Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Pre-order Robert Pattinson Comic Book & Get A Free Sketch
The Robert Pattinson comic book is now available for pre-order! And the author of the book is offering a promotion for a limited time:
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If you pre-order the book before March 22, Nathan (the artist) will supply an original sketch and sign the book for free. The total cost is $10, which includes the book, ship ping and handling.
You can pre-order the book by clicking here!
However, if you would like to simply pre-order the book with out the sketch, it can be found on Amazon.com by click here!
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"Rob Pattinson & Filmmaker Chat" - All Parts on iTunes
From Remember Me Facebook
Rob sits down with the filmmakers of Remember Me for the third and final installment of the "Rob Pattinson & Filmmaker Chat" - now live on iTunes!
Download Parts 1, 2 and 3 HERE
And Another 'Remember Me' Review... Spoiler Alert
The new romantic melodrama "Remember Me, starring Robert Pattinson ("Twilight"), was probably made under the assumption that every generation needs its own version of the classic "Rebel Without a Cause," a movie that launched a whole cycle of melodramas about misunderstood but sensitive, lost and directionless youth.
As scripted by Will Fetters and directed by Allen Coulter, "Remember Me" is not nearly as good or compelling as Nicholas Ray's cultish 1955 youth drama, and Robert Pattinson, with all due respect, is not James Dean in looks, charisma, or stature.
However, as far as youth melodramas are concerned, the film is well acted, particularly by the vet cast (Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin) and, quite encouragingly, Pattinson shows greater sensitivity and range as a dramatic actor that he had not revealed in his "Twilight-New Moon" pictures.
Unlike the "Twilight" series, "Remember Me" is not exactly a critics-proof film, as far as commercial success is concerned, but it should generate good numbers at the opening weekend, despite mixed to negative reviews. Though not made for the same target audience, the movie faces competition from Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," which had a bonanza opening last weekend
As scripted by Will Fetters and directed by Allen Coulter, "Remember Me" is not nearly as good or compelling as Nicholas Ray's cultish 1955 youth drama, and Robert Pattinson, with all due respect, is not James Dean in looks, charisma, or stature.
However, as far as youth melodramas are concerned, the film is well acted, particularly by the vet cast (Chris Cooper, Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin) and, quite encouragingly, Pattinson shows greater sensitivity and range as a dramatic actor that he had not revealed in his "Twilight-New Moon" pictures.
Unlike the "Twilight" series, "Remember Me" is not exactly a critics-proof film, as far as commercial success is concerned, but it should generate good numbers at the opening weekend, despite mixed to negative reviews. Though not made for the same target audience, the movie faces competition from Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," which had a bonanza opening last weekend
Set in the summer of 2001, "Remember Me" is a mildly engaging, occasionally touching tale about the power of love, the strength of family ties, and the importance of living fully and passionately, treasuring every day of one's life.
Pattinson (also credited as exec-producer here) plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has had a strained relationship with his divorced father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. His rapport with his mother (Lena Olin) is slightly better and more meaningful. Clearly, "something" is missing from his life.
Just like Dean's Jimmy Stark in "Rebel Without a Cause," Tyler suffers from perpetual melancholy and disaffection. An outsider-outcast, Tyler doesn't think anyone could possibly understand what he is feeling or going through--until the day he meets Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate.
Opposites attract and tragedy unites. Initially, Tyler and Alley share only one thing in common, a damaging tragedy in their lives from which neither has fully recovered. Tyler is a rich boy from Park Avenue, but his brother's suicide has had an almost fatal effect on his life and he is now a lost soul. His company consists of his younger sister (Ruby Jerins), whom he admires, and his roommate Aidan (Tate Ellington), a wild spirit, who enlivens life with his humor, outings to the bars, and parties.
Opposites attract and tragedy unites. Initially, Tyler and Alley share only one thing in common, a damaging tragedy in their lives from which neither has fully recovered. Tyler is a rich boy from Park Avenue, but his brother's suicide has had an almost fatal effect on his life and he is now a lost soul. His company consists of his younger sister (Ruby Jerins), whom he admires, and his roommate Aidan (Tate Ellington), a wild spirit, who enlivens life with his humor, outings to the bars, and parties.
