Robert Pattinson Photographed during Breaking Dawn Pt 1 LA Press Conference

Hernán Khatchadourian shared this photo of Rob on his Instagram posing with Dario Popular, an Argentinian newspaper. Although it was only shared today, it was taken back during the LA press conference for Breaking Dawn Part 1 and I thought it fitting to share as a Throwback Tuesday. These “mugshots” were popular for Rob when he was promoting Twilight. We posted another one he did for the Croatian magazine 24Stata during this same press conference.

If you feel like reminiscing, you can check out our Breaking Dawn Part 1 Master Post for all premieres.

Robert Pattinson Talks Dior, Career & More with GQMiddleEast

Below is an extract from Rob’s interview with GQ Middle East, which you can read in full by clicking on hyperlink:

Always try to do the opposite…

“Every job I take, it has to be completely different from the last, otherwise what’s the point?”

You don’t go down the indie route to distance yourself from Twilight…

“At least not consciously. It would be crazy to try and replicate one success elsewhere. And I do have quite specific tastes. But indie movies can be fragile. That world is really wild, and finance for a picture can disappear in a heartbeat.”

There was a time when finding work was difficult…

“I’d liked the direction that my career had been going for the last five or six years, but it was so difficult to find jobs that would also keep the momentum going forwards.”

Every year there was panic…

“The problem was that, even if I had a job, because it was an indie there was no guarantee it would reach the cinema. I did a few that just fell apart. Not on the day we were to start shooting, not in pre-production, but in production itself. I’d literally get a call from a producer telling me that the whole movie had fallen apart.”

But when you do find the great parts, it’s worth it…

“Working on The Lighthouse last year, was just such a great experience. It’s always fun when the movie is just about you and one other person because there’s no waiting around. And when the other person is Willem Dafoe, well, then it’s just a real gift.”

Robert Pattinson King of Clickbait calls Twilight AN “Arthouse movie”.

Nicholas Barber of BBC Culture spoke with Rob about his career on the eve of The Lighthouse being released in the UK. Below is an extract, but you can read the full interview by clicking on the link above:

“I literally started this year with no job,” he says, referring to 2019. “I remember my agent saying, ‘You’re not really on anybody’s list. The movies are well reviewed, but they aren’t big hits.’ And then a week later I got another call out of the blue: ‘Do you want to be in a Chris Nolan movie?’ I was like: ‘Wait – how did that happen?

As well as featuring in Christopher Nolan’s time-twisting thriller, Tenet, which is released in July, Pattinson is squeezing into the bat suit vacated by Ben Affleck to star in Matt Reeves’ The Batman. But he maintains that he is not plunging into the Hollywood mainstream. Nolan, he argues, is an indie auteur who just happens to have colossal budgets at his disposal, and Batman is one of the “crazy and perverse” characters he usually plays. “Out of all the big roles that I knew of in that kind of realm,” he muses, “there was just something about this one.”

Maybe Pattinson can teach us all a lesson about having the courage of our convictions. By sticking to his own niche taste in films, he gets to be one of the saviours of arthouse cinema – and yet he gets to flirt with blockbusters and be the saviour of Gotham City, too. Who else has a career like his? The only actor who springs to mind, strangely enough, is Pattinson’s Twilight co-star and ex-girlfriend, Kristen Stewart. He grins so widely at this comparison that his eyes crinkle up and disappear. “That’s because no one realised that Twilight was an arthouse movie. It’s part of the same thing. In a few years, people will suddenly realise – ah, it was arthouse! I totally missed it!”

Robert Pattinson wears bespoke hats in Bel Ami

This was a lovely surprise today (and I do like that back view) and opportune for a Throwback Tuestday. Ian Bennett shared this photo of himself with Rob during Bel Ami days.

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Look who I was making hats for 10 years ago today! Thank you @robertpattinson for wearing my hats so well #belamimovie #millinerycouture #millinery

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Barbaros Tapan recently spoke to Robert Pattinson about his career

Barbaros Tapan recently spoke to Rob about his career including how he chooses films, working with Robert Eggers and the currently filming “The Batman” . Below are extracts from the interview, which you can read in full HERE

Acting is one of the world’s two largest series; You started by starring in “Harry Potter” and “Twilight.” Before “Batman,” you preferred to do independent work. I would like to ask you about this transition…

The first thing I did were studio movies with a budget of $200 million. I didn’t have an audience concern. But I also like to make movies with risk. If you made the movie thinking that only others would like it, or if you said, “The audience will surely like it, but I didn’t like it,” you’ve chosen the wrong story. The films I made were the one that appealed to me. The same goes now. It doesn’t matter if the film is serial, independent or big-budget.

You’ve acted in “High Life”, “The King”, and “The Lighthouse”… Now you’re shooting “Batman.” Four or five more jobs are on the way out of “Batman.” How would you look at your acting journey that started with “Harry Potter” and tell us about your own progress?

It happened slowly. The most important thing I learned was to love my work more and more, to become more and more connected to my work in every project. When I did “Harry Potter,” I didn’t know how I’d feel about it almost 15 years ago. Every job I do still excites me, solving problems, new places… Trying different techniques in each film, trying to understand… I love every aspect of my job. But if I get back to the problem, I think my learning process has been gradual. Another way of developing is to watch a lot of movies.

About The Batman

Are you going to talk about “Batman?

My speech is absolutely forbidden.

Will Batman meet the Joker? A little hint …

Warner Bros has warned me to keep my mouth shut. I can’t say anything.

Christian Bale, who played Batman before, said to you, “Let him create his own Batman, not be influenced by anyone.” What do you say about his advice?

His interpretation of Batman was incredible. Everyone loved Christian’s Batman. I have ideas for my own Batman. Let’s see how it comes to life

Robert Pattinson talks The Batman, The Lighthouse and his movies post Twilight

Clark Collis from Entertainment Weekly talks to Rob about The Lighthouse, his movie choices and directors post Twilight and The Batman. The whole interview is great, but Rob talking why he was interested in The Batman starts at 14.48. Of course the fact that Jack Nicholson was involved in that franchise would pique his interests. He also talks about finding out about The Batman on his first day on the #Tenet set and talking to Christopher Nolan.

I am unable to embed so click on the photo of Rob below to watch the full 18 min+ interview or head on over to MSN

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