The Twilight saga hunk Robert Pattinson was putting money into a homeless busker’s tin in Los Angeles when he noticed how battered his instrument was and so headed into a nearby music shop to splash out on a gift for the man. He then emerged with an electric guitar for himself and a new red acoustic for the busker.
British builder Luke Jones witnessed the actor’s generosity, and told The Sun newspaper, “We were gobsmacked when he handed the acoustic guitar to the tramp. Robert quickly went back to his car and drove off. The busker was totally shell-shocked. He had no idea who Robert was, I think he thought the guitar was stolen. He was looking left and right, half expecting the police to arrest him. We asked him to play but he couldn’t get his thoughts together.”
A standard new acoustic guitar costs around £50. Robert, who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the vampire series, is a keen musician himself and has recorded two tracks, Never Think and Let Me Sign for the soundtrack to the first Twilight film. The 24-year-old star has previously said he sees music as his “back-up plan” if his film career fails, and that he believes he will be famous when he’s dead.