In contrast Ally (Emilie de Ravin) is from a working class family in Queens. She resides with her father cop (Chris Cooper), a man who has not recovered from his wife's murder. Ally is just as bruised as Tyler, even if she doesn't show her pain and sadness as overtly as he does.
Predictably, love happens when it is the least expected; Tyler says it's the last thing on his mind. Right after meeting, Ally's spirit unexpectedly begins to heal and inspire him. In short, he falls hard for her. Through their love, Tyler begins to regain his lost sense of happiness and meaning in his life. This being a schmaltzy meller, though, hidden secrets are getting out of the closets and tragedy threatens to strike, and the circumstances that had brought them together now threaten to tear them apart.
In moments, the tone of the film is right, establishing a proper sense of sadness and loss. Having lived in New York, I was particularly touched by the conclusion of the story, which ends on the momentous day of September 11, 2001.
Ten-second Eclipse teaser tomorrow
There have been rumblings today about the first promotional teaser for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.
Gossip Cop can confirm that a ten-second teaser for Eclipse will come online tomorrow.
We hear that there will be announcement on Summit’s official @Twilight feed later today.
A source connected to the production confirmed the plans to Gossip Cop.
The full trailer is set to be released with Remember Me in theaters on March 12.
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Rob talks 'Remember Me', 'Bel Ami' and Edward Cullen With the Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL - The consensus is that Robert Pattinson has mastered the James Dean art of brooding as the sullen poster boy for the latest generation.
Pattinson's heartthrob status has been defined by his portrayal of the conflicted vampire-in-recovery Edward Cullen in the popular Twilight film series, based on the Stephenie Meyer novels.
There was Twilight in 2008, New Moon last year, and Eclipse is set for release, to a great deal of anticipation, on June 30. Breaking Dawn, the finale, is expected to be released as two movies over the next few years.
In other words, the British actor is committed to the Edward sulk for at least another few films. But that doesn't mean he's become self-entitled or satisfied with his accomplishments.
His latest effort to expand on his brooding horizons is Remember Me, which opens Friday. Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young New Yorker who clashes with his overbearing father (Pierce Brosnan) in the aftermath of his brother's sudden death.
Only when Tyler meets the charming Ally (Emilie de Ravin) does he find some peace of mind and a reason to believe, which may be threatened by Ally's protective Manhattan cop dad (Chris Cooper).
To say that Pattinson as Tyler redefines James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause angst is not an exaggeration, although the actor expresses some reservations about the assessment.
"I think it's a fairly typical state to be in," Pattinson notes of his character's classic rebellious posturing. "And yes, I think there's that element, but I was also interested in the arrogant things about Tyler."
The good news for Pattinson is that he could protect the delicate tone and texture as a producer on the film. But he's hesitant to take credit.
"I'm kind of embarrassed about the producing thing, because I wasn't really acting like a proper producer," he confesses. "I only came on after filming to help make sure the product was the product we all wanted to make at the end."
Indeed, Remember Me is precious to him, so he wanted to ensure the project
wasn't modified or diminished in the post-production phase.
"The way Tyler reacted to specific things seemed very relatable to me," Pattinson admits. "I hadn't seen a character like it in 100 scripts, so when it came available between filming New Moon and Eclipse, I went for it, because it seemed like a perfect fit."
He has lots of choices available to him, thanks to Twilight. Before Twilight, the London-born actor was introduced to the modelling world by his mother, who worked for an agency in London. He was successful as a teen and found time to get involved in a neighbourhood theatre group, while performing pop music as well.
Subsequently, a TV and movie agent liked what he saw, and signed Pattinson. As good fortune and timing would have it, Pattinson eventually won a high-profile cameo in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, portraying the doomed Cedric Diggory. Shortly after the release of that picture, he was being dubbed the next Jude Law.
But that's not why Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke selected Pattinson to play Edward opposite Kristen Stewart's Bella in Twilight.
"Their chemistry was instant," Hardwicke recalled just before the release of the first film. In fact, Stewart and Pattinson connected so convincingly, they have been linked romantically.
What Hardwicke didn't mention is that a determined Pattinson had to endure multiple auditions to beat out more than 5,000 other actors. He has that kind of drive.
Still, Pattinson says he never anticipated the overwhelming, and constricting, attention that arrived with his Twilight role. But he says he doesn't take roles "that are polar opposites of Edward Cullen," though he appreciates the change of pace.
