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

VIDEO: Josh Safdie talks about Robert Pattinson's Japanese toilet and its many joys

VIDEO: Josh Safdie talks about Robert Pattinson's Japanese toilet and its many joys

We read about the Japanese toilet story last week and now we can hear Josh Safdie talk about it in this video from The Hollywood Reporter. The Safdie brothers are already in Cannes to talk Good Time but most importantly, the Neorest Toto:


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Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

Here it is...your moment of Robert Pattinson

FAN VIDEO: Waiting For CannesRob

FAN VIDEO: Waiting For CannesRob

Bru has gone and done it again and made this fantastic video to keep us occupied while we wait for CannesRob!

Here Is..... Your Morning Wake Up Call With Robert Pattinson

Here Is..... Your Morning Wake Up Call With Robert Pattinson

NEW PICS: Robert Pattinson with FKA twigs casual and smiling in sunny Los Angeles (May 20)

NEW PICS: Robert Pattinson with FKA twigs casual and smiling in sunny Los Angeles (May 20)

UPDATE: Added more pics of Rob with FKA twigs heading to their car. Below in the thumbnails!

Look at this burst of sunshine!



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NEW ROLE: Martin Scorsese to produce 'The Souvenir' starring Robert Pattinson

Exciting news today from ScreenDaily of a new leading role for Robert Pattinson.  'The Souvenir' to be directed by British director Joanna Hogg will be produced by Martin Scorsese.

"Robert Pattinson, Tom Burke, Ariane Labed and Richard Ayoade are due to star in British filmmaker Joanna Hogg’s (Archipelago) next film The Souvenir, which will be executive-produced by Martin Scorsese.

Scorsese will serve as executive producer on the romantic mystery alongside his Sikelia Productions partner Emma Tillinger Koskoff.

The Souvenir, developed with the BFI and backed by BBC Films, will be made in two parts, the first feature set to shoot this summer and the second in summer 2018. 

Spanning the decade of the 1980’s, the film will chart the story of a young film student, involved in her first serious love affair, who tries to disentangle fact from fiction in a relationship with a complicated and untrustworthy man.

Only God Forgives actor Burke, who also had a leading role in BBC-TWC drama series War & Peace, will play the ‘untrustworthy man’. Pattinson, who’s Cannes competition entry Good Time is generating buzz ahead of its screening, will be the leading male role of the second film, playing an actor."

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