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BUY NOW: Robert Pattinson's The Lost City of Z available on Blu-ray/DVD in the US!

BUY NOW: Robert Pattinson's The Lost City of Z available on Blu-ray/DVD in the US!

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Did you miss Rob on the big screen for The Lost City of Z? I certainly hope not but that's not an issue now. It's been awhile since a Rob film on Blu-ray has been offered in the US so snatch up your own personal copy of TLCoZ on Blu-ray/DVD today!

New Interview With Robert Pattinson In Les Cahiers Du Cinéma (France) & NEW BTS Still From Good Time

New Interview With Robert Pattinson In Les Cahiers Du Cinéma (France) & NEW BTS Still From Good Time

The June issue of Les Cahiers Du Cinéma features Rob on the cover and a new interview from Cannes inside. It also has a new BTS pic from Good Time.
Read the translated interview below.

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Translation (Thanks to Pattinson AW)
Good Time burst into the Cannes competition just as Robert Pattinson appears in the movie: overexcited, disheveled and in the middle of a race. When we met him two days later, the actor found back his gangly figure, as he defines himself: lanky, thin and ready for separation. His shyness is not feigned and his nervousness explodes in flashes in a warm expression He is one of these actors that seem to be embarrassed by their beauty, who doubt their acting qualities. As for us, for a long time now we have no doubt about this. The very physical character in Josh and Ben Safdie's movie is an additional metamorphosis in the ever-richer filmography of the English actor, who chooses the roles with an obvious taste for innovation. The interpretation prize would have come at the right time to salute his trajectory since the worldwide success of 'The Twilight Saga', which made him a superstar and lead him towards more adventurous movies with David Cronenberg, James Gray and Werner Herzog. But Pattinson will not stop there. While waiting for 'High Life' by Claire Denis and 'Idol’s eyes' by Olivier Assayas (he will be playing alongside Sylvester Stallone), he has already announced a collaboration with Ciro Guerra, the Colombian director of 'Embrace of the Serpent'. 
(Robert Pattinson asks the first questions) 
Rob: Did you have fun at the festival? 
CDC: Yes, even if the movies in competition were not really good this year… Luckily we had a good time watching 'Good Time'! 
Rob: And what other movies? 
'The Day After' by Hong Sang-Soo. 
Rob: Oh yeah, Claire Denis told me about it, she loved it. I must see it. 
At the Quinzaine there was the very good film by Claire Denis, 'L'Amant d'un jour' by Philippe Garrel and 'Jeannette' by Bruno Dumont… 
'Jeannette'?! I was told it was bad! 
On the contrary, it’s brilliant!
Well I must see it then…
'Good Time' created a buzz in the competition. 
You probably know that, in the beginning the movie was not in competition. If it had been shown at special screenings, the response by the audience would have been different, it would have been seen as a fun movie. But it's a more serious film. 
You were the one who contacted the Safdie’s to work with them? 
I had seen a poster of 'Heaven Knows What' on the Internet and I told myself that if they were using that kind of image for the promotion then their sensitivity was interesting to me. The trailer was incredible, really energetic. I met them and in a matter of seconds I knew it was cool. It's the kind of things you feel right away. I hadn't seen the movie yet but during this first meeting I told them: let’s do something together, whatever it is. They have this rare quality of reacting and taking decisions pretty quickly. Usually you are told, it's okay, and then it takes a lot of time. With them it was like: "Let’s do this!" and one month later I received the first version of the script. The original idea for 'Good Time' was very different, I was Buddy Duress' brother and we took interpretation classes, it was strange (laughs). 
Josh Safdie sent you a biography of your character, before the script? 
Yes, I think it was before. It was part of their writing process. Josh wanted me to learn these five or six pages about Connie's life, which explain why he went to prison at the age of 12 for example. I felt like an undercover cop who had to learn his cover. Nothing extreme happened to the character. I knew how he grew up, what were the names of his family members. From the second version of the script, I was constantly exchanging emails with Josh and Ronnie Bronstein. I wanted to be sure to go in a certain direction so I told them about my idea of an ideal script. They always answered me, staying very open minded.
Did it last long?
About eight months. We were talking daily when I was in Colombia shooting 'The Lost City of Z', because there was nothing much to do there. It helped me throw myself into the script and feel really connected to the story. 
There was from the beginning a mix between impulsivity and lapses of time. 
