Robert Pattinson compliments Bill Condon to the LA Times

Robert Pattinson compliments Bill Condon to the LA Times



Excerpted from Los Angeles Times:

The 25-year-old English actor, who plays Edward Cullen in the series, had nothing but kind words for Condon, the fourth director to sign on for a "Twilight" film and the man who will conclude the saga next year when "Breaking Dawn -- Part 2" is released. He said he appreciated what the filmmaker was up against: a tonally challenging narrative, a special-effects-intensive production and pressure to meet outsize fan expectations for the first half of the finale of the franchise adapted from author Stephenie Meyer's bestselling vampire romance novels.

"It was a massive undertaking, much bigger budgets and huge expectations, since it was the last one in the series," Pattinson said of the production. "There was much more pressure than the last one."

Pattinson said he felt that Condon had a point of view with the film -- Condon told The Times that he wanted to marry melodrama and horror in telling the story of Edward's marriage to Bella (Kristen Stewart) and the fallout from the unplanned pregnancy that happens soon after. The actor also enjoyed Condon's humor, which showed up both on-screen and off.

"It's very easy to become cynical about stuff, especially where you are doing five movies in the series," Pattinson said. "It's a very sentimental story in a lot of ways, and I'm an incredibly cynical person. Bill would always have a great explanation for why it's not ridiculous and it's not corny. It was great to have someone on set who could convince me of those things."

Pattinson said that from the beginning, the shoot was a challenge. The six-month filming schedule for both parts of "Breaking Dawn" kicked off in Brazil, where Pattinson said "everything went wrong."

"Just the fact that he didn't get overwhelmed within two seconds was a big deal," Pattinson said of Condon. "We were in Rio [de Janeiro] for one day. Two cameras broke down, a crane broke down and everything was crazy. There was no crowd control, and he stayed perfectly calm. Bill was really thrown in the deep end, and we came up with really nice stuff. It was really pretty and nice."

So sweet from our sweet man. :)

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Robert Pattinson and Bill Condon talk to Los Angeles Times about Breaking Dawn

Robert Pattinson and Bill Condon talk to Los Angeles Times about Breaking Dawn

The Breaking Dawn hair worked for me but don't go patting yourself on the back, Rob! Find someone in the fandom that doesn't love Edward's wind-blown, tousled, bronze locks in the books. And if you find them, I'll ignore them.

More on this below Mr. Sexy Smolder...



Los Angeles Times did a profile on Bill Condon and Rob had a couple of quotes in the article. Here's the excerpt:

To bring such heightened material to the screen, Condon said he looked to both Vincente Minnelli and Alfred Hitchcock, hewing to tradition for Bella and Edward's wedding and honeymoon, skewing more graphic when depicting Bella's pregnancy, which is destroying her from the inside out. Through a combination of prosthetics and CG, Condon transforms his dewy brunet into a gaunt, skeletal version of herself.

"She needed to look like she's dying or the story doesn't make sense," Pattinson said. "It was great that he went there." (Tink: He SO went there. Shockingly so. It's perfect.)

Pattinson says he felt a kinship with Condon from the moment the director came to visit the 25-year-old actor while he was shooting the period love story "Water for Elephants" in Los Angeles.

"I had my hair cut really short, and he said, 'Oh, you should have your hair like this in the 'Twilight' movies.' I thought, 'OK, I already like you," Pattinson said with a laugh. (Tink: *scowl* I'm not even going to get all book-anal right now because Edward's BD hair was better than I thought it would be. It was sexy! HE was Mr. Sexy.)

"Especially since so many people worried about my hair. It was all they cared about. The hair and a six-pack." (Tink: Ok, Rob...I don't care one bit about the six-pack but the hair is a sensitive topic. That's why you keep cutting it and resisting the sex hair, isn't it? You like to torture us and you don't like trademarks. So stubborn. *pouts*)

*SPOILERS* regarding the sex scene after the cut!

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Robert Pattinson Talks About Paparazzi Attention & More To The LA Times

The LA Times spoke to Robert Pattinson on the phone recently. Read what he had to say below.



Robert Pattinson has nothing but love for his recent experience on the set of “Water for Elephants,” director Francis Lawrence's adaptation of the popular novel that's set to open in theaters Friday. It was a far cry from his current job, finishing the grueling six-month shoot for the back-to-back filming of the last two “Twilight” films, based on Stephenie Meyer's final book in her bestselling series of young adult novels, “Breaking Dawn.”

Pattinson took a moment for a brief phone interview before he was needed on the set of a night shoot for the vampire mega-hit. He seemed downright exhausted. “I'm just arriving at set, thinking I'm going to work all night,” he said. “I'm kinda losing my mind.”

Question: Sorry to hear you're so exhausted. Can you tell us what your time was like on “Elephants,” with Reese Witherspoon?

Pattinson: It's easily one of the best experiences I've had making a film and it's by far one of the best experiences in my life. It didn't even feel like work and a lot of that had to do with Reese. She makes an effort to make it like that. I think she believes that it's really important to enjoy your work, especially when you have to be there for so many hours every day. I made a great friend out of it.

