London:
Twilight star Robert Pattinson bought a new acoustic guitar for a tramp on the street after seeing him play a battered old one.
The 25-year-old actor was putting money into his tin 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 tramp, reported Sun online. British builder Luke Jones witnessed the actor's generosity.
"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," Jones said.
Pattinson, who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight series, is a keen musician himself and has recorded two tracks, Never Think and Let Me Sign for the soundtrack to the first film in the franchise.
The 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. "I am sure I'll be one of those artists that people don't pay any attention to while I'm alive, and when I am dead people will go yeah, man, that was a work of art," Pattinson said.
The 25-year-old actor was putting money into his tin 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 tramp, reported Sun online. British builder Luke Jones witnessed the actor's generosity.
"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," Jones said.
Pattinson, who plays vampire Edward Cullen in the Twilight series, is a keen musician himself and has recorded two tracks, Never Think and Let Me Sign for the soundtrack to the first film in the franchise.
The 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. "I am sure I'll be one of those artists that people don't pay any attention to while I'm alive, and when I am dead people will go yeah, man, that was a work of art," Pattinson said.
