BBC: Robert Pattinson – Twilight Fans Will Like ‘Cosmopolis’ (plus Pattinson’s upcoming film projects)
Cast Interview Maps To The Stars Robert Pattinson Robert Pattinson - New HorizonsThis article, appearing after our brief comments, was written by Tim Masters of BBC News.
In this Robert Pattinson recognizes that his Twilight fan base has a large number of avid readers, and connect with him on this (they know him to be a bibliophile.) Given how much we’re writing on DeLillo’s work and his source novel for the film for our followers, we’re all for this point being made!
Pattinson also notes that he thinks most of his Twilight fans followers “don’t want you to repeat yourself”; he hopes that they will indeed like Cosmopolis. We’ll just say from the tweets we’ve been seeing and other online chatter, it appears that many indeed do. Most certainly, they are open to the new experience.
Pattinson also comments on the planned project with Cronenberg, Maps to the Stars:
BBC Interview with Pattinson:
“Actor Robert Pattinson has predicted that his new art-house film Cosmopolis will be embraced by Twilight fans.
‘Some of them will just want you to play vampires, but most people don’t want you to repeat yourself,’ the Briton told the BBC.
The heart-throb, who played Edward Cullen in the Twilight films, also defended his fans from accusations that their dedicated behaviour was ‘crazy’.
Cosmopolis, directed by David Cronenberg, opens in the UK this week.
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| Pattinson with his director at Paris Screening |
‘All these people come up and give what they’ve been reading and found interesting’. Robert Pattinson on his literary gifts from the red carpet.
The film, based on the novel by Don DeLillo, was a contender for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
The cast also includes Juliette Binoche, Paul Giamatti and Samantha Morton. Pattinson’s role as Wall Street billionaire Eric Packer is a far cry from his Twilight character.
The story begins with Packer setting out for a haircut in his stretch limousine. The car journey across Manhattan is punctuated by casual sex, abstract conversations and violent street protests.
At one point, Packer receives a prostate examination in the back of his limo and later gets a cream pie in the face from an anarchist.
‘It’s nice to do a movie where there’s at least one scene you know is never going to be repeated,’ said Pattinson.
Asked what his Twilight fanbase would make of the film, the 26-year-old star said: ‘I think a lot of them will really connect to it. Over the years, people kind of get an idea of what you’re trying to do.’
‘Some of them will follow – some of them will just want you to play vampires, but most people don’t want you to repeat yourself. So hopefully they’ll like it.’
Twilight fans, he suggested, had come in for unfair criticism.
‘People put down Twilight fans, but yesterday I got given on the red carpet in Berlin all these books from people who are lined up in the rain and are probably judged by everyone to be crazy.’
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| Pattinson Connecting with Fans on Cosmopolis Promo Trail |
‘I got a signed first edition of the Martin Amis book, Money; a Lawrence Ferlinghetti book; the new [Michel] Houellebecq book. All these people come up and give what they’ve been reading and found interesting. This is not giving you teddy bears!’
Cosmopolis was Pattinson’s first film after finishing work on the Twilight franchise.
Next up is Mission: Blacklist – a thriller about the true story of military interrogator Eric Maddox, who spearheaded the capture of Saddam Hussein. Pattinson may also be reunited with Cronenberg on a planned project Maps to the Stars, which would see the Canadian director shoot for the first time in the US.
“It’s about child actors going crazy,” explained Pattinson. “The script is really funny and really weird, and captures the insanity of most actors.”
Cronenberg’s recent films include A Dangerous Method, Eastern Promises and A History of Violence. He is closely associated with the “body horror” genre through his 1970s-80s films such as Rabid, Scanners, Videodrome and The Fly.”
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