Variety, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter have articles about Kit Harrington joining the cast and although there’s no “replacement” mention, Rob and Mia’s names are not listed as part of the cast and Dakota Fanning is listed as “Liz” – the main female character and Mia’s original part.
Here’s the poster for Martin Koolhoven’s Brimstone for the Cannes Film Festival:
*NOTE* after a question by Martin Koolhoven via twitter about the grey of the ‘poster’, we’ve come to understand that it’s ‘market poster’ so no official poster!
“Pattinson was a teen-idol. A lot of fans are still very loyal. I didn’t know he was that popular. I knew he was popular, but not that there are people that have more or less devoted their lives to finding every bit of news about him on the internet, so every interview and most probably also this one ‘Hello, Pattinson fans!’ will be translated and then everybody talks about it. And because I am on Twitter they tag my name so my whole Twitter-feed is full.
He has a kind of rebellious charisma and he is a handsome guy and he is a very good actor. So I believe he is going to be really good.”
Most of the interview seems similar to the interview with Filmpjekijken.com which we’ve already translated here, but there are a few new details about the movie in this one, as well as the first movie sketch that was released with the interview. We highlighted the parts where Rob is mentioned. Translation by us:
Koolhoven: That goes through an agency. I was watching some movies Guy Pearce was in and last year he was in ‘The Rover’ and Pattinson was in there too. So I happened to stumble on that and I fell for that role. It is completely different from his role in ‘Brimstone’, but I thought he was really good.
Question: What will he be doing exactly in your movie?
Koolhoven: He will play an outlaw and I’m not going to say more than that. It’s a secret.
Question: And all Pattinson fans love you now? Koolhoven: Yes ha ha ha last night things went crazy and Twitter exploded. People started to talk to me from all over the world in strange languages.
You can listen to the full interview, in Dutch, here
Even though the interview doesn’t mention Robert Pattinson, it’s still an interesting read with the director’s ideas about the movie and loads of background info. (Translation by us – please credit)
Next spring Martin Koolhoven – finally – begins with the shooting of his highly anticipated new film Brimstone. The 45-year-old Dutchman wrote the script for the “violent and epic thriller” himself and managed to get Hollywood stars Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce for the main roles. Filmpjekijken.com invited Koolhoven to a lunch with the hope to get some more news about his international debut. That worked.
A triumphant epic of survival set in the searing wilds of the Badlands, the menacing inferno of the old American West.
A tale of powerful womanhood and resistance against the unforgiving cruelty of a hell on earth.
Our heroine is Liz, carved from the beautiful wilderness, full of heart and grit, accused of a crime she didn’t commit, hunted by a vengeful Preacher – a diabolical zealot and her twisted nemesis.
But Liz is a genuine survivor; she’s no victim – a woman of fearsome strength who responds with astonishing bravery to claim the better life she and her daughter deserve.
Fear not.Retribution is coming.
CAST
Mia Wasikowska – Liz
Guy Pearce – The Reverend
Robert Pattinson – Samuel
Carice Van Houten – Anna
FILMMAKERS
Director and Writer – Martin Koolhoven
Producer – Els Vandevorst
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