Casual murder. Prostate exams. Riots. What a ride. Literally.
Eric Packer is a 28 year old multi-billionaire asset manager. He lives in Manhattan. We join him on what will become a particularly eventful day in his life. When he woke up, he didn’t know what he wanted. Then he knew. He wanted a haircut. As his stretch limousine moves across town, his world begins to fall apart. But more worryingly than the loss of his fortune is the realization that his life may be under threat.
“I’m a world citizen with a New York set of balls.”
Abstract and complicated, it’s certainly not my usual flavour of book. So why read it? Duh. Robert Pattinson. He stars in the movie adaptation, which is out on DVD and Blu-Ray today in the UK! Yay! (Links below)
Packer/Rob is a ruthless, self-absorbed, detached control-freak who goes from wall street money-making hero to zero in less than a day, all the while looking over his shoulder waiting for the threats on his life to materialize.. and trying to get a damn haircut.
Faced with these life-shattering losses and his own mortality, he finds himself going to the edge, looking for a rush, a thrill, something that justifies living.
“It makes me feel free in a way I’ve never known”
It’s only when he spirals downward that you begin to see a vulnerable, broken side to him. And he’s funny, too. I wouldn’t say you start to actually like him.. but you’re interested. You’re invested.
The dialogue is intense, kind of fascinating, and hard to follow at times, so sit up and pay attention! I’d be lying if I said I understood it all.
Its a highly visual story which is probably why most people I’ve seen discussing it agree it’s ripe for film. It’s action filled, provocative, and full of crazy characters and bizarre situations. Having now seen the film, I can tell you that reading it will give you some insight in what to expect as it’s not your typical Hollywood offering. Don’t take this story at face value because the deeper you look, the more interesting it becomes.
If that doesn’t convince you to check it out, maybe Rob will: “I never read anything as interesting for years.”
Thanks to ThinkJam for providing a copy of this book. Cosmopolis is out on DVD today in the UK.Buy in store or order below.
Rob and Kristen are asked in what state of mind they are now that it’s over.
Rob: I’m not sure if I feel sad now, it was never intending to make more than one but it’s weird since we’ve finished filming for so long and we knew we’d have to do promo for ages. It’s gonna be the last premiere soon and then it’s over the next day. It’s a strange feeling to see my life goes by so fast like this, I really feel like I’m .
Rob and Kristen are asked how they deal with all the scrutiny around their lives.
Rob: The thing about Twilight, with tabloids it was easy to compare and combine with our lives, like ‘oh they love each other like edward and bella’ it’s so oversimplified and maybe it’ll change, I don’t know. The thing is to keep control when things get too much, you lose it and you’re willing to do everything to get it back. It takes time and you have to listen to your guts, identify your priorities but it was difficult with so many people and money at stake.
In some roles played over long periods, performers can find a way to make their character evolve, bend to their will. But in the glittering vampire world of “Twilight,” star Robert Pattinson found that some things really do last forever.
“It’s a strange character because there’s not too many places to go,” says Pattinson of much lusted-after, noble “vegetarian” vampire Edward Cullen. “He’s gonna be around forever, he can’t die, can’t get hurt, his emotions are quite fossilized as well. I think (series author Stephenie Meyer) mentioned this in a book: With vampires, once you start feeling one thing, it just stays like that for ages. Once he’s fallen in love with Bella, that’s it. There’s no other place to go but worrying about her.”
Pattinson looks fit, if surprisingly thin, and perfectly put together as he puffs on an electronic cigarette in this Four Seasons suite in Los Angeles. However, with the promotional blitz for the franchise’s final film – “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” – only just begun, he’s already sounding a touch weary, though unfailingly polite and willing to answer questions. Perhaps it’s the sound of a man with one more hill before the finish line.
“It’s a very strange character to play when you’re projecting absolutely every human emotion onto another human. You’re living vicariously through them. That’s why he’d almost become a noncharacter, up until the last two movies – ‘Breaking Dawn’ is when he suddenly realizes, ‘Oh, I have to actually live for myself. I’m not just living for her.’ He spends the first three books completely saying, ‘I don’t exist.’ I mean, that’s how I read it.
“I guess I made the boldest choices in the first one. I was really thinking, ‘How do I fix problems in my performance?’ “ He laughs at himself, then wistfully adds: “The first one was crazy; you could do anything you wanted. Entirely different thing.”
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Casual murder. Prostate exams. Riots. What a ride. Literally.
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