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VIDEO: Robert Pattinson talks about being a part of the Good Time process and playing a guy from Queens

VIDEO: Robert Pattinson talks about being a part of the Good Time process and playing a guy from Queens

Another interview from Cannes!
I love when Rob talks about his work and involvement. Can't wait to see him as Connie!



Thanks Nancy!
Posted by TINK at 6/25/2017 02:13:00 PM 0 comments
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NEW: Robert Pattinson talks about eating cans of tuna, working for Dior, filming in Chile and more!

NEW: Robert Pattinson talks about eating cans of tuna, working for Dior, filming in Chile and more!

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From news.com.au, Robert Pattinson was surviving on tinned tuna and living in a basement:
ROBERT Pattinson took method acting to the next level for his role as a low-life robber in the upcoming film, Good Time. 
He eschewed the usual five star accommodation laid on for a celebrity of his calibre and chose to live in one of New York’s seediest neighbourhoods. 
“I literally lived in the same basement apartment [as the character] in Harlem. I never opened my curtains, didn’t change the sheets the entire time I was there, for those two months, and I would just sleep in my clothes,” he tells news.com.au. 
“There was this woman who lived upstairs and she kept trying to see what was going on because she thought I was such a weirdo. I kept really weird hours and I would run in and quickly close the curtains.” He laughs. 
“I was like this freak living in the bottom of the basement.” 
It’s impressive that he maintained this lifestyle — though it must have been difficult for those around him, not to mention, rather smelly? He laughs. “I was by myself the whole time. 
“I only ate cans of tuna the whole time. I probably have mercury poisoning now because I ate it just out of the can. That’s all that was there: tuna, hot sauce, and Nespresso capsules.” 
It seems his commitment paid off. At the Cannes Film Festival, where the audiences are tough at the best of times, Pattinson received a standing ovation when the end credits rolled. Quite a departure from his adored role in the Twilight franchise which made him an international celebrity but his acting skills were never taken seriously. 
I ask him whether he was surprised by the positive reaction he received towards his performance. 
“I am always way more surprised that I am considered a heart throb.” He laughs. “That really blows my mind. Before Twilight, I never got the good looking parts, ever. I was gangly,” he insists. 
“What’s weird is that you can do one movie and everything changes. I think that’s why I get a lot of weird reactions to me being in movies. You have someone’s face [associated with a beloved fictional role] and then people were so obsessed with that character. 
“In Twilight they were like, ‘You are so beautiful.’ Literally, the amount of times that I’ve been walking down the street, looking disgusting, and then someone who is a Twilight fan would say, ‘You’re so beautiful!’ And [I wanted to say], ’You are literally, actually not seeing reality,’” he says. 
“And there are other people who got furious over it, saying, ‘What are you talking about? He’s ugly!’” He sighs. “So stupid!” He looks at the ground, shakes his head and says, “I can’t believe I just talked about that.” 

Pattinson must have felt validated at the reaction he received on opening night at the glamorous festival. “It was crazy. People were crying. And this movie specifically was such a long shot. I am really proud of it. It’s a really nice feeling.” 
He’s hoping Good Time will change his perception in Hollywood. “Doing a role like this allows you more freedom on the next job. Hopefully people will think, ‘I want to take a risk on him.’ Before it was like, ‘Everyone thinks you are sh*t,’ and the director would be like, ‘No. No one would believe you in that kind of role.’ But if you have proven yourself a few times people will say, ‘Yeah, maybe we will go with him. Hopefully it will work out’,” he says, shrugging his shoulders. “But of course there are no guarantees.” 
Times have changed since he had paparazzi following his every move. “I really don’t have to think about the fans [anymore]. I live in London where it’s not really a thing. And also, over the last few years, just the nature of fame has changed so much. 
“I noticed even in LA, there’s hardly any paparazzi anymore because people take their own photos on Instagram. Nobody buys gossip magazines because everybody just looks on the internet,” he says. 
“So, if there’s no money in it, no one does it anymore. It’s great.” He grins. “In LA, there were areas where I would never dream of going to, like certain shopping streets. Five years ago, there would be 30 paparazzi on every street. I am just getting used to that and it’s so nice to let that fear of being spied on go away.” 
The last time we spoke was for his Dior commercial when he became the spokesman for the luxe brand. “Yeah, it’s funny. I remember signing up with Dior and I was so nervous about it because a few years ago when I decided to do it there weren’t that many actors doing that kind of thing on that level. They might do it in Japan or somewhere where they thought they wouldn’t get noticed. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be taken seriously as an actor.” 
But they dangled the carrot and Pattinson couldn’t resist. “They gave me final cut on the commercial.” He smiles. “Then the next year, literally every single actor in the world was doing one. So, it’s not really a moral conundrum anymore.” 
It seems his second job pays well. “Yes, it does. I am basically a model, that’s my other job.”
Love all these quotes from Rob and a nice variety. I'm also glad DiorRob is his steady second job. I hope he always keeps it for purely selfish reasons....