Yes, that’s how they work. I think most of the other actors didn't read the script, except Buddy maybe. Five minutes before shooting, Josh explained the scene. It’s quite crazy, I had never seen that, this way of putting the set under pressure, I don’t even understand how it works! (Laughs). On my part, I prepared myself for the role quite conventionally. I loved the dialogues, but Ronnie and Josh were ready to give them up. Josh could tell me: I love the voice you used in this scene, go ahead, do whatever you want, own the dialogue! But I wanted to speak the exact written words. Everyone was improvising around me, though I tried to keep the thread. It was a bit scary. When your partner is improvising and the scene is supposed to go in a certain way and you could be sure he was going to say the opposite of what was written in the script! So I had to constantly do rework on the intentions, which was exciting. 
Did you work with the other actors before shooting, for example with Buddy Duress? 
No i didn't. I think Buddy was in jail just before the shooting, and I think we had to postpone the starting of the filming because we had to wait for him to be bailed. Most of the actors were playing roles that are close to who they are in real life. They are mostly New-Yorkers and I was scared not to fit in with them. It was my biggest fear during the shoot. It’s not nothing to be a real New-Yorker, everyone is looking at you to see if you’re faking it. We worked for so long… I learned the Queens accent while being there. It didn't come from the role but more from daily life. Everything comes easier when you have time. 
Your character is metamorphosing all the time during the movie. Are some of these transformations your idea? 
Josh and Benny have a really specific universe, a kind of environment that I knew I wanted to be part of, to be included in, to be able to go in the streets, to interact with the passers-by. In my other set experiences in New York, people recognized me, as everywhere else in the world – people wanted to take pictures of me. It was one of my fears, especially working with non-actors. I would have become a curiosity for everyone around. So we tried on costumes and make-up, I would go in the street to see if people recognized me. One day, we were doing camera tries without authorization in a car wash station, I was in my character's outfit, with Benny, I had marks on my face, a dyed beard and I could see in people's eyes that they did not recognize me. I used the character to hide. 
Connie is constantly trying to hide, like a chameleon and running away from himself. Like you? Did it become a personal role?
Yes, he is like an actor without realizing it. He also is like a dog running after his own tail. It’s always fascinating to see, this animal going faster and faster in such an obsessive way. You are right, there’s something very personal here but I can't really define it. Lots of elements were removed from the movie, they were dreamlike sequences where the character seems more mystical… When you live isolated from others, the imagination gains more and more space and you just loose contact with reality. We talked about it with Josh, for example the scene where Connie is at the hospital, he bumps into a police officer and tells him he was with his father in a room and that there is a problem with the tv… but for me he is not lying: in his head it happened. On one side he is immersed in reality but he is constantly in an imaginary world too. And that’s something I share with him. 
Your taste for transformation was already there in 'The Lost City of Z' or in 'The Rover' 
It's probably a way of convincing oneself. You have to be able to take a picture of yourself and not recognize yourself. It's a funny feeling. Whatever the reason, you start to behave a certain way, like you never have before. The more you proceed in life the more you know what kind of attitude will bring this or that reaction, but to use this knowledge in a movie always make me feel like repeating myself, to be fake and cheap. But to do something you have never done in real life… I don’t know, what I am telling you makes no sense! (Laughs) It’s just a way of getting rid of all the vanity, all the "I want to be handsome" thing. And if most of the actors want to transform themselves, it's just because they have a huge feeling of embarrassment and shame about themselves. We want to convince ourselves that we can be someone else, to confront the reality in a better way.
You do that too and with a lot of modesty. In James Gray’s movie you have a supporting role, like in 'Maps To The Stars'. It’s remarkable
I have played small roles in a lot of movies. There is no difference for me. I see myself as an apprentice. I still don’t really know how to do what I am doing, I am always in training. So every work occasion is like a new lesson. And I literally have nothing to lose. Besides that, there are not a lot of good leading roles. Most of the time, those are roles that are immediately linked with a commercial production. A lot more people are worried if you give a weird interpretation, but you are freer in a supporting role, you can almost do whatever you want! 
As you talked about lessons: what did you learn from David Cronenberg? 
