Robert Pattinson, who is at the Berlin film festival with Anton Corbijnās āLifeā explains why he canāt sit through premiere screenings and talks about his past, his future and his connection to āFifty Shades of Greyā
BERLIN, GERMANY (FEBRUARY 9, 2015) (REUTERS) ā It was the morning after the night before for British actor Robert Pattinson as he attended a press junket on Tuesday (February 10) after he launched his new movie, Anton Corbijnās āLifeā at the Berlin film festival.
However, unlike the other people on the red carpet, Pattinson didnāt sit through the screening of the film.
āI actually didnāt watch it last night,ā he admitted.
āBecause after Cannes I literally I got soā¦I feel like I lost a few years of my life watching a screening, just sitting there with your heart just wrenching inside your chest. I just canāt do it anymore so Iām going to watch it like, probably tomorrow. So yeah, I donāt know what the reaction is. Iām just kind of, in a trance the entire time, but yeah, it seemed like people appreciated it. There was a nice applause and stuff.ā
Pattinson first came to public attention playing the ill-fated Cedric Diggory in āHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fireā in 2005. However, it was in 2008 that he exploded on the scene playing Edward Cullen in āTwilightā.
Asked whether he had any idea what the reality of fame was going to be like before āTwilightā, he replied:
āI donāt know what I thought it was going to be. I mean, itās weird, I still feel like Iām doing the same stuff. I mean, I guess up until āTwilightā I was really just auditioning for absolutely everything and just trying to get anything so I guess thatās a sort of different career but I mean, afterwards itās so rare that I find anything that not only that I like but that I feel like I can add something to or do at all, so itās really trying to find anything to do.ā
āIt always surprises me when a script comes and Iām like, āoh!ā. I just signed onto this thing āBrimstoneā ā itās just a small part in something but I was so surprised that this part thatā¦Like I really, really had an idea of how to do it and Iām always like āOh, where has this idea come from?ā Iām always surprised that I had any idea at all so yeah, itās kind of a strange career,ā he added.
The next big film after Pattinsonās āLifeā at the Berlin film festival will be the world premiere of āFifty Shades of Greyā, starring Jamie Dornan. Strangely, the author of the bestseller is reported to have based the book on the film āTwilightā, and therefore cult hero Christian Grey is based on Pattinsonās portrayal of the vampire Edward Cullen.
āItās kind of weird and also I know Jamie really, Iāve known Jamie for about ten years, as well, soā¦ I mean, I thinkā¦ I havenāt actually read the book but like, I think it must be very, very different. I donāt see how it can work if itās not different. Itās amazing, itās that fan base. Sheā¦Theyāveā¦Thereās some kind of profound connection that a bunch of people have to it and Iāve never figured out, you know, quite what it is. But you can see this, even at the premiere last night this woman that has been coming for years to premieres and stuff. Itās just very strange,āPattinson said.
Pattinson has been a regular at European film festivals over the past few years, choosing roles which are far removed from Edward Cullen in āTwilightā. However, while the āTwilightā fan base is still there and in Berlin girls camped out from early in the morning of the premiere to try and meet their idol, Pattinson said it has ācalmed downā.
āI used to be, I used to just let it really, really get to me and Iāve kind of become a lot more calm recently. Also, Iāve spent more time in London and itās completely different in London. Itās like, if someone asks for a photo in London and you say ānoā, itās not likeā¦. A lot of the time, in L.A. especially, people are like āWhy?ā, you know, like: āReally? You want me to explain why? Iāll just do a photo, then.ā In London, people donāt really so itās kind of different but yeah, it definitely has calmed down,ā he said.
Although he didnāt want to comment on where he would be in ten years time, he did admit:
ā[I]n the next few years I know just after last year like two of my movies kind of, one fell apart and the other one got pushed to this year and I ended up like, kind of just waiting for a job for ages and I was just like, āokay, I need to be, Iām never having a year like that again. Iām going to be a lot more prolific in my productivity rateā. Cause I think itās suddenly getting up to 30 as well and youāre just like āargh! I need to do loads of stuff!ā So Iām definitely going to be much more productive.ā
āLifeā was screening at the Berlin film festival as part of the Berlinale Special selection. Ā Thanks to @RobsessedblogĀ
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