where did robert pattinson go to acting school?
The Harrodian School
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 He decided to pursue a career in film . After attending two other film schools , he graduated from Full Sail University in another Central Florida town , Winter Park , as the class valedictorian . He moved to Southern California and began working as a story editor , primarily doing uncredited rewrites . 

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 As a freshman , Barrowman won parts in several musical productions and from 1983 to 1986 , he performed in such musical productions as Oliver ! , Camelot , Hello , Dolly ! , Li 'l Abner and Anything Goes . Looking back , Barrowman acknowledges that " without the support he received in high school , chances are that he would not now be appearing in royal command performances in the West End in front of the Royal Family or having Stephen Sondheim ask him to play opposite Carol Burnett " . 

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 While he was working as a software engineer in Silicon Valley , California , he pursued filmmaking and graduated with a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University . 

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 Casting for the film became a hot topic . When Sean Penn met Malick , he told him , " Give me a dollar and tell me where to show up " . Scripts were also sent to Robert De Niro , Robert Duvall and Tom Cruise . In 1995 , once word went out that Malick was making another movie after many years , numerous actors approached him , flooding the casting directors until they had to announce they wouldn 't be accepting more requests . Some A class actors for example , Brad Pitt , Al Pacino , Gary Oldman and George Clooney offered to work for a fraction and some even offered to work for free . Bruce Willis even went as far as offering to pay for first @-@ class tickets for the casting crew , to get a few lines for the movie . At Medavoy 's home in 1995 , Malick staged a reading with Martin Sheen delivering the screen directions , and Kevin Costner , Will Patton , Peter Berg , Lukas Haas and Dermot Mulroney playing the main roles . In June of that year , a five @-@ day workshop was scheduled at Medavoy 's with Brad Pitt dropping by , and culminating with Malick putting on the soundtrack of Where Eagles Dare and playing Japanese taiko drums . Malick met with an interested Johnny Depp about the project at the Book Soup Bistro on the Sunset Strip . 

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 Robert grew up and attended school in Worcester and was involved in academic and traveling theatrical productions during high school . Thanks to financial aid from his late brother 's fiancee , Lillian Duryea , he could attend Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter , New Hampshire for his final year of high school . Benchley reveled in the atmosphere at the Academy , and he remained active in creative extracurricular activities , thereby damaging his academic credentials toward the end of his term . 
