NEW INTERVIEW: Robert Pattinson Tells NWZ About Working With Cronenberg, Herzog & Corbijn
UPDATE: A better translation has been added
Another new interview with Rob though it sounds like maybe they had a roundtable because it's a bit similar to the previous one.
The earlier interview has been updated so have another read of that one
HERE
Imitation of James Dean.
Robert Pattinson is present at this year´s Berlinale with not one, but
two movies. In one of them he plays the photographer of James Dean. In
our interview the former vampire-star tells how he used to perceive the
Hollywood legend.
Berlin. At the luxurious Hotel de Rome in the heart of Berlin, hidden
away in a parlor behind the lobby, Robert Pattinson gives interviews for
his Berlinale-movie “Life” on Monday. Full beard, tousled hair, on the
table in front of him a bottle of Coke. Before we get started on the
first question, the 28 year-old quickly pops a stick of gum into his
mouth.
In Anton Corbijn`s “Life” Pattinson plays the young photographer Dennis
Stock, who discovered James Dean before he had his big break-through in
Hollywood. Stock snapped the famous picture of James Dean walking down
rainy Times Square in New York with a cigarette between his lips and a
popped-up collar. In this interview with German press agency dpa
Pattinson talks about his own James Dean-phase and his
heartthrob-image.
Q: James Dean is one oft the big icons of our time. What is your image of him?
RP: I think every actor at some point goes through a James
Dean-obsession. When I was 16, 17 years old you were practically always
imitating James Dean, no matter what the role was… I think James Dean
liked people looking at him. But there are other actors who don´t
exactly know why they became actors (laughs). I think I´m rather one of
those.
Q: What did you do when you imitated Dean?
RP: It´s mostly about body language. For example, something like
this (he props his elbow on his thigh and briefly rests his head on his
hand). Whoever saw me pretending to be James Dean probably wondered what
I was doing!
Q: Since the end of the Twilight Saga you´ve worked with directors
like David Cronenberg, Werner Herzog and now Anton Corbijn. Do you think
of Twilight as a door-opener for new projects or is it more like a
curse because it gave you the image of a heartthrob?
RP: It really only ever brought good things for me. Everybody has
to deal with something. There´s something positive about people
accusing you of being type-cast; it helps you to try and be casted for
different things. It energizes you, in a way. It´s fun to refute such an
image.
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