Director David Cronenberg discusses working with Robert Pattinson on Cosmopolis
We also talked about his new thriller Cosmopolis, which hits theaters sometime next year and stars Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche. I asked him if Cosmopolis will be the movie that will separate Robert Pattinson from his Twilight past. Here's what the director had to say below.
"I have no control over that, obviously. All I know is, as with Keira, I thought that Robert was very underrated. I mean, Keira has done more work than Robert has, but in England, they're always on her for whatever weird English class reasons. I'm not sure what that is. I always thought she was a substantial actress, and I had no doubt that she could really ace this role. I felt the same about Rob. The fate of the movie, though, who knows. I certainly think this. I don't think that any director who's looking to see what Rob can do, will not be able to see how terrific he is by looking at Cosmopolis. Even if the movie isn't a success at the box office, creatively, as far as I'm concerned, it is a success, and for Rob, it totally is. He's brilliant in the movie, he's fabulous. If nothing else, it will be a great demo film for Rob, for any other director who's looking for a great actor."
The filmmaker also talked about shooting both Cosmopolis and A Dangerous Method back-to-back.
"It was a wonderful shoot, as was A Dangerous Method, actually. They were both very beautiful shoots, even though they were both quite different in tone, which, for me, is delightful, because, to do two movies, back-to-back, they are both so different. The one similarity is that they're both very dialogue-heavy. That was kind of interesting, but they have very different dialogue."
to read my full interview with David Cronenberg.Cosmopolis was released August 17th, 2012 and stars Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Mathieu Amalric, Jay Baruchel, Kevin Durand, K'Naan, Emily Hampshire. The film is directed by David Cronenberg.
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Titanictom
Should be called the ADNOD KISHOGI Story.....He lost his Billions almost overnight!!!
1 year agoby @titanictomFlag
Nicholaus XX
@mattbierwagen -- I agree with your statement to an extent. I need a trailer to voice my opinion on how much potential it has.
2 years agoby @XxNickTheFilmCriticXxFlag
Worth5Bucks
Im excited for this.
2 years agoby @mattbierwagenFlag
Mr_Jellyfish
Awesome, I can't wait to see more from Cronenberg, and as for Pattinson I'm not going to make any judgements because I've not seen him in Twilight or anything else. But if Cronenberg likes him then that gives him some extra cred as far as I'm concerned!
2 years agoby @mr-jellyfishFlag