'Cosmopolis' was very important to me. And there’s Don DeLillo too… Younger, I wanted to be a musician and the writing process for the 'Cosmopolis' script was really like music. Before this movie, I always thought about a role from its character’s motivations. It was a cerebral process. But in 'Cosmopolis', because of its surrealistic aspect, the rhythm of the writing was more important than the psychological motivations. That’s when I learned I could say an entire monologue without thinking only about psychology, but also about the musicality of the words as they were written in the script. David totally agreed with that, I could just say my lines in a way that sounded good. It was really instinctual, and really enjoyable. And I have learned a lot too by seeing someone making a movie which seemed impossible on paper. 
And with James Gray?
 I understood when I saw the movie how much the interpretation is linked to the camera’s position. And that the actor doesn't have to feel responsible to tell the story alone… Most of the time, I just had the feeling to be an extra on set. Though I had worked a lot on my character's background, I was always asking James Gray if it was okay, and he would say "Yes it’s okay". And I would answered "But I don't do anything!" And him "You didn't do nothing, don't worry". I always thought I could have done more. But the character emerges despite everything, and for that you need to trust your director. James Gray has really good taste, we can trust him. 
'Cosmopolis' is a minimalistic role, you are mostly seated in a car. 
It's true. I am a quiet person, and with 'Cosmopolis' I was indeed in my comfort zone. Each movie is a progression, and after 'Cosmopolis' I told myself that I was too immobile. I became more at ease physically with 'The Rover' for which I really wanted to do something with my body. Connie in 'Good Time' is at ease with his body too. Really at ease even! 
Do you have a method? 
Not really. I never took lessons. I react very much to the writing. If someone writes good dialogues, it's the voice that comes first, and all the rest emerges from it. Generally, I try to put myself into character long before the shooting. But for real I have no other method than knowing my biggest flaw, stress. Stress prevents me from doing anything. Over the years, I have understood that i just need to go in advance of the shoot to the shooting locations, wherever they are, and stay alone for a long time, so my brain can relax ... For 'Good Time' I rented a small flat for 2 months, not very far from Josh's. You just need to be on the shooting locations to naturally think about the movie most of the time, and eliminate a bit of the tension. 
You often said you needed to take several months to prepare for a role. What does this preparation consist of?
It's just to understand how to believe in yourself. It's like when you lose your keys: when you find them, you get a familiar feeling. "Oh yes, of course, I let them there!" Yet we searched them all over the house, we searched them in some drawers we never used or in absurd places. And when we find them, there is a moment of recognition. Trying to create a character is the same thing: we look absolutely everywhere until we meet this familiar feeling. This is really a lot of experimenting. You never have time to do all of this for a scene, so you have to do it before to be ready. And then we always forget what has been prepared. The other rule is to be interested in what you do, to not become bored. Otherwise it's useless. 
All of this is very internalized. You never watch the footage for example? 
Sometimes, but not systematically. You know, I'm terrible and really very annoying when working. Every scene is the worst thing I've ever done in my life. I reject myself. I remember that during the shooting of 'The Rover' David Michod told me: "You say so many times that you are bad, I will begin to believe you". (Laughs) That's my work process! "
But what gives you the feeling you have found a character, and that you are able to play it?
It can be the costume. I am a shy person, but sometimes just by saying instinctively something in a good way it’s that you discover you are not that embarrassed. And that it could work. We started the shoot of 'Good Time' with the first scene when I appear on the screen. I was incredibly nervous. The complete opposite of Benny who could switch on his character any time and do it all day long! So I was in this extreme state, and there were power cuts all the time that where delaying the shooting for this scene. I was boiling, full of adrenaline (he imitates his state, tight muscles and hyperventilating) and I told myself, that’s it! I am going to do this during the whole movie! No more thoughts, just wowwwwww! Even for the scene where I am kissing Taliah (Webster, who plays a teenager Connie seduces at her home) where I should have been relaxed, simply seated on a couch, I put myself in this frame of mind. And I scared her! 
What will be your character in Claire Denis' film, High Life? 
The movie will take place in the future, the character is an astronaut. He's a criminal who volunteers for a mission toward a black hole, but he realizes along the way that a doctor on board wants to do sexual experiences with humans in space ... (laughs) It's a very strange film. I had not thought about it for some time, but Claire talked to me about it here in Cannes, and she showed me some image tests of space, completely crazy. I love Claire, I can't believe I'm going to work with her, especially for a science fiction project. It's going to be very beautiful.     

