Robert Pattinson has 5 bodyguards

Robert Pattinson travels with five minders who guard him from fans.

Bosses at production studio Summit hired the heavy mob during shooting of Rob's latest film 'Remember Me', which is slated to hit UK screens on April 2.

The Twilight hunk has been forced to travel with bodyguards after almost being pushed under the wheels of a car by frenzied female admirers in New York's Union Square.

"If it hadn't been for the quick-thinking of two members of his team, he could easily have been a goner," the Daily Star quoted an eyewitness as saying.

"He was pushed off the sidewalk by the sheer number of fans who were trying to get close to him and fell against the door of a moving vehicle.

"If his clothing had got caught or a foot had gone under the car there's no doubt he would have been dragged along and seriously hurt," the eyewitness added.