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*NEW* pic of Robert Pattinson in Correio de Manha (Portugal)
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from Correio de Manha
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source: Correio de Manha / Pattinson Life
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The hardest part was the initial stress before I started filming 'Cosmopolis', but soon the fear was gone," Robert Pattinson told journalists at the CCB.
Outside, since early morning, dozens of young fans of the "vampire" from the 'Twilight' saga, lined up around the barriers surrounding the red carpet - where there will be a premiere, starting at 8PM - waiting to see their idol. They didn't know that at that very early on (11:30AM), he was already inside the building.
"We brought a t-shirt to give to him. I don't know if I will be able to say something when see him," said the two fans, Patricia and Sandra, creators of the site 'Twilight ao Amanhecer'. The t-shirt could not be more clear about the feelings towards the actor: 'Keep Calm and don't forget to be awesome'.
Pattinson is calm, in the press room when he tells the journalists that he's aware that "this role is very different from his character in Twilight. "It was a gift," admits the actor who knows he is idolized by millions of fans. "I care about what everyone thinks. I know that many young girls will see the movie and I hope everyone enjoys it."
David Cronenberg liked to film. The film. And the actor. "It was all fun and Robert Pattinson is a great actor", he said.
Outside, Patricia, Sandra and all their friends that came from various parts of the country, as well as others, that came from Spain, would like to be heard. "If I can, I'll give him a hug," said one of the girls. The day will be devoted entirely to wait for the premiere, and while they can't see the 'vampire' of their dreams, they run to anything connected to the idol.
When they see Clare and Richard, Robert Pattinson' parents, the hysteria is huge. Time to set cameras and phones and wave nervously. It's not Robert. But for now, they know that they are out there with his parents, it's kind of a proximity ...
source: Correio de Manha / Pattinson Life
[PRESS SCAN] Actual Mag. (Portugal) - Mai 2012
NEW interview.....
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It wasn't easy to establish contact with Robert Pattinson, during a phonecall between Lisbon and LA, that had to wait for the commitments of one of the most popular actors in the world. Inside the limousine of "Cosmopolis", film that Paulo Branco produced and David Cronenberg directed, from the novel by Don DeLillo, the british actor became Eric Packer, a 28 year old golden boy that decides to cross New York to get a haircut. Wall Street stockbroker, proud of his great instinct on the world of high finance, Eric Packer will lose on that day his wealth, under an apocalyptical atmosphere that makes him reconsider his existence. To the character, it's like going to hell. But to Robert Pattinson, it's the movie where things will change: the teen idol from the Twilight Saga gives in 'Cosmopolis' an electrifying performance and shows that he's a complete actor with a great future.
I'm not going to ask you about your favorite hobby, how's your personal life or what is your next project.Great.
In 'Cosmopolis', you worked for the first time with David Cronenberg, director known for not letting anyone indifferent. Is it true?
Now I can say that it is true. I needed some time and distance because during the shooting of Cosmopolis I didn't understand very well what I was doing. I only understood that when I watched the movie for the first time. I was alone in the room. I was perplex. I had a strange feeling, like a contagion.
Do you think 'Cosmopolis', in its own way, is also a movie about vampires?Oh no. I hope not! There are no vampires here.
What was the main reason that made you accept this part?David Cronenberg, no doubt.
He was part of your cinematographic world?Yes, I've been a big fan, for a long time. "Videodrome" is one of my all-time favorite movies. I knew that he always put his creativity above everything and that this project could become a lifetime experience. He's one of those rare filmmakers that seems to be not afraid of anything. What he does is really his, his movies, from the first to the last scene.
And you? Were you afraid to make this movie?Until the first day, I can't say that I wasn't scared. Most directors try to guide the actors by the hand. They give them directions all the time, make them a puppets. With Cronenberg everything is different and automatic. We got to the end of shooting, filmed and... that's it. The relationship with the work is very much a sensory experience and the hardest thing is learn how to set the right tone. No one tells us the psychological reasons of the characters, for example. David knew exactly what he was doing. He knew the script by heart. I had never worked with a director so confident in himself.
What exactly happened before filming?David first gave me the script to read and then I read Don DeLillo's novel. The script is very true to the book. I was extremely impressed by its rhythm. But I was also surprised by the simplicity, because people had told me that Cosmopolis wasn't an easy book, a novel impossible to adapt to the screen. David's script was like a poetry. I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do, where to go or even how the story was going to end. And the more I read, more questions seemed to stay without answers. It wasn't easy because my character is in every scene. That made me study the script word by word, like it was theatre.
Did you know DeLillo's work? Were his books your bedtime reading?Not really. I had read some of his books, but nothing about 'Cosmopolis' or Eric Packer.
Did you learn more about yourself as a man and an actor with this part?Oh yes, my debt is endless. I found out that you can't do the same for the rest of your life. With that, I don't wan't to say that I saw myself in this character. He's nothing like me.
