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Just like his vampire character Edward Cullen spends the majority of the Twilight saga holding back his instincts to attack other people, it appears that life has imitated art for Robert Pattinson.

The Brit heartthrob had to hold back from punching out a paparazzo earlier this week after losing his cool.

The 25-year-old actor allegedly lashed out at the photog’ after being snapped leaving a meeting at the ICM Agency in Los Angeles.

The pap in question – an X-17 photographer, told how Pattinson seemed to be in a pretty ‘bad mood’ as he left the building, stating that he was merely standing there doing his job when R-Patz apparently snapped on him!

He claims, “He [Robert] clenched his fist and got ready to hit me, but his friend told him to stop and calmed him down.”

Perhaps Patz had a rough meeting with his agent?

Though I’m not sure what the paparazzi regard as just ‘standing there’, Pattinson has never been one to hold back his feelings towards the tabloid press. In the past he even once stated he wanted to ‘beat the sh*t’ out of them.’  Well, he could that…or indeed bite them in the neck…either way both scenarios equate to a bloody end!

Verdict: X-17: nil – R-Patz: 1

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