NEW PIC: Robert Pattinson talks to NYT about his career turning point, a German director in his sights and more!

NEW PIC: Robert Pattinson talks to NYT about his career turning point, a German director in his sights and more!

Another great read about Rob and his career. Lots of great quotes from Rob and a thoughtful editorial. Enjoy!

From New York Times, Robert Pattinson Knows What You Think, but He Can Work With That:

image hostCANNES, France — On Wednesday, I had an espresso with Robert Pattinson on a rooftop terrace overlooking the Mediterranean.

That is the kind of preposterous sentence that a critic sometimes finds herself writing from the Cannes Film Festival, where Mr. Pattison’s new movie, “Good Time,” is in competition. The next morning, the movie shook up a largely listless event that has been stuffed with near-misses and entries that tend to preach at viewers or punish them, often both. “Good Time,” by contrast, is pure cinematic pleasure about an often funny, sometimes shocking rush into the abyss, one that earned Mr. Pattinson a lot of critical love here if no awards.

Mr. Pattinson plays Constantine Nikas, a.k.a. Connie, a calamitously inept bad guy who, during one terrible New York adventure, leaves ruin and broken bodies in his wake. Directed by the brothers Josh and Benny Safdie, “Good Time” is thrillingly energetic and focused. It doesn’t peddle a message or redemption, but instead tethers you to an oblivious narcissist who pushes the story into an ever-deepening downward spiral. As errors turn into catastrophes, Connie grows increasingly feral, becoming a character who is a biliously funny reproach to the American triumphalism that suffuses superhero flicks and indies alike and insists that success isn’t just inevitable but also a birthright.

“Good Time” is part of a fascinating course correction undertaken by Mr. Pattinson, who in recent years has appeared and almost disappeared in art cinema titles like “The Childhood of a Leader” and “The Lost City of Z.” Although he brushed against blockbuster fame playing a doomed character in the “Harry Potter” franchise, he became a global name in the role of Edward Cullen, the pallid vampire heartthrob in the “Twilight” series. That celebrity turned frenzied when Mr. Pattinson and his co-star Kristen Stewart began a long on-and-off relationship that quickly turned into fodder for the publicity grinder and was almost inevitably folded into the “Twilight” brand and saga.

During his “Twilight” years, Mr. Pattinson was not always treated kindly by critics who did not necessarily see beyond his beauty or his utility as one of that series’ cinematic objects of desire. Unlike Ms. Stewart, he also did not have an earlier body of work that indicated he could do more than pout prettily, even if his turns in small movies like “Remember Me” (2010) showed promise. It was, however, “Cosmopolis,” the 2012 dystopian fantasy from David Cronenberg, based on the Don DeLillo novel, that effectively set Mr. Pattinson’s career path. “I think it was the first time when I worked on something that was quite complex,” he said.

“Cosmopolis” was, he added, essentially the first movie he made after he finished the final chapter of the “Twilight” series. “I especially love the fact that it came out really at the height of my popularity,” he said. Cast as a master of the universe who endures a spectacular, increasingly violent and humiliating fall, Mr. Pattinson sees the movie as “the big turning point for me — I just realized that was what I wanted to do.”

Click HERE to finish the article at NYT!

NEW PICS: Robert Pattinson Celebrates His 31st Birthday In LA With FKA Twigs & Friends (13th May)

NEW PICS: Robert Pattinson Celebrates His 31st Birthday In LA With FKA Twigs & Friends (13th May)

How blessed are we that we are getting photos of Rob out celebrating his birthday and look how happy he looks!