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Another interview under the cut!
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Posted by TINK at 6/01/2017 05:59:00 PM 0 comments
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Robert Pattinson and Good Time receive rave reviews: Rob is "terrific", "fantastic", "next level", "astonishing".

Robert Pattinson and Good Time receive rave reviews: Rob is "terrific", "fantastic", "next level", "astonishing".

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Posted by TINK at 5/25/2017 02:17:00 PM 0 comments
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Safdie brothers talk about Robert Pattinson's professionalism, dedication and his transformative work in Good Time

Safdie brothers talk about Robert Pattinson's professionalism, dedication and his transformative work in Good Time

The Safdie brothers continue to bring the funny toilet story to Cannes but in their interview with Screen Daily, they had more to share about Rob and his work ethic. It's not news to us how Rob is about his roles or working with certain directors but it's always great to read these accolades from filmmakers. Rob is such a talent and an asset to the art of film. I'm glad those in the industry continue to recognize that.


Excerpt from Screen Daily, Safdie brothers: Robert Pattinson in 'Good Time' like De Niro in 'Taxi Driver':

How did you react to being selected for Official Competition?

 Josh Safdie: In Robert Pattinson’s house in LA he has an incredible, expensive toilet. After sitting on it for 20 minutes I said to him ‘that’s the dream’. He says: ‘if we get into Cannes Competition, I will buy you that toilet’. Six hours before the [Cannes] announcement… Rob texts me a picture of the toilet. That’s how I found out!

 How did the film come together?

 JS: We were dead set on this other film which we’re now doing called Uncut Gems, and [our last film] Heaven Knows What was about to be released. Robert [Pattinson] saw a still for that and something spoke to him about that, the colours, the image itself, he became obsessed with getting in touch with us. Then he saw the trailer and said: ‘now I need to meet with you’. Then he saw the film and said explicitly ‘whatever you’re doing next, I want to be a part of it, even if it means doing the catering’.

 He didn’t sit in the diamond district world very well [for Uncut Gems], I was honest with him about that, and there was another world we were mulling, and we said maybe can write something for you in Good Time.

 What was it like to work with Robert Pattinson?

 Benny Safdie: I have so much respect for how deep he went, the places he went, the people he met, just his level of commitment, 16 hours a day, he was willing to do whatever. It was cold, I was playing the brother in a wheelchair, and we said to him ‘we don’t need you for this shot’, but he would stay and push me around in the cold. He said: “I need that, to take it that far”. He went above and beyond.

 JS: We bought Rob to a lot of active jails. He turned up in character in the hope that he inmates wouldn’t recognise him as a movie star. We pushed our start date on purpose in an effort to buy more prep time and I would say there was three to four months of character prep for him, which is a lot for a movie star in his career.

 How would you describe his final performance?

 JS: I wouldn’t even call it a performance. If you were to show the film to someone who has no idea who Robert Pattinson is, they would just assume that we found this guy. The only performances that I could liken what he did would be to an Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon or Tommy Lee Jones in The Executioner’s Song or Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver. I’m mentioning icons of my filmic mind. This is what people will liken this to, it’s a transformation.

 Personally for him he wanted to disappear. When he was fully in character, in costume, in make-up and when he knew his voice, he would just take a walk around the neighbourhood, simply because normally he can’t do that. He would walk into a pharmacy and buy a Coca Cola and no-one would say anything to him or look at him, or take a picture of him, and that’s how he knew he had the character down.

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Source: Screen Daily
Posted by TINK at 5/23/2017 06:00:00 PM 0 comments
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UHQ: New and Old stills of Robert Pattinson ready for exploration in The Lost City of Z

UHQ: New and Old stills of Robert Pattinson ready for exploration in The Lost City of Z

These are GREAT. I get lost in the UHQ. It's a tad creepy zooming in on Rob like this but why make UHQ images if we aren't supposed to zoom in and explore ones pores and irises? What?
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James Gray Talks About The "Wonderful Work" Robert Pattinson Does In 'The Lost City Of Z'

James Gray Talks About The "Wonderful Work" Robert Pattinson Does In 'The Lost City Of Z'

It's great to hear and read praise about Rob from directors and James Gray, like all the others Rob has worked with in the past, has nothing but praise for Rob.
Here's a snippet of his interview with LA Weekly where he talks about working with Rob.

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Robert Pattinson has done a lot of interesting work with directors like David Cronenberg, but I would never classify any of it as realist; what he does in a film like Cosmopolis is very arch. But in your film, he completely disappears into the part.