Question: How did working with the animals impact the environment?

Pattinson: When you have totally unpredictable elements, and there are dangerous elements in every single scene, everyone is in the same boat. If you're trying to herd up a pack of horses, it doesn't matter who you are. There is manure everywhere and everyone was filthy all the time. It was an egalitarian set because of that. It's quite inspiring to be around [the elephant]. It doesn't really matter what your taste is, everyone is going to like being around an elephant. It's not like being around another actor some people may not like.

Question: Reese mentioned that she found the paparazzi attention on you unlike anything she's seen before. What do you think?

Pattinson: She's trying to sound humble about all this but she's in all these magazines every week. It's a circus outside her marriage. Plus, I always see her [in them] buying her sandwiches and going to yoga.... I guess she's kind of accepted it in a lot of ways.... It's just a strange situation to be in if you're a sane person to have that kind of attention put on you.

Robert Pattinson Is Seriously Funny, Says Olivia Wilde

It sounds like our Rob managed to charm Olivia.
Are we in the least bit surprised? I mean she is female after all.
Resistance is futile!



From LATimes

Despite Robert Pattinson's exceptional gift for intense stares and pursed lips, he certainly has the power to amuse, according to one Hollywood "It" girl. Olivia Wilde, to be precise.

At the Weinstein/Relativity bash, the gorgeous "House" brunet chatted briefly with the Ministry (carefully standing on the perimeter of her epic Marchesa dress) about presenting an award with the "Twilight Saga" star at Sunday's Golden Globes.

"We laughed so much," she said of her moments with Pattinson before presenting the award for best foreign film. "He's seriously one of the funniest people."

Not to peel back the curtain -- but we also told you about the moments before Pattinson and Wilde stepped out to the stage, when Rob threw back a beer and tested bits to try on stage.

We all saw the outcome, but good to know Rob has a sense of humor just the same.

New "Water For Elephants" Still With Robert Pattinson & Reese Witherspoon

Robert Pattinson & Reese Witherspoon WFE still better quality than we had before and a really good article from the LATimes



On the last day of shooting "Water for Elephants," Reese Witherspoon was so upset that she broke down in tears. She hadn't been that saddened by a movie wrapping in years, the actress said, but she had become particularly attached to one costar: an 8,800-pound elephant named Tai. (Kate: I would have been attached to TWO co-stars (just saying))

"The day I had to say goodbye to her, I wept all day," Witherspoon admitted. "It was one of the most extraordinary filmmaking experiences of my life. You work with actors and directors, but to have this nonverbal complete relationship with an animal that we were all very connected to was very magical."

Based on a bestselling historical novel released in 2006, the film, due out April 22, centers on a former veterinary school student named Jacob ( Robert Pattinson), who falls for circus performer Marlena (Witherspoon). Because of the characters' shared affinity for the big top, both actors had to be comfortable interacting with a variety of animals — horses, camels, and, of course, elephants.

Before production began, director Francis Lawrence planned a meeting with the stars and Tai at the 10-acre Perris, Calif., elephant ranch where she lives.

"I'll be honest — I did use a trip down to see the elephants as a bit of bait for the actors," Lawrence joked.

It worked. Witherspoon felt so at ease with Tai that she quickly attempted an elaborate mount, in which the elephant lifted the actress with only its trunk. (Kate: They got Tai to do this with Rob too, he raved about it in an interview last year)

"They had her pick me up, and I just screamed," she said. "She could crush you, but she knows the exact amount of pressure to put on you."

Read the rest of this article over at LATimes.com
It's a good read!

"Eclipse" Headed For $180 Million By Monday

"Eclipse" Headed For $180 Million By Monday

Like the last two movies based on Stephe­nie Meyer’s fan favorite vam­pire books, “The Twi­light Sage: Eclipse,” which debuted Wednes­day, is set to draw hordes of young women this week­end and should gen­er­ate about $180 mil­lion in the U.S. and Canada by the national hol­i­day Monday.

Last November’s “The Twi­light Saga: New Moon” grossed $179 mil­lion in the U.S. and Canada by its sixth day and “Eclipse” will likely do at least that much by Mon­day and pos­si­bly as much as $200 mil­lion, said peo­ple who have seen pre­re­lease sur­veys. The new film has an advan­tage over its pre­de­ces­sor given the hol­i­day week­end, the fact that many stu­dents are off from school and can go to week­day mati­nees, and that it is the first “Twi­light” movie to play on pre­mium priced Imax screens.

As a result, total receipts for the new film will almost cer­tainly be very front-loaded, with most of its rev­enue com­ing in the first week.

“It’s a com­pressed period dur­ing which we expect to do a whole bunch of busi­ness,” said Sum­mit domes­tic dis­tri­b­u­tion pres­i­dent Richard Fay.

It remains to be seen, how­ever, whether “Eclipse” will sig­nif­i­cantly out­per­form the $297-million total gross of “New Moon,” or if it will sim­ply be the same “Twi­light” fans turn­ing out once again.

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