C'est une ITW qui a été faite en juin lors de la promo de Cosmopolis à Londres.
Nous étions à Cannes quand Cosmopolis a été projeté pour la première fois sur grand écran. Comment avez-vous vécu toute cette expérience?
C'était
plutôt terrifiant, mais surtout parce que je n'étais jamais allé à une Première avec un public potentiellement hostile. C'est un film qui peut
potentiellement diviser parce que c'est plutôt verbeux et à Cannes il y a
en plus la complexité de la barrière de la langue. Je me souviens m'être
assis là à regarder tous ces visages impassibles autour de moi.
Personne ne riait. J'ai sincèrement pensé qu'il allait y avoir des
huées. J'étais soulagé que ça n'ait pas été aussi brutal.
Les huées à Cannes font partie du folklore, il ne faut pas les prendre au sérieux.
Je
sais, je sais. Mais ensuite David [Cronenberg] m'a raconté que lorsque Crash a été projeté les gens avaient hurlé dans le public. Genre, c'est devenu complétement fou pendant le film. Et l'autre jour, je discutais avec Gaspar Noé
et il me disait que pour Irréversible, tout le monde hurlait 'Comment
peut-on aimer ça?!' et toutes ces absurdités. Il était assis près du
gars qui jouait le violeur (Jo Prestia) et pensait, 'Putain, je vais me
faire tuer après ça'.
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Cela vous a mis à l'aise d'être en compagnie de David?
Oui
absolument. Il était très détendu. Le truc c'est que, en général quand
vous allez à une Première, vous ne restez pas souvent jusqu'à la fin du
film, mais à Cannes, vous assistez à ça en vous demandant si vous allez
être applaudi ou hué à la fin. C'est une expérience plutôt terrifiante
et une drôle d'ambiance pour regarder un film. Mais j'avais vu le film
avant Cannes et je savais que je l'aimais, ce qui est une chose plutôt
rare parce qu'en général, je n'aime pas les trucs dans lesquels je suis.
Cherchiez vous à faire Cosmopolis ou avez-vous été approché?
J'ai
lu le script environ un an avant qu'on le fasse. Quelqu'un me l'avait
envoyé parce que c'était juste un script vraiment bien écrit.
J'avais vraiment aimé mais nous n'avons pas travaillé dessus parce qu'à
la base, Colin Farrell avait été casté, mais il a abandonné et soudain
je pouvais pour le faire.
Comment c'était de travailler
dans un environnement où vous êtes sur un petit plateau fermé, à
l'arrière d'une limousine dans le plus gros du film, et où vous partagez
seulement quelques minutes à l'écran avec les autres acteurs?
J'ai
travaillé avec chacun environ 2 ou 3 jours, mais en réalité, plus on
avançait dans le tournage, moins les scènes prenaient de temps. Là où la
toute première scène avec Jay Baruchel a pris, genre, 3 ou peut-être 4
jours, les autres étaient en général plus courtes. Normalement, après 2
semaines de tournage d'un film, vous entrez dans une routine apaisante,
mais avec Cosmopolis nous avions de grands noms qui arrivaient à chaque
jour de tournage pour leurs scènes et qui s'en allaient. Ça vous fait
rester sur le qui-vive et de bien des façons vous donne l'impression de
tourner des tas de films différents ou de plus petits films. Mais vous
vous y habituez et vous devenez plus confiant parce que vous êtes
habitué au plateau.
Était-ce difficile de vous faire diriger par David via oreillette depuis l'extérieur de la limousine ?
C'était
un peu étrange au début. Mais vous savez, j'avais fait ce Harry Potter
où nous étions beaucoup filmés sous l'eau, j'avais donc déjà l'expérience de ne pas avoir le réalisateur juste à mes côtés. C'était
similaire d'une certaine façon parce que vous ne voyez rien en dehors de
ce qu'il y a à l'intérieur de la limousine et une caméra dirigée par
télécommande. David avait toujours la caméra positionnée incroyablement
près de mon visage, avec un drôle d'objectif dessus. Alors vous avez une
relation complètement différente avec la caméra parce que en général,
vous essayez de communiquer avec le type derrière la caméra, vous
ignorez la caméra. Là vous faites tout pour la caméra, mais c'est comme
si personne ne regardait, comme si personne ne regardera jamais. C'est
comme si vous et la petite machine êtiez des amis proches.
Le voyez-vous comme une étape significative dans votre carrière ?
Pas
vraiment parce que le film est vraiment obscure. Ce n'est pas comme si tout
le monde allait le comprendre. Mais, oui, c'est certainement un grand
pas pour ma carrière et vers où j'aimerais aller.
Après avoir fait beaucoup de films traditionnels, êtes-vous maintenant plus attiré par de plus petits films moins communs ?
Euh,
parfois. Mais ce n'est pas comme si je recherchais le projet le plus
risqué. Pour être franc, ce qui m'a attiré c'était de travailler avec
David et la qualité de l'écriture, qui était juste insensée comparé à
certaines nullités que j'ai lues de temps en temps. Je n'avais jamais lu
de DeLillo avant, donc c'était une sorte de révélation. Mais je ne
recherche pas l'obscurité tout le temps. Les films pour lesquels j'ai
signé pour plus tard ne sont pas aussi bizarres que celui-ci mais ils
sont franchement artistiquement ambitieux.