It’s an act of generosity, really. Rob has this ridiculous beard and it’s such great, self-effacing, wonderful work he’s doing. I love actors very much because they do things I could never do. Directors are all frustrated actors anyway, and it’s very exciting as a filmmaker to see an actor who really is that generous with you. It was a very happy shoot — as arduous as it was, brutal as it was.

Read the full interview with James Gray over at LA Weekly

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NEW STILL: Robert Pattinson in the trenches for The Lost City of Z

NEW STILL: Robert Pattinson in the trenches for The Lost City of Z

Intense, Mr. Pattinson.

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Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

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Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

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NEW: Brady Corbet and Robert Pattinson will work together again and more great remarks!

NEW: Brady Corbet and Robert Pattinson will work together again and more great remarks!

This is a great interview with Brady Corbet for The Childhood of a Leader and the excerpts regarding Rob are even better!

Not only does he praise Rob's work ethic (which we know is top notch), he also fills us in on their upcoming collaborations and more!

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Excerpt from Eye For Film:

Given that he feels so strongly about the mythology of fan culture, it's ironic that he has cast Pattinson in the film, as the actor has built up an ardent following in the years since the Twilight films, with a large number of fan sites dedicated to his work and even the internet-friendly abbreviation RPatz. Corbet says he was interesting in using certain expectations to his advantage.

"It’s really bizarre," says Corbet "There’s a couple of things. First of all, I’m not that connected to the notion of Rob as a celebrity, because I’ve known him for a long time and I didn’t discover him that way. The other thing is that I thought it would be really, really interesting to have this sort of Janet Leigh in Psycho effect, where you have someone who is a public figure and people have their eye on him, he’s interesting, he’s charismatic, he’s compelling, he’s handsome. And I thought, that it would really give weight to the first 20 minutes of the film. So I hired him for all of those reasons. I hired him because the role was written for a young man that was a bit younger than the female character, handsome and English, so I thought of him.

"Anyone who has spent any time with the guy will know that he’s super hard-working and he never complains. I was just talking to the Safdie brothers, who are directing a new film with him [Good Time], and Josh was like, ‘Dude, we were shooting 19 hour days and he didn’t fucking complain once.’ They were just amazed by his work ethic and so am I. I think he and I will work together for a long time."

Corbet isn't sure yet whether Pattinson will feature in his next film Vox Lux yet. "It's a big cast and it’s an ensemble piece and I have to work out what age everyone is in relationship to each other," he says, but the British star is working with Corbet's wife and collaborator Mona Fastvold on her upcoming film The Bleaching Yard.

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Thanks Cosmo!
Posted by TINK at 8/19/2016 01:30:00 PM 0 comments
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Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

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NEW PIC Of The Kindest, Most Pro, Zen, Comfortable Actor AKA Robert Pattinson

NEW PIC Of The Kindest, Most Pro, Zen, Comfortable Actor AKA Robert Pattinson

Don't have a huge amount of info about this pic of Rob that Eric Roberts posted on his Twitter. Is Eric involved in Good Time? Your guess is as good as mine, we have so little info about this movie that that would be our best guess.
We'll update and let you know if and when there's anymore info out there.

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One thing we do know is that every word of this description that Eric tweeted after sharing this pic is true......
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Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

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ROBsessed Awards: Robert Pattinson's Best Performance and On-Screen Pairing of 2015

ROBsessed Awards: Robert Pattinson's Best Performance and On-Screen Pairing of 2015

2015 brought us 2 Rob performances and 2 on-screen pairings. It's always a joy to see Rob on the big screen but it's time for us to make a choice - which performance and which pairing was the BEST.

BEST PERFORMANCE

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Dennis Stock in Life
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VOTE FOR ONE (1)


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Posted by TINK at 12/30/2015 12:00:00 PM 0 comments
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Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson [SPOILER POST]

Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson [SPOILER POST]

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Sooooooooo.....WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK???? Guess what I thought...

*hint* I loved it. I loved Rob. *not really a hint*
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ROBsessed Quickie: Screenwriter, Luke Davies, talks about Robert Pattinson channeling discomfort in 'LIFE'

ROBsessed Quickie: Screenwriter, Luke Davies, talks about Robert Pattinson channeling discomfort in 'LIFE'

I liked this interview Luke Davies did with The Guardian ('Luke Davies on 'mischievous' James Dean and the myth of a broody youth'). He mentions Rob but also shares his reasons for penning LIFE and that "Dennis Stock was the powerful figure who had something to offer to James Dean, who was conflicted about what it was that was being offered: a doorway into the fame machine."



I am still bitterly waiting for Dec. 4th along with many of you so these interviews are torturous and a pleasure. The excerpt that mentions Rob specifically was interesting because we've only heard or read Rob mention Dennis' personality or the chip on his shoulder. Davies expands on those issues with The Guardian:
Stock’s personality was easier to uncover. Davies says his ex-wives described the photographer as “a classic old school misogynist”. While the film has depicted him in a more flattering light, Pattinson retains a certain hard-done-by attitude. “It was great casting him as the angular Dennis character, always a little bit on edge, by not feeling that he was getting recognised in the right way. 
“I’m sure that’s not Rob Pattinson’s experience, [of] not getting recognised, but there is a discomfort, which he got to channel.”

