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Hair today, gone tomorrow for Twilight's Robert Pattinson

Twilight
Hairy moments … Robert Pattinson and his co-star Kristen Stewart in the first Twilight film. Photograph: Allstar Picture Library

Fans of Twilight will be able to play a little bit of spot-the-difference when the final instalment of the uber-popular vampire film franchise hits cinemas later this year. The eagle-eyed might spot that Robert Pattinson, male lead and heart-throb to millions of angst-ridden teenage girls, is wearing a wig in some scenes. No, his regime of having to be coated in make up to appear callow and vampire-like did not result in a hair loss allergic reaction debacle. Pattinson, possibly thinking that his vampire days were all but behind him, has recently shaved his head. When Twilight's makers needed to reshoot some scenes, it was time to call in the make-up department to style a wig for "continuity reasons". Plenty of super glue needed to keep it on when dashing at vampire speed needed then.

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