David Michôd talks about how switched on Robert Pattinson is
With the upcoming release of The King this Friday in select cinemas, GQ caught up with David and here’s what he had to say about Rob:
GQ: Do you enjoy giving really handsome actors terrible haircuts?
David Michod: [Laughs.] Yes, I do. It brings me great pleasure. But Rob [Pattinson]’s haircut in The Rover was entirely his creation. …Do you have a favorite?
Rob’s in The Rover was one I actually started seeing on everybody. That was way ahead of its time. That’s how plugged in Rob Pattinson is. But I think Timmy’s in The King is kind of cool. I’m almost half-tempted to get one myself.…
Your last three movies have starred Robert Pattinson, Brad Pitt, and Timothée Chalamet. What qualities do the three of them share that drew you to them?
They are incredibly respectful of me. They’re actors who love directors and who love being directed. And they understand that any performance comes as a result of a rigorous collaboration between an actor and a director. My experiences of working with them at various stages of their careers was kind of the same. Timmy—I’ve got to stop calling him a kid, but he was basically a kid. Rob had come out the back end of a franchise that he was desperately trying to shake off. Brad had nothing to prove, but he wants to make good movies and take risks. But in all three cases, the experience for me was one of working with actors who wanted to work, and who understood that part of that work was surrendering themselves.
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