Stock had mixed feelings about the Life photographs, says Davies. “He went through his life with a real chip on his shoulder that the thing that paid his rent for the next 40 years was that moment in time, not all the other stuff he did. I think it was both a curse and a blessing.”
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Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

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Torture Tuesday: Robert Pattinson's best performance was in Cosmopolis...no wait...The Rover...

Torture Tuesday: Robert Pattinson's best performance was in Cosmopolis...no wait...The Rover...

PJ recently did a Blast From The Past about Rob's rave reviews for his performance in Cosmopolis.

It got me thinking....thinking evil things....
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Oh yes...it's Tuesday which means why not have a little torture???

Since Twilight ended, Rob has had 2 pretty substantial roles (substantial meaning lead or co-lead) that received much praise - Eric Packer in Cosmopolis and Rey in The Rover....so....which performance do you think was the best???

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This might seem easy to some but is it really? IS IT???
I actually know which one I'd pick but I've had time to ponder. Now it's your time to ponder...
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Blast from the Past: The critics reviews for Robert Pattinson's performance in Cosmopolis

This blast from the past post is one of my favourite Robert Pattinson fandom moments ever! Do you remember when the premiere for Cosmopolis screened in Cannes in 2012?

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As the applause continued for David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis many of us fans were scouring twitter for the first reactions.  We knew the critics reactions for Cosmopolis would be a turning point for Rob's career.



Read after the cut for the first tweets that started to filter out as our excitement grew ....

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Robenberg bromance never ends! David Cronenberg says Robert Pattinson is an underrated actor, a sweetheart and MORE!

Robenberg bromance never ends! David Cronenberg says Robert Pattinson is an underrated actor, a sweetheart and MORE!


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Excerpt from The Daily Beast: David Cronenberg On Soul-Crushing Hollywood, BDSM, and Limo Sex with Robert Pattinson
You and Robert Pattinson have developed an interesting creative partnership. You’re a bit of an odd couple.

We are. Well, first of all, I think he’s a really good actor, and I think he was an underrated actor because of the stiffness and silliness of Twilight and those characters in it. But seeing other work that he had done and seeing that he was a serious actor and looking for challenges, and wasn’t trying to “manage his image” as a star, was attractive to me. And, of course, being such a big celebrity is helpful because it will help your film get financed, but the charisma that made him work so well as Edward Cullen is something you want in a movie like Cosmopolis where he’s in every scene in the movie. You need someone who’s infinitely watchable. But once you’re on the set, he’s just a sweetheart. Totally professional, really accessible, and funny. And a terrific actor. (Tink: MY HEART. Things we know but I NEVER tire of reading or hearing them.)

So I take it you’re not a fan of the Twilight movies.

Well, no, of course not. Look, the series is a huge hit, of course, but it’s young adult fiction and I’m not a young adult. If people are mesmerized by it you can’t argue with it. Not a lot of movies and series have that kind of following. I don’t fault it for that.

Right. Twilight also had a strange chastity/sex is evil message.

Yeah. And you can be sure that Rob was aware of all those things. He’s very well-read, and very well-versed in cinema—which I’m not sure his fans know. (Tink: Ah ah ah. We are veeeeery aware of this side of Rob. Maybe Edward only fans don't know what's up but Rob fans do.) He was very hyper-aware of all those things surrounding those movies.

Your film does have a fun sex scene between Julianne Moore and Robert Pattinson in a limo.

That was fun to shoot! (Tink: And fun to watch!) It requires some athleticism to have sex in a limo for all concerned—including the cameraman—but obviously this isn’t the first time I’ve done a sex scene in a limo, since we did a bit of it in Cosmopolis. In this case it was a real limo, but in Cosmopolis it was a limo-set.

Well Robert seems to have the limo sex thing down, now.

[Laughs] I’ve never asked him how many times he’s had sex in a limo for real. It’s not really my place to ask such a thing. It really just requires the characters to be good actors. Obviously, the sex had a very different tone in this movie because he’s not the star—she’s the star in this movie. He’s just servicing her, and he knows that he’s doing it for his career—he thinks. Whereas in Cosmopolis, he’s the emperor of his limo. (Tink: Master of the universe.)

That was the great thing about this sex scene—it’s a young stud servicing a woman. There aren’t many sex scenes in cinema that feature a woman running the show.

It’s a lovely part of Bruce’s script—that he’s constantly keeping you guessing.
Posted by TINK at 3/09/2015 08:35:00 PM 0 comments
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