Robert Pattinson, a gangster?

From Remember Me to Bel Ami to Unbound Captives, The Twilight Saga: New Moon star Robert Pattinson is surely the object of many film-maker's propsective eyes right now.

With a diverse resume that brought him anywhere from the sad, sad Art in How To Be to the uber-eccentric Salvador Dali in Little Ashes (and, of course, the leading vampire in Twilight), Pattinson's capacity for thespianism is a hair shy of bringing him to the level of theatrical Renaissance Man.

As such, one role that is coming into the news lately is that of a gangster.

Says Us Magazine,

"I was talking to [author] Tom [Folsom] about who he wants to play Joe Gallo if you make this book into a movie. He said one of the ones he really wants is Leonard DiCaprio" producer Harvey Weinstein [said] at The Mad Ones book party in NYC Monday.

(Gallo -- a mafia associate known as "Crazy Joe" -- was portrayed by actor Joe Mantegna in the Godfather Part III.)

Who else could play the role?

"Rob Pattinson, James Franco, Leo...there's a bunch of guys," Weinstein goes on.

But Weinstein is a fan of Pattinson after working with him at the amfAR benefit in which he auctioned off two kisses to raise money for AIDS research.

"Rob Pattinson, I made him kiss girls in Cannes. He's the most charming, wonderful young man," Weinstein [says.] "He really cared about the charity, and that's not an easy thing to do. That's a sweet, sweetheart thing to do. And then we got two bids."

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Little Ashes Opening Weekend Numbers

Go Watch Little Ashes Everyone, I will watch it again this week

The numbers are in and Little Ashes has had a successful opening weekend in the U.S. Variety is now reporting the estimates for this weekend as follows:

Regent Releasing’s “Little Ashes” posted a sturdy per-screen average of $6,416 as it grossed $77,000 from 12 runs.

Indiewire.com is describing the opening weekend as “descent” despite its limited release and reminds us all that it is really just the beginning for Little Ashes as many new theatres will be showing the film in the coming days and weeks.

Currently screening in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, “Ashes” expands to other major markets throughout the month of May including Seattle, Tampa, Boston, Portland, Washington, D.C., Ft. Lauderdale and St. Louis. The film is currently set to open in more than 30 markets.

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Yahoo Buzz Log: Hunk-O-Rama: Rob #1

1. ROBERT PATTINSON

As the movie's moody and glistening vampire, Pattinson hasn't budged from the top 100 searches on Yahoo! since "Twilight" migrated from book shelves to big screen. Even his fanged alter ego Edward Cullen's searches would have merited a No. 7 placement. We don't argue with bloodsuckers.