"Little Ashes" will reveal the most dramatic role yet in Robert Pattinson's young career, as he steps away from the Edward Cullen role in Twilight and assumes the persona of eccentric, surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.
The movie depicts an 18-year-old Dalí as he makes the move from his small birth town in Spain to Madrid, where he begins experimenting with the cubist style that launched his young career. The film also depicts young poet/dramatist Federico García Lorca (newcomer Javier Beltran) and filmmaker Luis Buñel (Matthew McNulty from "Control") and the friendship forged between the three men.
Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech (1904 to 1989) was best known for such dazzling, bizarre paintings as "The Persistence of Memory" and "Swans Reflecting Elephants." A collaborator with the likes of Walt Disney and Alfred Hitchcock (who both tapped into his mind for scenes in their films), Dalí excelled at drawing attention to himself through his unconventional clothes and facial hair — a persona he largely developed during the early years that "Little Ashes" will portray.
Clearly, Pattinson's "Twilight" follow-up will be a long way from Stephenie Meyer's best-selling young-adult novels — but his loyal fans are already eager to see if he will once again dazzle them.
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