'5 Ans de Twilight' Interview de Rob dans le Magazine Première de Nov / Rob's Interview with Premiere Magazine (France)

 

 

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Robert Pattinson

R-Pattz seems ready more than ever to become Robert Pattinson. An intimate conversation with the most famous, and future ex-vampire in the world.

This is it. This is the end. Our last interview for Twilight. With hindsight, how did this experience change you, as an actor and as a person?

It's hard to say... I try to see how this adventure will fit into the plans I had when I started at 17. At the time, I had a pretty good idea of who I wanted to be at 32. The path is perhaps not the one I imagined, but I have the feeling of moving in the same direction. It's funny how things happen sometimes. I never thought something like Twilight could happen to me. In any case, I am very exited by what comes next. The advantage of being part of such a cultural phenomenon is that it makes every choice more exciting, because you know that many people are interested and waiting to see what your next project is. If you make a great film that nobody sees, it doesn't matter. Well, it does, really... I'm just very a superficial guy who needs an audience!

We all seek recognition ... That's it. I want to be cool. (Laughs.) That said, something new happened to me with Cosmopolis. It's the first time that I feel deeply convinced that a film I played was a total successful. If someone were to speak badly of it, I know they're wrong, whereas usually, I'd be the type to say "I quite like this and I quite like that, but OK... whatever!"

The problem is that from now on you will suffer if your future projects do not all live up to this. 
And it is far from being a given, believe me. Nowadays, I feel that the Hollywood industry has only one goal: to force you to make shit. The system transforms everything it touches into a dud. Fortunately, there is a small group of directors who resist this, but they are forced to grow on the fringe. It's a miracle they've manage to survive. I'm thinking of someone like Harmony Korine, in particular, whom I find particularly brilliant. He showed me his new film this summer, Spring Breakers, which I loved. I wouldn't want to jinx it, but I feel that it can really be a hit. I want to with directors like him, people who have spent their lives refusing to compromise, whatever the cost. If you look closely, they are often the ones who have longest careers. They are the safest investments in the market!



You still have not answered my first question. What has changed in you after 5 years of Twilight? Wasn't I talking about this just now?

Unless you have transformed into Harmony Korine, no, you weren't...
I don't think I have changed that much, actually.

What do you feel when you come across a picture of yourself in the first Twilight? 
I don't recognise myself. You should know one thing: my memory only remembers the the last two years. I feel I am gradually forgetting everything, perhaps because I focus so much on the future. This is probably why I haven't become insane, because I was thinking of what was coming next. I rarely analyse the past, for the simple reason that I don't remember it. (Laughs.) there's no point in looking at what's passed. There will always be someone who's better than you. Best focus on what you’re going to do to be better than them!

If you could go back to 2007, what would you say to the young actor who is about to sign for 5 Twilight films? 
Four, at the time. And in my mind, I was signing only for one, because I was convinced that the others would not get made.

What advice would you give yourself? 
Nothing. Ultimately, the most important thing is to keep the enthusiasm which prompted you to do this job in the firsrt place, not to arrive on the stage walking backwards. So yes, you sulk when you find yourself suddenly deprived of your privacy. When I was 23-25, I went through a long period of feeling frustrated. I couldn't go anywhere when I wanted to, I was always in the tabloids, and I couldn't get the roles I really wanted. I wanted more, on every level. Then I realised that I needed to earn whatever change I wanted so desperately. That, one way or another, I had to suffer to get there. I thought everything was going to come to me on a platter, but that's not how it happens, strangely enough... When Cronenberg offered Cosmopolis to me, I hadn't read anything as interesting in years. I could see Kristen doing Snow White and the Huntsman, Taylor was also doing his own thing. And I was just going round in circles , wondering if I shouldn't just take a break and go back to music. Then David called, and I want crazy.

This is what you should say to 2007-Rob : “One day, you'll work with Cronenberg. Be patient." (Laughs.) Quite. It's quite a funny business, really. Sometimes I feel that, career-wise, I have been standing at the edge of a bridge, about to jump off, and someone just catches my arm. I'm exaggerating of course, but it is sometimes difficult to evolve in an environment where everything is so random. I regret waiting so long before meeting with directors I admire, people like Harmony Korine whom I mentioned earlier. I didn’t dare approach them, because I felt the need to prove myself first, but talking with them now, I realise that they are very open. We all want to work, and this little power I have thanks to Twilight can help to materialise this kind of collaboration. I have several exciting projects coming up.

Such as David Michôd's second film, The Rover...
Animal Kingdom is one of the most impressive first film I've seen in a long while. When I met David for the audition, I really felt he was someone special. And that script is just awesome. I've never been very good at auditions, so I can tell you that I really prepared for this one. It lasted just about 3 hours and it was epic. You should have seen the number of actors who came to the casting... Everyone wanted this role. When I found out that I had it, I was so proud that I almost got a Twitter account to list all the actors I managed to beat to get it! (Laughs.)(Kate: The internet would have exploded)

You also mentioned working with David Cronenberg again... 
I hope to, yes. We discussed several projects, including one about child stars in Hollywood. The script is very funny and incredibly dark too. In any case, David knows all he has to do is pick up the phone and I'll be there. I'd do anything for him.(Kate: LOVE it)

In five years, you went from being an unknown to being a world-wide star. How do you take it all in? Despite everything, I feel that people still do not know who I really am, and it's probably a good thing. Often, when I meet directors, they eventually tell me at the end of a meeting “You're not at all what I expected." I have to stop myself from asking them "What were you expecting, exactly?" Any success you get in this industry is a plus, and Twilight has clearly opened doors for me. I also know that the infatuation can disappear very rapidly. That's why I plan the next stage very carefully.

If everything was to come to an end tomorrow, how would you take it? 
It depends on what you mean by “everything”. If Twilight had never happened, I'd still be trying to get the same roles as those I go for today. My chances to get them would just be much lower. Fortunately, the directors I want to work with don't sign actors on because their fame would help get them an extra 5 million on their budget. They choose you because they think you're good. As for popularity, it would have been great twelve years ago, before smartphones and TMZ. At the time Titanic came out, Leonardo DiCaprio was not constantly followed by dozens of cameras. He really seemed to be have fun, hanging out with the Wu-Tang Clan... Now, you can't step outside without wondering what compromising picture will be published the following day. It makes you paranoid very quickly. I almost threw myself on some people, once. I was certain they followed me to take some pictures ... Turns out they didn't even have a camera. They weren't the big fans I thought they were! (Laughs.)

What do you think people will make of Twilight in 10 years time? 
The saga has continuously be attacked over the years, and sometimes totally unfairly. It's not a good comparison, but but nobody has been so vicious about the Backstreet Boys at the time, for example. (Laughs.) The amount of vitriol that has been poured over Twilight is unbelievable. I think this last chapter will be much better received. It's really for the fans; it's almost a love letter addressed to them. The movie is funny, very tender and does not rely on the supernatural aspect unnecessarily in the hope of attracting boys, or a different audience. This is exactly why it will be liked more. Bill Condon showed us a rough cut in April, just before we went back to reshoot a few scenes and I liked the way the film linked with all the previous films. It comes full circle and it's very touching.

I meant the saga itself, and its impact on pop culture ... 
Twilight has managed to bring together an audience which had gone unrecognised until then, and one which the studios do not yet know how to capitalise on. The saga has opened a door on an exciting new world, ready to be explored. I'm sure there are smart ways to of recreating whatever drew the audience to Twilight in other movie genres. Actually, this is something I'm also considering at the moment. It's my audience after all!

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