Robert Pattinson says it's no longer 'cool' to hate 'Twilight': 'That's so 2010'

• "Twilight" star Robert Pattinson said that "it's not even cool to be a hater anymore" of the film.
• "That's so 2010," he said in an interview with "The Batman" costar Zoë Kravitz for People.

Robert Pattinson said that days of loathing "Twilight" are long gone.

"It's not even cool to be a hater anymore," Pattinson said in response to "The Batman" costar Zoë Kravitz admitting that she wasn't a fan, in a new interview with People posted on the publication's TikTok account.

"That's so 2010," he continued.

"I don't hate it, I just didn't see it," Kravitz said. "I just didn't participate in it."

Then Kravitz corrected herself, remembering that she actually did watch the first film because her best friend "kinda made me go."

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Pattinson starred as Edward Cullen, a vampire who fell in love with an ordinary teen named Bella Swan (played by Kristen Stewart) in Forks, Washington.

"Twilight" was directed by Catherine Hardwicke and based on writer Stephenie Meyer's best-selling fantasy novel of the same name.

The film became a global hit upon its release in November 2008 and fans (known as Twihards) flocked to theaters to watch the sequels, all based on Meyer's books: "New Moon" (2009), "Eclipse" (2010), "Breaking Dawn: Part 1" (2011), and "Breaking Dawn: Part 2" (2012).

At the time of the franchise's peak popularity, not everyone was a fan.

Pattinson himself famously trashed the "Twilight" movies in interviews. In video compilations, he appeared unenthusiastic about the franchise, from how long the shooting was to how strange the premises of the films were.

Pattinson also joked that he "stopped mentally progressing around the time when I started doing those movies."

In a 2011 interview with Vanity Fair, the "Harry Potter" alum also recalled the tedious process of shooting the poster for "Twilight" in "every position" in order to accommodate the film's marketing.

"There's nothing you can do about it," he said. "That's the way it is. But it is weird being part of that, kind of representing something you don't particularly like."

Since leaving "Twilight" behind, Pattinson has looked back on the franchise more kindly.

"It seems like with younger people in their late teens, early 20s, it's sort of become quite a hip thing to like," Pattinson said of the first film in a 2019 interview with USA Today. "It's a fascinating second wave of people appreciating it, which is kind of cool."

The actor also said that "the soundtracks were quite ahead of their time."

"It's lovely now that the mania is not so intense," he told the publication. "People come up [to me] and just have very fond memories of it. It's a really sweet thing. I think the only scary part was right in the thick of it all, when it was very, very intense. Now the intensity has died down and it's just very warm memories."

In recent years, the franchise has experienced a resurgence in popularity.

Younger people, including Gen Z musician Olivia Rodrigo, have recently discovered the "Twilight" movies through streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon.

The first film's often-referenced baseball scene is an iconic part of pop culture and lines like Jacob Black's "Bella, where the hell have you been loca?" (from "New Moon") have spawned memes and merch.

The actress Nikki Reed, who portrayed Rosalie Hale in the Twilight" saga, previously told Insider that she believes the movies continue to resonate with fans of all ages because "there's definitely something about these films that feel very timeless."