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From Popsugar:
Robert Pattinson and FKA Twigs have been keeping a low profile as of late, but on Saturday, the couple resurfaced to ring in Rob's 31st birthday. The engaged pair, who first got together in August 2014, were photographed showing some sweet PDA at Akasha restaurant in LA. The two looked absolutely smitten with each other as they shared a few laughs and hugs throughout the night. At one point, Rob even planted a sweet kiss on Twigs's forehead. The last time these two hit a red carpet together was at the London premiere of Rob's film, The Lost City of Z, in February, though they were spotted out on a jog with their dog in Malibu, CA last week.

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Robert Pattinson's The Lost City of Z will be released for home viewing on July 11th

Robert Pattinson's The Lost City of Z will be released for home viewing on July 11th

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Are you having a hard time seeing The Lost City of Z in theaters? Well you won't have to wait long to own the movie and view it in the pleasure of your own home!
Go ahead and pre-order so that it's on your doorstep July 11th!

NEW PIC: Robert Pattinson with James Gray behind the scenes of The Lost City of Z

NEW PIC: Robert Pattinson with James Gray behind the scenes of The Lost City of Z

The Lost City of Z twitter account shared a new behind-the-scenes image of Rob with director, James Gray. Make sure you catch this film in theaters near you before it's gone! It's an epic and should definitely be seen on the big screen. It's already made over $6M, a second best showing for Gray and a welcome tally for Rob during his post-Twi years of auteur films. Get out and support!
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Robert Pattinson Bearded & Beautiful In A BTS Pic From 'The Lost City Of Z' Set In Belfast

Robert Pattinson Bearded & Beautiful In A BTS Pic From 'The Lost City Of Z' Set In Belfast

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Robert Pattinson talks one-on-one with Collider in an extensive and excellent interview about his career and many more treats

Robert Pattinson talks one-on-one with Collider in an extensive and excellent interview about his career and many more treats

What an exceptional interview of great length! Can't they all be like this? There's such a respect for Rob's work and his intelligence. It's not a gossipy bit and we know it wouldn't have been based on the interviewer and interviewee. We also don't just dive into the same TLCoZ info we're familiar with at this point. We get to read more about Rob's attachment to Good Time than before, his joy with working on High Life with Claire Denis (shooting in August if the money holds together), and a tease about a new film he might be taking on. This interview is rich in professional flavor and more!

I've posted the start but please continue over to Collider to read the rest. You definitely will want to. It's the stuff Robsessed dreams are made of.


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COLLIDER: You won’t remember this, but I actually interviewed you in New York for Remember Me, back in 2010. So, you’ve landed on your feet.

ROBERT PATTINSON: God. So long ago now and it was 2010.

Yeah. Long time ago.

PATTINSON: Doesn’t feel like a very long time ago.

Time goes by very fast. There’s something I want to talk to you about: I’m a legit fan of your acting. One of the things that I am impressed by is the movies you’ve done. You’re going for cool roles with good directors and you’re going after scripts. For example, I really enjoyed your work in The Rover. And I think that one of the things is a lot of actors have to work because of, you know, they have to pay the mortgage. And I think that one of the benefits you have is you gained that financial freedom after a certain franchise to be able to pick the projects you want to do. Can you sort of talk about what you’ve tried to do over the few years as an actor and the roles you’ve been gravitating towards?

PATTINSON: Yeah, that’s completely right. I mean, I have been incredibly fortunate to be able to do that. But I also think if you get sort of early success there’s always this part of you which feels like, “I need to address the imbalance, I need to kind of earn that success after the fact” [laughs]. And so I try to find roles that are hard and also, I still find now, even after I’ve done loads of really random movies, directors are really surprised that I want to play the parts that I want to play. They just assume that you want to only do the honorable good guy lead who saves the day or dies at the end [laughs]. It’s like, I don’t know, I just kind of don’t think any audience would want to see me do that, or I always think that you have to have a certain understanding of what an audience would want to see from you as a public person as well as a character. So yeah, I generally try and find ways to get my characters severely punished [laughs].

The other thing though is a lot of people I’ve spoken to talk about getting pigeonholed in a certain type of role and the only way you can sort of break that is to show people that you don’t want to do just this one role again and again and again.

