Willem Dafoe was recently interviewed by Vanity Fair and was shown certain scenes from his films including The Lighthouse. This is what Willem had this to say about filming The Lighthouse and not bonding with Robert Pattinson:

[I’m fond of my lobster scene]. This is from The Lighthouse a film I really enjoyed doing directed by the great Robert Eggers. It is Rob Pattinson and myself. We’re lighthouse keepers. I’m the old hand, he’s the new guy and I’m a little upset with him. One of the beauties of Robert Eggers is that he understands language, the language of this speech [What, what what what scene], is so beautiful, it has a rhythm, it has a sound, it has a music, it was a pleasure to do. [Let Neptune strike you dead Winslow]. The whole idea was that we weren’t bonding. Those are the characters, but it was so cold and so brutal that we’re always setting up for shots, and that there was no hanging out. Rob, I liked him a great deal and it was fun to work with him, but we didn’t know each other because we were always either getting warm or doing the scene, not that much hanging out and outside of the scenes, that was our relationship.

I love it when we get new photos from photoshoots – this cheeky one from Cannes during The Lighthouse promo.

We have seen this photo in colour before but wanted to share this great throwback that Violeta Sofia posted on her IG today.

UPDATE: 24 JULY 2021

Nick Muldoon shared his photo of Rob with Willem Dafoe and Robert Eggers at TIFF (plus his tidbit)

Thanks @RobPattinsonPT for heads up

UPDATE: September 2019

Here’s some great new photos of Rob attending TIFF19 for The Lighthouse today. Looking forward to the interviews!

PHOTOS

Four of Rob’s films have been nominated for the 2021 Golden Trailer Awards. According to The Hollywood Reporter, these awards recognise the best in TV and film marketing. As a result of COVID-19, “content that was created between April 2019 and April 2021 from studios, independent films and foreign films were eligible to enter the 21st annual awards.”

BEST TEASER
Antlers, “Escape”, Searchlight Pictures, Buddha Jones
Cruella, “Roar/Sorry”, Disney, Seismic Productions
Death on the Nile Teaser, 20th Century Studios, MOCEAN
Dune, , Warner Bros., Wild Card
JoJo Rabbit Teaser, Searchlight Pictures, Motive
The Batman, “Justice”, Warner Bros, Statement Advertising
Top Gun: Maverick, “Service”, Paramount Pictures, AV Squad

BEST MOTION/TITLE GRAPHICS
1917, Universal Pictures, Motive
Judy & Punch Trailer, Picturehouse Entertainment, Zealot UK
Parasite, “Plan”, Neon, ZEALOT
The Batman: Justice Trailer Title Animation, Warner Bros., Devastudios, Inc.
The Invisible Man, Universal Pictures, Devastudios, Inc.

BEST SOUND EDITING
1917, Universal Pictures, Motive
Home Sweet Home, 20K MILES, Nurostar
Monster Hunter: Humanity, Screen Gems, Create Advertising Group
The Batman, “Justice”, Warner Bros, Statement Advertising
Welcome to the Blumhouse, “Twisted”, Prime Video, Tiny Hero

BEST ACTION POSTER
1917 Teaser Poster, Universal, Concept Arts
Tenet, IMAX Art, Warner Bros., Leroy & Rose
Without Remorse, “Payoff”, Amazon Studios, Concept Arts
Zack Snyder’s Justice League Key Art, HBO Max, Gravillis

BEST ACTION/THRILLER TRAILERBYTE FOR A FEATURE FILM
1917 Time Byte, Universal Pictures, Motive
Joker, “Power Run”, Warner Bros., Pool Party Creative
Mulan :06 Bumpers, DISNEY, REVOLVE AGENCY
Project Power, Netflix, ZEALOT
Tenet, Explosive Wait, Warner Bros., Trailer Park Group

MOST ORIGINAL POSTER
Bloodsuckers A Marxist Vampire Comedy, AMBI MEDIA, Good Hands
Borat Subsequent Movie Film, Maskini, Amazon Studios, Concept Arts
Synchronic, Key Art, Well Go USA Entertainment, The Refinery
The Devil All the Time, NETFLIX, JUMP CUT

BEST COMEDY / DRAMA TRAILERBYTE FOR A FEATURE FILM
6 Underground, NOW PLAYING Digital, Netflix, Monster Creative
Bad Boys for Life, “Get Ticket”, Sony Pictures Entertainment, GrandSon
Jojo Rabbit, Fairy Tales with Shitler, Searchlight Pictures, Motive, Chen Liang
Jumanji: The Next Level, Street Fight, Sony, Ignition Creative
The Lighthouse, “Emoji” Digital, A24, AV Squad

“The winning films and TV shows are selected by a jury of directors, producers, actors, writers, executives and advertising creatives. Among the 2019 judges were producer Richard Suckle (Wonder Woman), writer-director Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot, Homecoming), producer Anthony Bregman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), director Hugh Welchmann (Loving Vincent), advertising executive Thomas Benski, film industry veteran David Dinerstein and cinematographer Dion Beebe.

The 21st annual ceremony will take place at the Niswonger Performing Arts Center in Greeneville, Tennessee on Thursday, July 22. A stream of the hybrid event will become available at 7 p.m. PT”

Click on the link above to read the full article.

UPDATED: 29 June 2021

The lucky Japanese will have the opportunity to receive a manga of The Lighthouse with their cinema tickets. The two scenes below are a glimpse into the quality of what will be received. I RT’d the below tweet a few days ago, but below is further information. From Natalie.mu

The synopsis manga drawn by Ito has been included in the theater pamphlets sold at the screening hall since the movie was released on July 9. Prior to the sale, two pages near the beginning were released today on June 25th. The scene where the skilled lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake and the inexperienced young man Eframe Windslow land on an isolated island in the sea for a mission, and the night when Thomas and Eframe spend their first time, until Thomas is sick. A scene was drawn that made you feel that you were sticking to the “light”. In addition, comments arrived from Ito. “Two lighthouse keeper, so to speak, are assigned to the mysterious lighthouse island, but the distorted exchanges in the hierarchical relationship, the delicate facial expressions of each other, and above all, the intense dominance of the movie screen. I wanted to recreate the light and shadow, “he said after writing the manga.

Comment rom Junji Ito

The movie “Lighthouse” was particularly impressive with its black-and-white screen contrast and gloomy atmosphere. Two lighthouse keeper, so to speak, are assigned to the mysterious island of Lighthouse, but the distorted exchanges in the hierarchical relationship, the delicate facial expressions of each other, and above all, the intense dominance of the movie screen. I wanted to reproduce the light and shadow.

https://twitter.com/TheLighthouseJP/status/1408374226763931656?s=20