Hicham Hajji about Robert Pattinson and "Queen of the Desert"... (Thanks to Robert Pattinson Worldwide)

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Hicham Hajji (his production cie was behind the Moroccan part for QotD)'s interview was done thanks to Laura from Robert Pattinson Worldwide ...

English part...

To begin with, could you please introduce yourself to those who do not know you and tell us more about H-Films?Few years after I graduate from a Film School in Canada, I decided to go back to Morocco, one of the privileged sites where international directors and producers I had the chance to work with, like to shoot their films.
Right now I’m working between Morocco and Los Angeles where I’m developing a partnership with great american producers 

Could you tell us more about your work and your role in the making of Queen Of The Desert?I had great privilege to be the line producer and my company being the production service in Morocco for Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert with Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Robert Pattinson and Damian Lewis
All this because of a great man I had the chance to meet, Nick Raslan, the producer and initiator of this project 

If you could sum up the story of Queen Of The Desert, what would you say to make people go see it?It’s going to be epic, you can see Robert Pattinson playing Laurence of Arabia and Nicole Kidman carrying the movie with the great character of Gertrude Bell who played a major role in establishing and helping administer the modern state of Iraq, utilising her unique perspective from her travels and relations with tribal leaders throughout the Middle East 

How would you describe your Queen Of The Desert’ experience?It’s my best movie experience! 

How could you describe Werner Herzog’s work?Werner is a genius,he knows what he’s doing, he’s fast and it was a great honour to work with him 

What was your motivation working for this movie?I would have paid (meaning paid the project itself) to be a part of this project! 

How was working with Robert Pattinson?Very easy! Rob is very professional, never late and a simple guy! I enjoyed working with him and I understand his success 

Could you tell the fans in more details what his role is?He was playing Laurence of Arabia (like the character in the famous movie) 

We heard some rumors about Robert Pattinson having a very nice scene with some cute lion cubs, care to tell us more about it? Is there any picture of that and, of course, would you share it with the fans?I can’t say anything until the movie is released, which is gonna be soon 

Could you tell us something we do not know about the movie? About Robert Pattinson?All I can say it’s going to be a great movie and you have to go see it! 

Do you have a special memory working with Robert Pattinson?I still remember this guy who came a day before the shoot with no time to prepare his scenes, but you can see a really professional actor who did his preparation with the director only few hours. He was great on set and you don’t repeat the takes more than 2 times with him

Version Française (moins complète que celle en Anglais...)

Que pouvez-vous nous dire sur votre travail et votre rôle pour ‘Queen of The desert’?Ma société était productrice executive (en anglais production services) et moi Line Producer, je m’occupais du budget, de la production, des acteurs et de l’équipe technique, de tout quoi. 

Si vous pouviez nous résumer l’histoire du film, que diriez-vous aux gens pour qu’ils aillent le voir?Le film raconte l’histoire de Gertrude Bell (dispo sur wikipedia) 

Comment décriveriez-vous votre expérience sur ‘Queen of The desert’?Ma plus belle experience cinématographique 

Comment décriveriez-vous le travail de Werner Herzog?Werner est quelqu’un qui sait exactement ce qu’il fait, et c’est toujours agréable de travailler avec ce genre de personne. D’autant plus que Werner est une legende, je suis honoré de faire partie du projet 

Quelle a été votre motivation première pour participer à ce projet?J’aurai payé pour participer a ce projet! 

Comment était-ce de travailler avec Robert Pattinson?Robert est super cool, il est simple et normal et pas du tout grosse tete, on dirait monsieur tout le monde. 

Pourriez-vous donner aux fans plus de détails sur le rôle de Robert Pattinson dans le film?Robert joue Laurence d’Arabie. 

Nous avons entendu quelques rumeurs par rapport à une scène qu’aurait tournée Robert Pattinson avec quelques charmants lionceaux, pouvez-vous nous en dire plus? Y aurait-il des photos de cette scène et, si oui, allez-vous la partager avec les fans?Oui, mais peux pas envoyer de photos pour l’instant jusqu’a ce que le trailer soit sorti. 

Avez-vous un souvenir particulier de votre travail avec Robert Pattinson?Evidement, Robert est quelqu’un qui aime son travail, il est très bon acteur et assidu. Ca ne m’étonne pas qu’il ait réussi sa carrière

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