Gorgeous NEW Cannes Portrait Pic & Interview With Robert Pattinson

Gorgeous NEW Cannes Portrait Pic & Interview With Robert Pattinson 

 Le Parisien interviewed Rob and I translated it below using reverso (with some tweeks by me) I'll update when a better translation comes out. But for now it reads ok ;))



Cannes. Robert Pattinson: " seven weeks without paparazzis! "
For "The Rover", Robert Pattinson, the hero of the saga " Twilight ", turned(shot) in the Australian desert, distant from everything. An experience...

Western of end of the world, "The Rover", shown out of competition, takes place in the Australian bush. But if the movie creates a sensation on Croisette, it is thanks to the Hollywood casting: Guy Pearce (" L.A. Confidential ") and Robert Pattinson, the star of "Twilight", playing men fearing neither god nor man, who fight for survival. Yesterday we met the ex-companion of Kristen Stewart, age 28, who is also in Cannes for " Map to the Stars ", by the Canadian David Cronenberg.

We didn't expect you in "The Rover" (out on June 4th), this violent road-trip by Australian director David Michôd... 
ROBERT PATTINSON. Me, neither... Since I finished the " Twilight "saga , I'm very lucky. You cannot imagine the number of interesting scripts that I receive, like "The Rover". I had adored "Animal Kingdom", David Michôd's previous movie. So, when he offered me the character of Rey, this young American seriously wounded, abandoned in the desert, who finds himself in front of an embittered and uncommunicative Australian farmer played by Guy Pearce, I turned darker in the adventure. It is a merciless encounter!

Was the shooting difficult in the Australian bush?
On the contrary, it was great! We spent seven weeks in magnificent, wild regions, distant from any civilization. It was nine-hour drive from Adelaide. Between us, without mobile, without TV, etc. And without paparazzis! It was another life, in the depths of the desert. This inhuman atmosphere is felt through the movie, this impression of end of the world as in "Mad Max".

You are also in Cannes with " Map to the Stars "... 
I believe that I would make all of Cronenberg's movies if he asked me. Two years after "Cosmopolis", where my character lived permanently in his big limousine, it amused me that he trusts me with the role of a chauffeur of stars in Hollywood. It is a secondary role, but oh how important, beside the great Julianne Moore.

For an actor of your stature, Hollywood, means what? 
A bonfire of vanities. A wild, hard place, full of cash, where ego and jealousies are terribly aggravated. Where everybody wants to be famous at all costs. It is very, very hard to live there. Especially, if you have no serious professional circle of acquaintances and no real friends to protect you from all the temptations. I get out of it well. I manage to live my personal life and the celebrity. Probably because I know the dangers and the traps...

"Twilight", it is finished well and truly... 
Ah yes! It is finished well and truly! I am too old now to play vampires! There are so many directors with whom I absolutely want to work.

Which ones?
Brady Corbet, a young director who is going to direct me in " The Childhood of A Leader ", Harmony Korine (" Spring Breakers ") soon. And the Frenchman Olivier Assayas for gangsters' movie which I'll shoot at the end of the year in the United States. I also hope one day for Quentin Tarantino...

Great Pics Of Robert Pattinson On The Covers Of Les InRockuptibiles & Variety ~ Cannes Editions

 Great Pics Of Robert Pattinson On The Covers Of Les InRockuptibiles & Variety ~ Cannes Editions

This great pic of Rob is featured on the cover of Les InRockuptibiles with Julianne.



 And he's also on a special Cannes edition of Variety.



Source 
Thanks PattinsonAW for the Variety Pics

NEW Pics Of Robert Pattinson & Co At The 'Maps To The Stars' After Party

NEW Pics Of Robert Pattinson & Co At The 'Maps To The Stars' After Party



The Maps to the Stars team leaving the cinema after the premiere



Check out more pics from the after party over HERE

Robert Pattinson Talks About The Future & More With Associated Press

Robert Pattinson Talks About The Future & More With Associated Press



This interview with Rob from Associated Press  is a great read with some fantastic quotes from Guy Pearce, David Cronenberg and David Michod.
This was me when I was finished reading it.

For the past year, Robert Pattinson has been trying to disappear. He says he's been actively avoiding having his photo taken, trying to erase a tabloid persona.

"I'm just trying to not be in stupid gossip magazines, basically, and I think the best way to do it is never be photographed ever," says Pattinson. "As I get older, I just get more and more and more self-conscious about getting photographed. I don't know why. I've done it too many times and now I feel like everyone can see through me."

Not being photographed isn't an option for Pattinson at the Cannes Film Festival: The annual Cote d'Azur extravaganza is famous for its walls of photographers and its rabid hunger for celebrity.

But Pattinson has unveiled a new, more mature image of himself at this year's Cannes. He stars in two of the festival's top films: David Michod's lean, dystopian thriller "The Rover" and, in competition, David Cronenberg's dark Hollywood satire "Maps to the Stars." In the latter, he plays a Los Angeles limo driver trying to break into the movie business.

In "The Rover," which opens in the United States on June 13, he gives arguably his best performance yet, playing a bloodied half-wit who travels across a near-future Australian Outback with a terse man bent on revenge (Guy Pearce). With a halting Southern accent, he's a mangy, wounded puppy dog of a man, loyal to his companion.

More than any film before, "The Rover" announces the 28-year-old former "Twilight" star as a talented actor of range, capable of disappearing into a complicated role.