Who is Eric Packer?It's hard to answer because I don't think he symbolizes anything. He knows he moves in the world of finance, that he will lose everything in 24 hours and watch his own destruction without being able to rationally and emotionally react. He works with the void, with speculation and reacts with coolness to his instincts, something that makes him very mysterious. But I can't see him either as cause or as a victim of something, because his expression is neutral, he escapes stereotypes. He's just part of a gear, it's like he's part of a machine. His life is a parallel reality, almost as if he had just arrived from another planet. Basically, he doesn't know how to live in the present because he devours the present. It's curious that when we were filming the movie, no one in the set wondered what he meant, if he actually meant anything. I think David brought this. He likes to work like this, in the dark, without any logical explanation to things. David is a very instinctive person who reacts less to the ideas than to emotions.
Let me ask this again, a different way: do you think you would want to meet Eric Packer? Could you be his friend?I don't think I could be his friend, but yes, if he was a real person, I would definitely like to meet him. To know what he would say about the world today and the global crisis. I would like to talk to him about that. Probably only once.
You just told me about the difficulty of the text. How did you prepare for the part? Knowing Cronenberg’s movies, I believe there weren’t many rehearsals …It’s true. Cronenberg doesn’t like rehearsals. When an actor arrives on set you have to bring your character with you, the confrontation has been done at home and it's kind of a pact. Cronenberg is a director of an incredible exactitude. And, on the other hand, very sensitive about the actors’ performances. If we lose focus for a brief moment he interrupts the shot immediately, it’s almost nerve-wracking to work with someone like that. No detail will escape him. Cronenberg knows exactly how the take is going to be like by the end of the day, which ones will come first and which ones will come after: he arrives on set with the movie completely set up.
But, for an actor, there are scenes harder than others: I remember the sex scene in the limousine, for example.
For me it was a very strange moment. I have that scene with Juliette Binoche, of whom I've been a fan for a long time. We had never talked before. She arrived in Toronto one morning and in the afternoon we had to film the sex scene in the limousine. It was a little scary.
In the last part of the movie, you work with Paul Giamatti, one of the best and greatest actors of your generation. Didn’t that intimidate you?It didn’t intimidate me, but it increased the tension. Paul wasn’t less tense than me. It’s a crucial moment in the movie, a big confrontation dialogue, and Cronenberg insisted that we would say the line the way it was written, like it was Shakespeare. No changes were allowed. Paul gives an amazing performance in that scene.
Do you think Cosmopolis will be a ‘before’ and ‘after’ mark in your career? Or does it seem like just another job, another natural step?“Cosmopolis” will definitely be an important movie for me. I’ve changed, and I feel the change. I’m going through a phase in my life that I will have to make choices and test myself as an actor. “Cosmopolis” wasn’t an easy choice for me. I was labeled by the ‘Twilight’ saga when I got to “Cosmopolis”, and I am aware of that, I’d be cynical if I said otherwise. Before the shooting I was so distressed. I doubted my capability, didn’t know if I’d be good enough. I thought I was going to ruin everything. But then I thought: “If they bet on me, it’s because they believe in me.” “Cosmopolis” fell on my lap. It encouraged me to change everything.
There’s still a final episode of the “Twilight” saga, that will be released by the end of the year, after “Cosmopolis”. Doesn’t that bother you now?I face the release with the same professionalism. No, what bothers me it’s to think I grew old, that I have wrinkles on my face and maybe it’s time to break off from what I’ve done until now, a time that I will accept naturally.
Do you think today, that ‘Twilight’ especially after a valuable movie like Cosmopolis, from an artistic point of view will be an experience that will be forgotten?I wouldn’t say yes because I’ve always given my best, even if a lot of people thought of me as a small actor, or even as a bad actor because of “Twilight”. They’re the same voices asking themselves: “Now, with Cronenberg, we’ll see if he’s capable of acting, we’ll see if he’s a serious actor.” There’s a lot of work in Twilight. I’m turning 26, I was in five movies of the series and I was confronted by a lot of artistic decisions. And they counted, of course. What I did before counted. And that’s why David offered me the part. I’ve always wanted to make good movies, but before “Cosmopolis” I was a bit worried if they were good or not. Now I worry about what they think of me, I want to gain respect from others because of my work. I have a series of projects in hands, that I wasn't expecting to get, thanks to “Cosmopolis”.
Your transition through the Twilight series brought you a lot of things. It made you become a media figure of the world. And one of the best well paid as well. Success is around you. How do you deal with that?When a person suddenly becomes well known, when you can’t step outside without a paparazzi waiting for you, it's very easy to lose control of your image and of what other people think of us. Deep inside we’re just a cogwheel of a big gear and we don’t know where it's going. It happened to me. It was almost overnight. Being a celebrity doesn’t require aptitude. At a certain point I asked myself if I was still an actor, or where was the actor in me: in the movies or in my life?
Do you feel like you’ve become a Hollywood product?I feel like Hollywood changes people in something they’re not. Hollywood protects and destroys that image the way it works better for it. It’s a dream machine, in my case, it created a label. I’ve lost parts in movies for being related to Twilight. Although, for an actor, what’s a commercial success if not a parallel fact? The movie won’t be better or worse because of that.
