goofy and a little inconsistent, but it’s also funny, thoughtful and more plausible than we might like. A charming space oddity for these unusual times.”