Vraiment peu d'acteurs
reçoivent le degré d'exposition auquel vous faites face
actuellement, ressentez-vous la pression de devoir maintenir ça en
prenant de plus grands rôles ?
Je
ne sais pas vraiment. Si je pouvais rester à un niveau où je
travaillerais constamment alors je serais heureux. Mais je ne peux pas
prédire la direction dans laquelle l'industrie du cinéma va aller. Les
choses changent tellement vite, et il y a tellement de personnes qui
avaient beaucoup de succès il y a quelques années et qui maintenant ne
peuvent plus faire de films. Actuellement, les gens ont l'air de faire
attention à moi, mais je suis sûr que ça ne va pas durer. Sincèrement,
je trouve tout ça un peu absurde. J'essaie juste de faire le plus de
choses intéressantes possible tant que je peux.
Qu'est-ce que vous aimez dans les films ?
Je
pense que c'est le meilleur moyen d'apprendre un million de choses. Je
me souviens avoir regardé des films de Godard quand j'étais plus jeune
et d'avoir découvert Henry Miller et de là, Tom Waits et d'un seul coup,
vous apprenez tellement. De bons films m'ont appris tellement plus que
les livres d'école ne l'ont jamais fait. Je n'avais même pas réalisé que
je voulais travailler dans le cinéma quand je les regardais plus jeune.
Maintenant, je ne peux pas m'imaginer faire autre chose.
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This is an interview from June for Cosmopolis UK Promo.
LWLies: We were in Cannes when Cosmopolis first screened. How was that whole experience for you?
Pattinson: It was kind of terrifying, but mainly because I've never been to a premiere with potentially a hostile audience. It's a film which could potentially be quite divisive because it's quite wordy and in Cannes there's the added complexity with the language barrier. I remember sitting there and looking around at all these blank faces. No one was laughing. I genuinely thought it was going to get booed. I was so grateful it wasn't savaged.
The whole Cannes booing thing is kind of a carnival, you can't take it too seriously.
I know, I know. But then David [Cronenberg] was telling me about when Crash screened and people were screaming in the audience. Like, actually going wild during the movie. And I was speaking to Gaspar Noé the other day and he was saying that with Irreversible everyone was yelling 'How would you like it?!' and all this nonsense. He was sitting next to the guy who plays the rapist [Jo Prestia] thinking, 'Fuck, I'm going to get killed after this'.
Did it put you at ease being in David's company?
Yeah, totally. He was really relaxed. The thing is, normally when you go to a premiere you don't often stay for the whole movie, but in Cannes you sit through it wondering if you're going to get clapped or booed afterwards. It's a pretty terrifying experience and a strange environment to watch a film in. But I'd seen the film before Cannes and I knew I loved it, which is a pretty rare thing for me because I don't normally like the stuff I'm in.
Was Cosmopolis something you chased or were you approached?
I read the script about a year before we made it. Someone sent it to me on the basis that it was just a really well-written script. I really liked it then but we didn't act on it right away because initially Colin Farrell had been cast, but he dropped out and suddenly I was in a position to go for it.
What was it like working in an environment where you're in a small closed set, in the back of a limo for most of the film, and you only share a few minutes of screentime with the other actors?
I worked with everyone for about two or three days, but actually the further we got into the shoot the less time the scenes took. So where the early scene with Jay Baruchel took, like, three or maybe four days, a the others were generally much shorter. After two weeks of shooting a movie you normally just relax into the routine of the work, but with Cosmopolis we had big names coming in every few days shooting their scenes and then going. It really keeps you on your toes and in many ways it's like shooting loads of different, or smaller movies. But you get used to it and actually you get quite comfortable because you're so familiar with the set.
Was it difficult having David direct you remotely from outside the limo?
It was a little odd a first. But you know I did this Harry Potter movie where we filmed a lot underwater, so I was kind of experienced in not having the director standing next to you. It was similar in some ways to that because you can't see anything apart from what's inside the limo and a camera that's mounted on this remote-controlled crane. David always had the camera positioned incredibly close to your face as well, with a really wide lens on it. So you have a totally different relationship with the camera because normally you're trying to communicate with the guy behind the camera, you ignore the camera. Here you're doing everything for the camera, but it's like no one's watching, like no one's ever going to see it. It's like you're close friends with this little machine.
Do you see this as a significant juncture in your career?
Not really because the film is so obscure. It's not like everyone's going to get it. But yeah, it's definitely a good step in terms of my career and where I'd like to end up.
Having done a lot of mainstream films are smaller, more out-there films now more appealing to you?
Um, I mean... Sometimes. But it's not like I went out looking for the highest risk project. To be honest what attracted me was working with David and the quality of the writing, which was just insane compared to some of the garbage I'd been reading around the time. I'd never read any Don DeLillo before, so it was a bit of an eye-opener. But I'm not looking for obscurities the whole time. The movies I've signed on to do after this aren't quite as odd as this but they're certainly artistically ambitious.