PATTINSON: Yeah, and it’s amazing as well how people if you want to get a different role, the majority of time the producers or directors want to see you play a similar role already, whereas the only thing I really want to do is swing wildly from one end to the other [laughs]. But then I think after it’s just starting to kind settle into the kind of area that I want to be in. I knew it would take a long time, but like this year working with Claire Denis and I’m probably going to work—I don’t know if I can say it yet [laughs].

Yeah, don’t. I don’t want to get you in trouble. But by all means, say it.

PATTINSON: I think I’m going to do something with Antonio Campos as well. Do you know Antonio Campos is?

I do.

PATTINSON: The part with him is like –I mean, he actually wanted me to do a different part and I was like, “No this is the part.” It’s this absolutely degenerate [laughs]. But then I did this thing with the Safdie Brothers. I don’t know if you know the Safdies?

I’m not as familiar.

PATTINSON: They did that film called Heaven Knows What about west side junkies.

I definitely didn’t see it, and I don’t think I want to pretend that I did.

PATTINSON: It’s incredible. I have this movie coming out this year with them, which is really like, I don’t know why they trust me on it but it’s playing –It’s like so specifically Queens-related, and I’m obviously not at all acquainted [laughs].

You’re not from New York? I’m surprised to learn this!

PATTINSON: And everyone’s non-actors in it, and we’re pretty much…

Well, American Honey did a great job without traditional actors.

PATTINSON: Yeah, I think it’s the same, man. Elaine or Jen, who cast that? God, my memory is so shit. Yeah, I think it’s the same casting people who did American Honey. But a lot of the people from American Honey came from the Safdie Brothers’ first movie Heaven Knows What.

Oh, there you go.

PATTINSON: Yeah. But she is an amazing street-casting person, she is incredible. And some of the people in—There’s this movie called Good Time, and it’s crazy. I literally can’t wait for it to come out.

That’s what Megan was saying.

PATTINSON: Oh really?

She was saying, “You need to see this movie,” and I’m like, “Okay!”

PATTINSON: It’s just really fun. I mean, it’s kind of like, it’s so scrappy and stuff but you know, I watch so many movies and I find a lot of them very predictable, and also, a little bit playing it safe.

That’s why you should go see The Handmaiden.

PATTINSON: I love The Handmaiden. It’s fucking amazing.

If you want to talk about movies that take twists and turns. I was sitting in the theater, jaw on ground, six times.

PATTINSON: No! I literally thought it was absolutely incredible. And also, I didn’t really know what it was about, and I remember watching in this theater in New York and there’s so many dirty, creepy old men sitting around [laughs] and I was watching like “What? This movie is crazy sexy! I had no idea at all!”

But you mentioned, that’s the type of movie you will not get made in America anymore. Maybe, I don’t even know if it could have ever been made in America.

PATTINSON: It’s that main period where it could have been, but like…

Maybe the early 70s?

PATTINSON: Or 80s. There’s a bunch of…

Oh, that’s true!

PATTINSON: Yeah, yeah. But yeah, I just find it so – I mean, I love going to a theater and just being like, “Wow!” That and I mean, Embrace of the Serpent. Did you ever see that?

I have not, but I’ve heard of it.

PATTINSON: Unbelievable. But yeah, I don’t understand. But this thing I did with the Safdies, it’s kind of very sort of subversive, but at the same time it’s a real genre film. So I think people will see it and kind of be quiet, it seems it’s weirdly accessible for a very strange movie. So, I hope people will like it.

Well, jumping into why I get to talk to you, the actual movie, The Lost City of Z.

PATTINSON: Yeah, sorry!



He's the best. I can hear him saying sorry with that big smile of his. Maybe a laugh too. Now I want audio! LOL

Click HERE to continue reading this awesome interview. They get into TLCoZ, of course, but also cover the choice to have a beard, Rob's long love of M&Ms makes an appearance, Good Time 411 pops up again, the merits of film vs digital, memorable TLCoZ filming experience, preparing for High Life, the superhero genre, Guardians of the Galaxy....do you get the point? This interview! Perfection.

