As Twilight’s reluctant bloodsucker, Vanity Fair’s December cover star has made teenage girls (and their mothers) swoon. To accompany Evgenia Peretz’s profile, which addresses Pattinson’s relationship with co-star Kristen Stewart and Hollywood’s doubts about casting him as Edward Cullen, VF.com presents the first of four slide shows featuring outtakes from his epic session with photographer Bruce Weber.

Photographs by Bruce Weber (www.vanityfair.com)