"It's literally exactly what I wanted," Pattinson said of his Cannes, smiling atop the Palais des Festivals.

His performances have been eye-opening for many, including Pattinson's co-stars. "I wasn't aware of what he was capable of," says Pearce. "On the second day, I said to David, 'He's really (expletive) good, isn't he?'"

The new chapter for Pattinson really began with his first collaboration with Cronenberg in the 2012 stylish Don DeLillo adaptation "Cosmopolis." Since then, he says, he's been choosing parts solely by director.

"I sort of had a bit of a list," says Pattinson. "The things I'm going to do next I've said yes to them before I've even seen a script."

Along with Michod ("Animal Kingdom") and Cronenberg, Pattinson has shot movies with Werner Herzog and Anton Corbijn. He's lined up films with Harmony Korine ("Spring Breakers") and Olivier Assayas ("Carlos"). All are widely acclaimed filmmakers who mostly operate far from the mainstream.

"It takes so much of the responsibility off you," says Pattinson. "I don't like the idea of trying to make movies as, like, a vehicle. Also, I don't really know who my audience is. I don't know if I have an audience. Outside of 'Twilight,' I don't know."

"Playing the lead in 'Cosmopolis' was not at the time what he wanted to do," says Cronenberg. "I had to talk him into it. He was really looking forward to playing a smaller role in an ensemble piece. In a way, ('Maps') is kind of a perfect continuation of our relationship, which I really value."

Pattinson auditioned for Michod for "The Rover," though the screenplay's scant backstory made it difficult. Exposition is largely resisted on the characters and the nature of the "collapse" that destroyed Australian currency. Pattinson went in in character.

"But then I had to sort of ask a couple questions half in character at the beginning, like: 'Is he mentally handicapped? Before I completely make a fool out of myself?'" he recalled laughing.

"The second he started doing the character, I was getting excited," says Michod. "I was getting excited about the performance he would give, excited about the character as invented by him and excited by the prospect of taking a possibly very underestimated franchise star and letting him demonstrated what he's actually capable of."

Pattinson says relished playing a more physical part.

"I had done so many parts where I was super still — like the whole of 'Twilight,'" he says. "It's so restrictive. You do something where you have blood all over your face, you can't be expected to fit into any kind of mold."

Drafted into a global franchise at a young age, Pattinson has previously said he wasn't even sure if acting was meant for him. For one of the more famous people on the planet, he doesn't exude confidence or self-seriousness, but rather has a squinty, bemused manner and is quick to laugh at himself. Now, he acknowledges his confidence is growing.

"I'm very, very good at lower expectations," says Pattinson. "Lower expectations and over-deliver."

 Thanks PattinsonAW for the Variety Cover Pic

Robert Pattinson Talks About His Character In 'Maps To The Stars' In An On Set Video

Robert Pattinson Talks About His Character In 'Maps To The Stars' In An On Set Video

Ooooh I hope we get more on set videos like this. In this one Rob talks about his character Jerome.

Maps To The Stars ROUNDUP: Robert Pattinson leaving the premiere, David Michôd in attendance, reviews calling Rob a proper actor & more!

Maps To The Stars ROUNDUP: Robert Pattinson leaving the premiere, David Michôd in attendance, reviews calling Rob a proper actor & more!

Before we get to Rob leaving, let's see him coming. ;)



Ray of sunshine <3



Can I feel too, Rob?? This so needs a caption. LOL



Such sweetness



There are over 100 new pics of Rob at the premiere under the cut but here's a shot of Rob and Julianne leaving the premiere. Rob is trying to KILL the photographer.



HQs of Rob leaving MTTS premiere

        

Fandom also spotted The Rover's David Michôd at the Maps To The Stars premiere in this picture (after the screening) we posted earlier! Bottom right, wearing his gray glasses in a profile shot.



It looks like Mia even points him out to Rob before they sit down.


There was some holdover stuff from the press conference earlier...a few pics and videos




 

Rob is on after the Foxcatcher crew, after 1:20 ("How does it feel to be in Cannes?" "Good." LOL)


Au plus près de Robert Pattinson et Channing... by nice-matin



And a few more review snippets from the press screening May 18th.

The Independent:

Pattinson (in his second film with Cronenberg after Cosmopolis) brings a sly humour to his role as the young actor on the make, genial but as much on the make as anyone else....This is high class soap opera with a cerebral twist. Its sudden shifts in tone are disconcerting but it is funny, ghoulish and has plenty of satirical bite.

Movie City News:

Robert Pattinson, Cronenberg’s oddly appropriate muse, no longer needs to prove his authenticity as a proper actor. Finally, we need to see more of Evan Bird, witnessed here in his breakout role as a hilarious asshole narcissist. To be sure, Cronenberg’s navigation combined with Wagner’s pen (“it’s a fucking art film!”) make Maps to the Stars both a standout of Cannes 2014, and the best film the director has made since 2005.

Way Too Indie:

...great fun, and an invigorating addition to Cronenberg’s offbeat filmography.

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Catch up!

• Click HERE, HERE if you missed DiorRob at the Maps To The Stars premiere
• Click HERE, HERE, HERE  and HERE for Julianne's mention of Rob at LGJ
• Click HERE, HERE for photocall pictures and HERE for the official interview 
• Click HERE for the press conference videos and pictures
• Click HERE if you missed our first roundup of reviews for Maps To The Stars!
• Click HERE for ALL our premiere pics

Over 100 more pictures from the premiere under the cut!

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