Source: Collider

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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Robert Pattinson talks to Yahoo about subverting people's expectations, his obsessive Amazon habit and more!

Robert Pattinson talks to Yahoo about subverting people's expectations, his obsessive Amazon habit and more! 

This is a great interview from Yahoo! And so Rob. You're gonna love it. It's fairly wide ranging too! He touches on 5 of his films past, present and future. Enjoy!

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How familiar were you with the source material for Lost City of Z? Had you read David Grann’s book?
Yeah, James gave me the book when it was a totally different script. Or I may have read it long before there was even a script at all. I think at the time he was thinking about me to play Percy’s son. Because I must’ve only been about 21. And then I just kind of stayed with it as time went on, and it went through all these different casts. [Laughs]

It sounds like the script changed a lot through the years. What were the biggest changes made over time? 
When I first read it, it was a straight action movie, like Indiana Jones. It was this rip-roaring adventure movie, and not this kind of epic, elegant saga that takes place over 30 years.

Costin is a much more minor character in the book. What did you build off of to shape him?
Well, I always thought with Percy’s character it would be a good idea to have a foil. I always interpreted Percy’s character as this man determined to fix the reputation that he thinks he’s deserved, and which his father has ruined for him. … He keeps going back to the jungle again and again and again, just to fix this insecurity. So I liked the idea of Costin being this character who basically had a total disregard for the English aristocracy or any kind of social climbing whatsoever. So he didn’t really want to bring anything back from the jungle, anyway. The entire point for him was just to go because he had nothing to live for in England.

How much information was out there about the real guy? Any sense of his military career?
Well, Costin in reality was a refrigerator salesman. There was an advert in the Times of London saying, “Adventurers Wanted.” That’s actually how he got the job. [Laughs] He was one of the only people who applied for it. But he was in the army — he was a physical fitness instructor. But really, I liked the craziness of just applying to be an adventurer.

You rock some pretty rad facial hair in this movie. Did that look grow on you — pun intended — or did you not care for it?
By the end, I was definitely over it. But at least when you’re shooting a movie with your face covered, there’s very little makeup to be done. It was definitely a “Get out of bed and that’s it” situation. That helped in the middle of the jungle.

You’ve played lead roles, you’ve taken supporting parts — this is more of a supporting role in an ensemble. Do you have a preference these days?
There are certain directors I just really want to work with, and you bring what you can to a part. But in some ways it’s kind of nice [to play a supporting role]. It is a little bit liberating because you don’t have to concentrate on the narrative thrust of the story. You’re just purely thinking about character and just embellishing it a little bit. But with this, I would’ve played any part in it, pretty much.

Costin has some great lines in this movie. I think one of my favorites is when you say to Hunnam, “We’re too British for this jungle.” Did you guys feel out of your element filming in the jungles of Colombia?
No, I really loved it. I guess in some ways, it was kind of hard. But it’s just incredible, going to work every day in a little boat, going up river in the middle of virgin jungle in Colombia. It was very, very close to being on vacation, to be honest. [Laughs]

But the type of vacation where you couldn’t eat anything?
Well, yeah. There’s a certain degree of harshness, and we were trying to lose as much as weight as possible in a really short period of time. So I guess there’s that element to it. But there’s a reason those guys wanted to keep going back as well. It’s amazing.

Do you consider yourself pretty adventurous? Could your relate to that thirst for exploration?
Yeah, definitely. I do sometimes find myself gravitating toward a job just because it’s shooting out in the middle of nowhere. If I’m shooting in a city, generally it can become a repetitive scenario. If you have anyone taking pictures on their phones, it just constantly reminds you of the reality of your life. And I find it becomes a little more difficult. Whereas if you’re out in the jungle and everyone is on the same page as you, you just sort of believe in character a little bit more.

What is your own personal Amazonian adventure? What is the biggest risk you’ve taken in your career so far?
I don’t know: I’ve done things which I thought were going to be really risky, which ended up not being risky at all. I generally try to keep finding ways to push the envelope as much as I can, and whenever I get the opportunity to do it, I generally try to take it. But I don’t really worry about taking risks, to be honest.