There’s a perverse side in everything because the success of the movie also depends of the real success of the actors. For example: Cosmopolis teaser trailer, released months ago was one of the most watched and shared on the internet. The movie was being talked about by everyone, especially because you’re part of it…The teaser is 30seconds long and it can lead people to believe something else. It’s not the movie.
Do you think Cosmopolis will change radically your image, especially for the fans that follow and worship “Twilight”?There it is: the opinions they have about me count, but I learned to protect myself from them. I start to feel really tired of being the idol of teenage girls, girls that are half my age. You need to want to have more than a pretty face on the screen or photogenic charisma that worked for quite a long time. You have to know how to take risks. I’m aware of that and I don’t fall for illusions.
lundi 28 mai 2012
vendredi 11 mai 2012
"Cosmopolis" screening in Portugal... on May 29th..!
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The screening will be held at Cinema Medeia Monumental on 29th May at 10PM with Rob & David Cronenberg.
and Medeia Filmes is giving tickets for the Cosmopolis screening to their first 50 subscribers.
you can register here
samedi 21 avril 2012
Paulo Branco about Robert Pattinson and Cosmopolis...
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source: Twilight Portugal via Spunk Ransom
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PB: "For Pattinson, this project is essential. He watched the movie and personally told me that it was, maybe, the project that he was most proud of and wanted to support it wherever it was necessary"Part 1...
Journalist (J): The film, produced by Paulo Branco Portuguese, will compete for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. The list chosen to tender, selected by the jury, was released this morning in Paris and includes the movie Cosmopolis, directed by David Cronenber and produced by Paulo Branco. The film has been touted as one of the movies of the year and his debut is generating great expectations. The main actor is RobertPattinson, star of movies of the Twilight saga, which has built an army of fans around the world.
[Teaser presentation]
J: In a moment, a brief conversation with Paul White, who manages with this appointment, the 11th film that produces the main film festival in Europe.Part 2...
J: Return of the photograph [was the subject of the article above] to the movies, because the appointment of Cosmopolis, the new David Cronenberg film, produced by Paulo Branco Portuguese, which is live in the Journal of 8. Paul, very good night. This is the 11th film that produces and entering the main competition at Cannes, the most important festival in Europe. For what we have seen, the trailer and what is known, this is not a European film, if I may phrase. It is his most important film ever?
Paul White (CP): All movies, I think, that are important to a producer, but this is a bit special. It is logical. It’s a film that, for the first time I worked in a food system across the Atlantic – it was filmed in Toronto. It was filmed by one of the greatest directors out there, David Cronenberg, who had – if you want – at least the sympathy I have heard and have accepted my proposal and with great actors, I mean some actors in Hollywood. Therefore, it is really the first time I have a movie of this size and with a budget of this amount.
J: We are talking about an over-production?
Paulo Branco (PB): We are talking about producing an average American, about 15 million. The film is French-Canadian, had so much support from France, and Canada. After all, is a budget which independent producers are not used and above all the freedom I had to produce this film: the choice of director, the choice of actors (according to Cronenberg), and it was an experience only. Being now at Cannes is really an honor, a recognition. It is not “another movie”. Each film that is at Cannes in competition, is not “another”. It’s always something special, such as those who have been there and who follows the Cannes festival all can understand.
J: The list of participants is impressionable in this movie: the director is famous, David Cronenberg, the main actors, I would say are even more famous (Juliette Binoche andRobert Pattinson, star of Twilight). I wonder if it is intended to involve these artists in Portugal, the film’s release, scheduled for May, if I remember correctly.
PB: Exactly. It created such a rapport with Don de Lillo, David Cronenberg, RobertPattinson, who spoke on the assumption that since they made a small tour across Europe to promote the film, starting with Portugal, accepted immediately. Therefore, they will be here soon after the Cannes Film Festival, for the Portuguese premiere of the movie. I think that is unique, a premiere for a movie in Portugal. And this is also an example of professionalism and at the same time, a supply of this film who has collaborated on this project. The Pattinson, for him, is a key project. He saw the movie and told me personally that it was perhaps his work he was most proud of and wanted to defend it where necessary. The Don de Lillo, one of the greatest writers – you know – the world when he saw the movie, also liked a lot.
J: And, in principle, we have them here sometime in May for the film’s release. Paul White, for a very brief response, in addition to the 11 films for the main competition, the Paul White sees an impressive total (I was reading) of 52 films that participated in the various section of the Cannes Film Festival. I asked him, in a tone half-joking, but seriously, if this accounts for the national exports.
PB: Of course that counts. When we are in Cannes, is to be the principle one step to the worldwide release of the movies that are there and we are able to contribute recipes, most of them come and go here in our country. We must also not forget – people forget a little that – we have ambitious projects in Portugal, a large portion of funding is also achieved internationally and are values that are then spent in Portugal. I think some of us connected to the movies also have the concern to enhance and create added value for our country.J: Paul White, thanks for coming to the Journal of 8 and congratulations on the appointment of Cannes.
source: Twilight Portugal via Spunk Ransom
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