Rob talks to ‘The San Francisco Chronicle‘ about ‘New Moon’ and playing Salvador Dali. Here’s an excerpt on what he said about shooting ‘New Moon’ on the article:

“It’s strange because it already feels much more of a slick machine,” Pattinson says of the film, which is being directed by Chris Weitz. “The first one we had such a young cast. Everybody was friends. It was fun. There was nothing like what it is now. Now there are people waiting outside the hotels all the time. We have security. It’s crazy.”

His character, Edward, never ages, so he has to look like an undead teenager through the three sequels he’s contractually obligated to appear in.
“I think all of them will be done within a year and half,” he says. “The whole thing is about change and aging. So it would look ridiculous if I’m playing 17 when I look 35.”
Which is another way of saying that Pattinson is unconcerned about being locked into author Stephenie Meyer’s franchise in the same way that the Harry Potter cast has been in theirs. It won’t last that long.

To read more and find out what Rob has to say about becoming Salvador Dali, please click here.

There are two really interesting Little Ashes articles published in Out.Com by Michael Martin.  The first is Love in the Time of Lorca  where he obviously discusses the relationship between Lorca and Dali and has some interesting comments from Javier Beltram, Philippa Gossett and Paul Morrison.  Morrison says:

“I didn’t really know him from the Harry Potter movies,” … “And then he came and did this reading, and he was so lovely and vulnerable and smart in the way Dalí was. If he played Dalí like the caricature we’re familiar with, nobody would care that Lorca was falling in love with him. You’d want to say to him, ‘Get the hell out of this relationship — this guy is trouble.’ But Robert manages to make this guy really interesting from the start.”

Then there’s Golden Age where he interviews Matthew McNulty about his role as Luis Buñuel.   Matthew shares his first encounter with Rob:

“I was a little bit nervous, to be honest,” he says. “Before I went I’d heard a lot about Rob and thought, All right, he’s really good-looking. When I knocked on his hotel room door, there was no answer, and I thought, God, he’s with girls or something. But he was just sitting on the balcony with his computer and a massive Dalí book.

Computer and a massive Dali book – yep sounds like Rob, but I’m sure there was a cigarette in hand too.  If you want to read the full article just click on the titles.

As mentioned in my earlier LA post today, there will be plenty of interviews/reviews for this film given that it is about to be released in the US.  Here’s another one from RadarOnline who had a sneek preview.  It doesn’t really tell us anything more than we already know, and I wonder if they actually paid any attention to the film or have just read all the reviews:

“While this might not the Pattinson most fans are used to, Little Ashes gives him a chance to show his range as Dali, who boomerangs between cocky confidence and insecurity. And not to worry—during the scenes set in the early 20s, Pattinson looks as dashing as ever in suits and slicked-back hair. Overall, Pattinson’s brooding good looks and intensity make the couple’s tortured love affair feel very real—just as they do in Twilight. Be prepared to shed a few tears in this flick!”

Very insightful – but in case you want to read the rest click here.  Really this is just a gratuitous LA post because I love the music from this film and thanks to our affiliate ROBsessed you can listen to the track “Viva La Revolucion”.

Elizabeth Snead from the LA Times blog, The Dish Rag, interviewed, Paul Morrison, the director of Little Ashes, about casting Rob in the film.  I have seen some of the Q&As in this interview previously and undoubtedly, as the US release draws closer, we will probably see many more.  For me though, the best part of the article is the following:

DR: It’s wonderful to see a young actor like this, who despite the fame and the adulation is choosing a path and taking some extremely challenging and provocative roles. Do you think he will continue on that path?

PM: He is serious about acting and I am sure that, yeah, he will want to do roles that challenge him. I can’t tell you how hard he worked on the role of Dali. I was encouraging him to just play the script, but he was for himself hunting down every day bits of film or tape or interviews or a biography of Dali. He worked really hard at it, both intellectually and emotionally. I think that’s in his blood now, I think. I don’t think he’ll be satisfied with playing less than interesting roles.

I’ll ignore the fact that the Dish Rag seems to assume that Rob chose the Dali role post Twilight.  Rob has always said that he doesn’t take on a role merely for the money and that he has to love the script first.  We can only imagine what future roles are in store for us to appreciate his incredible talent (and please no comments about the Screaming Fangirl emerging – I’m just stating fact).  To read the full article click here.

Rob talked to Moviefone in a candid and relaxing interview. They talked about ‘Little Ashes’, how he’s dealing with fame, his new movie ‘Remember Me’ and his current project, ‘New Moon’. I love how they’re starting to pop out now – all these new interviews.  This one is definitely one of my favourite ones at the moment. I wish they have a video of this.

Here are some of my favourite bits:

Kristen Stewart is going to be playing rock icon Joan Jett. Is there a rock icon that you’d like to play?

I’d love to play Van Morrison, but I doubt I would get the part [laughs].

Who would you love to tour with, if you were going to do a tour as a musician?

Rob: I’d quite like to tour with Kings of Leon. I think they’re pretty cool.

If you couldn’t be an actor or a musician, what do you think you would be doing?

I’d quite like to be a political strategist and like a spin doctor. [Laughs] I’d really, really like to do that. I think I will end up doing that at one point.

To read the entire interview, please click here.

 

In keeping with the How To Be posts today by Cilla and Michelle, I thought I would provide you with yet another review of the film.  This time it’s by Amanda Bell from The Examiner and it is one of the better ones I have read so far (or maybe it’s because I agree with everything she says).  For those of you who are yet to see the film, this will be a further tease before your DVD arrives in late May and if you are interested in reading it you can click here, but I warn you it does contain “Spoilers”. 

And speaking of “Spoilers” as some of you may have already seen or heard there has been a leak of the film on the internet because of yesterday’s IFC on Demand release in the US.  Please don’t send us emails asking us to post this link.  Cilla has been a staunch supporter of How To Be (and as most of us know, she spent a considerable amount of time and energy, together with Shanna, to bring it to Australian screens).  Oliver Irving and Justin Kelly have struggled to find distributors and the film is only now achieving the recognition it deserves.   Posting a link or downloading it means that any profit they deserve to make from the sale of DVDs will greatly diminish.  If you desperately want to see “How To Be”, the DVD is being released in the UK on 18 May and can be pre-ordered from Amazon.   

Most of us claim we want to see Rob do more indie films in the future.  If you are really serious about that then here’s your chance to support them.  Please consider this before downloading.