What’s something you thought was risky that ended up not being so?
I did this movie years ago called Bel Ami, which was at the height of all the Twilight stuff. It was this Guy de Maupassant novel about a guy who seduces women specifically to screw them out of their money and ruin their lives. I thought that was a relatively subversive choice to make at the time. [Laughs] And no one really seemed to think the same thing.

What is your relationship with your Twilight fan base these days? Has the madness that surrounded your life calmed down at all?
It’s definitely calmed down in terms of my everyday life, but mainly because I spend more time in London, which is totally different. And I’m doing more parts that just sort of interest me, while in a lot of ways taking a little bit of a step back just to learn and get better. I guess I’ve never really acknowledged what the fan base is, or even if I have one. [Laughs]

Oh, you have one.
But, yeah, I’m always pretty curious about what people say afterward, and who turns up, who likes the movie. It’s always kind of random. But I love it when someone who you just really wouldn’t expect says, “Oh, I liked you in this.”

What films have been most unexpected?
It’s always just really strange. I’ve done a bunch of movies which I thought might’ve been impossible to be seen. There was this film Little Ashes, where I played Salvador Dalí, from years and years ago, and just the other day I was walking down the street and somebody came up and said, “Oh, that’s my favorite film!” You kind of forget that people even watch your films. [Laughs]

What do you think of all the universe building that is going on in Hollywood right now and the possibility that they could reboot Twilight and expand its world? Could you ever see yourself playing Edward Cullen again?
Really, they’re expanding it? So I’ll get my own spin-off? [Laughs]

Potentially! It could be called Edward: Homecoming.
Yeah, exactly.

But would you ever dip back in if the opportunity presented itself?
I mean, I’m always kind of curious. Anything where there’s a mass audience — or seemingly an audience for it — I always like the idea of subverting people’s expectations. So there could be some radical way of doing it, which could be quite fun. It’s always difficult when there’s no source material. But, yeah, I’m always curious.

What type of role haven’t you been offered yet that you’re eager for?
I sort of, to a fault, rely a little bit too much on being inspired by things that land on my doorstep. I literally just did this movie called Good Time, which I think is a really interesting role. But I would’ve never, ever predicted that I would’ve liked it. [Pattinson plays a New York bank robber running from the police.] I think that he’s basically the embodiment of an angry commenter on the Internet.

That sounds great.
Well, if you watch the movie you’ll probably be like, “Huh? What are you talking about?” But one of my favorite things to do — this is quite embarrassing — but you know how when you look on Amazon and you see a product that’s got a consumer review that is so scathing, on like an electric toothbrush or something? Like, literally buying this toothbrush has ruined this person’s life. I always click on that person’s buying history, or their other reviews, and I’ll just read them for days and days. And I’m really amused. These people just have to vent this kind of furious anger on product reviews. I’ve always found that sort of character really interesting. [Laughs]

Source: Yahoo

VIDEO: Robert Pattinson and the gang talk about The Lost City of Z in iTunes featurette

VIDEO: Robert Pattinson and the gang talk about The Lost City of Z in iTunes featurette

This is a great featurette! Rob is a delight of course. He pops up twice to talk about the film and he's dispersed throughout in behind the scenes and film shots.


Click HERE to view the HD video via Apple. 

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Great behind-the-scenes pictures of Robert Pattinson from The Lost City of Z looking very adventurous jungleman

Great behind-the-scenes pictures of Robert Pattinson from The Lost City of Z looking very adventurous jungleman 

Here are the cropped versions of just Rob, naturally. You can see the larger, full-sized pictures in the thumbnails.

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NEW VIDEO: Robert Pattinson on Good Morning America to promote The Lost City of Z

NEW VIDEO: Robert Pattinson on Good Morning America to promote The Lost City of Z

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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

NEW: MORE HQ Photos Of Robert Pattinson At 'The Lost City Of Z' LA Premiere & Leaving The Afterparty

NEW: MORE HQ Photos Of Robert Pattinson At 'The Lost City Of Z' LA Premiere & Leaving The Afterparty

Seriously, how friggin' adorable is he?

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Looooooooooooong Legs

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Leaving The Afterparty

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