TORONTO – With its heady storyline, poetic literary dialogue and no room for improvisation or rehearsal, the new film “Cosmopolis” had several of its stars fretting before cameras got rolling.
Chief among them was Robert Pattinson, who admits to being in the “very obvious throes of a panic attack” before production began in Toronto in May 2011.
At a Toronto press conference on Monday, the “Twilight” heart-throb said he and co-star Jay Baruchel were “absolutely terrified” when shooting the first scene of the film that’s based on the 2003 Don DeLillo novel of the same name.
Director David Cronenberg’s calm demeanour put him at ease, as did a pre-shoot chat at the filmmaker’s house in which he told him to “stop worrying.”
“I think you were just placating me by saying to come around,” Pattinson told Cronenberg with a laugh at the media event attended by the director and several of the film’s stars.
“But I think you just said, when we started shooting, ‘What will be will be.'”
Pattinson is earning raves for his performance in the film, which recently debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and opens across Canada on Friday.
He plays Eric Packer, a stony 28-year-old Manhattan billionaire asset manager who goes on a fantastical road odyssey in his white stretch limo to get a haircut at the other end of the city. Along the way he runs into a mess of traffic caused by a visit from the U.S. president as well as anti-globalization protests.
As Eric meets with various associates both inside and outside the limo, he encounters some sexy, gory and life-threatening scenarios — all while ruminating on his lost fortunes and his mortality.
After filming Cosmopolis right here in Toronto, RPatz has brought his entire crew back to T Dot for the Canadian premiere tonight! Well, everyone except his girlfriend Kristen Stewart that is (darn!)
But he did tell ET Canada‘s Roz Weston today he was excited about winning MTV’s Best Kiss Award, which Kristen picked up for both of them last night in LA.
“It’s nice that it’s been quite a few times,” he says of the trophy. “I would be disappointed if it wasn’t, then I would know it’s all rigged.”
Cosmopolis is of course a far cry from Twilight – and the actor wasn’t convinced at first… but thankfully everyone else around him was: “It took about 40 people to tell me I am being an idiot for not doing it… I got so many people to read the script.”
And Twihards, here is an interesting fact: Rob goes on the fan sites to see what you think of his movies, so be kind!
“I think Reese Witherspoon said when you are feeling good about yourself you don’t look at it, when you feel bad you look at it to make yourself feel worse,” Rob reveals.
Facing roles in David Cronenberg’s new film Cosmopolis, actors Robert Pattinson and Paul Giamatti said they felt terror and intimidation at the daunting project.
A critique of capitalism and the financial industry, Cronenberg’s film draws dialogue and lengthy exchanges straight from the 2003 Don DeLillo novel that inspired it.
Rob is here and we have a very specific question to ask him.
Are you and kristen Stewart dating? Is it official?
Rob: I only answer questions about movies ’cause I’m not an idiot.
The vampire is stubborn, or should I say the businessman with sharp teeth since it’s the role he plays in Cronenberg’s new movie. A role that’s compleltely different from the one in Twilight.
Rob: It’s a different audience, a different everything. But, I mean, I like to try to, in every movie between Twilight to try to change everything I can and this one seems to be connected in some way. Cool. Thanks a lot.
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