So few actors ever receive the level of exposure you have right now, do you feel a pressure to try to maintain that by taking on bigger roles?
I don't really know. If I could stay at a level where I was consistently working then I'd be happy. But I can't predict the way the industry is going to go. Things change so quickly, there are so many people who were huge a few years ago and now can't even get a film made. Right now people seem to care about me, but I'm sure that won't last. Frankly I find it all a bit absurd. I'm just trying to do as much interesting stuff as I can for as long as I can.
What do you love about movies?
I think it's the easiest was to educate people about, like, a million things. I remember watching Godard movies when I was younger and being introduced to Henry Miller and from there discovering Tom Waits and suddenly you've learned so much. Cool movies taught me so much more than books in school ever did. I didn't even realise I was interested in working in movies when I was watching them when I was younger. Now I can't imagine doing anything else.
Pattinson: It was kind of terrifying, but mainly because I've never been to a premiere with potentially a hostile audience. It's a film which could potentially be quite divisive because it's quite wordy and in Cannes there's the added complexity with the language barrier. I remember sitting there and looking around at all these blank faces. No one was laughing. I genuinely thought it was going to get booed. I was so grateful it wasn't savaged.
The whole Cannes booing thing is kind of a carnival, you can't take it too seriously.
I know, I know. But then David [Cronenberg] was telling me about when Crash screened and people were screaming in the audience. Like, actually going wild during the movie. And I was speaking to Gaspar Noé the other day and he was saying that with Irreversible everyone was yelling 'How would you like it?!' and all this nonsense. He was sitting next to the guy who plays the rapist [Jo Prestia] thinking, 'Fuck, I'm going to get killed after this'.
Did it put you at ease being in David's company?
Yeah, totally. He was really relaxed. The thing is, normally when you go to a premiere you don't often stay for the whole movie, but in Cannes you sit through it wondering if you're going to get clapped or booed afterwards. It's a pretty terrifying experience and a strange environment to watch a film in. But I'd seen the film before Cannes and I knew I loved it, which is a pretty rare thing for me because I don't normally like the stuff I'm in.
Was Cosmopolis something you chased or were you approached?
I read the script about a year before we made it. Someone sent it to me on the basis that it was just a really well-written script. I really liked it then but we didn't act on it right away because initially Colin Farrell had been cast, but he dropped out and suddenly I was in a position to go for it.
What was it like working in an environment where you're in a small closed set, in the back of a limo for most of the film, and you only share a few minutes of screentime with the other actors?
I worked with everyone for about two or three days, but actually the further we got into the shoot the less time the scenes took. So where the early scene with Jay Baruchel took, like, three or maybe four days, a the others were generally much shorter. After two weeks of shooting a movie you normally just relax into the routine of the work, but with Cosmopolis we had big names coming in every few days shooting their scenes and then going. It really keeps you on your toes and in many ways it's like shooting loads of different, or smaller movies. But you get used to it and actually you get quite comfortable because you're so familiar with the set.
Was it difficult having David direct you remotely from outside the limo?
It was a little odd a first. But you know I did this Harry Potter movie where we filmed a lot underwater, so I was kind of experienced in not having the director standing next to you. It was similar in some ways to that because you can't see anything apart from what's inside the limo and a camera that's mounted on this remote-controlled crane. David always had the camera positioned incredibly close to your face as well, with a really wide lens on it. So you have a totally different relationship with the camera because normally you're trying to communicate with the guy behind the camera, you ignore the camera. Here you're doing everything for the camera, but it's like no one's watching, like no one's ever going to see it. It's like you're close friends with this little machine.
Do you see this as a significant juncture in your career?
Not really because the film is so obscure. It's not like everyone's going to get it. But yeah, it's definitely a good step in terms of my career and where I'd like to end up.
Having done a lot of mainstream films are smaller, more out-there films now more appealing to you?
Um, I mean... Sometimes. But it's not like I went out looking for the highest risk project. To be honest what attracted me was working with David and the quality of the writing, which was just insane compared to some of the garbage I'd been reading around the time. I'd never read any Don DeLillo before, so it was a bit of an eye-opener. But I'm not looking for obscurities the whole time. The movies I've signed on to do after this aren't quite as odd as this but they're certainly artistically ambitious.
So few actors ever receive the level of exposure you have right now, do you feel a pressure to try to maintain that by taking on bigger roles?
I don't really know. If I could stay at a level where I was consistently working then I'd be happy. But I can't predict the way the industry is going to go. Things change so quickly, there are so many people who were huge a few years ago and now can't even get a film made. Right now people seem to care about me, but I'm sure that won't last. Frankly I find it all a bit absurd. I'm just trying to do as much interesting stuff as I can for as long as I can.
What do you love about movies?
I think it's the easiest was to educate people about, like, a million things. I remember watching Godard movies when I was younger and being introduced to Henry Miller and from there discovering Tom Waits and suddenly you've learned so much. Cool movies taught me so much more than books in school ever did. I didn't even realise I was interested in working in movies when I was watching them when I was younger. Now I can't imagine doing anything else.
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