Currently, he's enjoying his against-type performance in Bel Ami, an R-rated drama with a racy sex sequence, due in theatres next year.
"I think there's a kind of irony in Bel Ami, because a lot of the women are attracted to my character," Pattinson says, smiling ever so slightly, "and then he kind of screws them over and steals their money, which I think is quite funny compared to my Twilight character."
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Rob's interview from parade.com
Robert Pattinson: 'I Didn't Like the Way 'New Moon' Was Treated By Critics'
by Jeanne Wolf
Robert Pattinson is taking a break from his Twilight stardom to play a rebellious New York college student in Remember Me. In the indie flick, the 23-year-old gets to explode with rage, fall in love with a girl (played by Lost's Emilie de Ravin) and go head-to head with his domineering father (played by Pierce Brosnan).
Parade.com's Jeanne Wolf found out what Pattinson had in common with his character's search for identity.
Acting as therapy.
"I try and pick roles that will help me develop as a human being and I think I was going through a similar kind of experience as my character Tyler, which I guess you could call being rebellious. I thought just doing the film would actually help me to think about and discover things that would help me in my life. I was kind of using it as a therapy exercise."
Robert Pattinson: 'Love Can Be More Lethal Than a Vampire Bite'
His personal struggle.
"You're so focused on trying to be an individual and trying to like stamp your identity on something. But you kind of doubt what you want to be. You don't accept just being part of the world. I sort of had that feeling. I had this obsession when I was younger about everything feeling kind of fake. Eventually, you just stop sort of railing against everything around you because most people only cause problems for themselves. They're just blind to the reality of things."
Connecting with losing a loved one.
"I keep talking about my dog all the time. It was an incredible dog, and I said in an interview recently he was the most important person in my life. My family went crazy with me for saying that. But, however ridiculous it may seem to some people, my relationship with my dog was a defining moment. Having the dog die was, literally, like the worst day of my life. It was like losing a family member."
The reality of becoming an overnight success.
"I think you really cause yourself a lot of problems if you start fighting against it. There's nothing you can do. I mean, there's no mysticism to it. People recognize you and they want to talk to you, or want to see you. My trick is not to see them as a crowd. If you break down every crowd into individuals, then it's more manageable. It's just when you start seeing these huge masses of people screaming at you that you start going crazy. So I try to focus on a few faces and not the mass."
But when you're filming on location in New York...
"It ended up being like more of a circus than I thought it was going to be. At the beginning, it was terrible. Then, about halfway through, I just suddenly had an epiphany about it. I don't know what happened, but I know it's just fine. I guess it's just learning how to sort of block things out. It's like you've just got to be more disciplined about it."
A lesson in anger control.
"While we were filming, one of the security guys saw me getting more and more upset with the paparazzi guys. He just sort of came up and was like, 'Imagine going out there and trying to hit one of them while, let's say, 40 cameras are clicking away.' That was enough to kind of calm my frustration. But, at the end of the day, you can't say, 'I'm not doing it until these people go away.' You have to keep acting. So it was definitely way more intense than any of the Twilight films."
Maybe he skips the reviews.
"I didn't like the way New Moon was treated by the critics. I think it was reviewed in the context of just being a big franchise movie. When something is so hyped, inevitably, there is a backlash against it. I think Chris Weitz is an amazing director. I really enjoyed the film. So the naysayers kind of annoyed me."
So why not try an album?
"I kind of want to do one at the end of the year. All my friends are recording albums and I'm very annoyed about it. But I can't do two things at once. I don't know how people like Jennifer Lopez can act and also sing. I'm just like, 'I can't.' But, hopefully, I'll find some time to get it together."
TOMORROW, READ PART TWO OF PARADE.COM'S INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT PATTINSON WHEN HE'LL TALK ABOUT PLAYING THE DATING GAME AND MORE...
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'Remember Me' Soundtack and Store Available on Amazon - MP3
The 'Remember Me' Soundtrack and Score are now available on Amazon. They're on the format of MP3
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New Rob Interview in Atrevida Magazine - With translation
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How would you like to be remembered?
(laughs) I don't know, the only thing I can think about is that I feel bad about my family. I really don't know how I'd like to be remembered. Sometimes, I wish I wasn't remembered at all, just forgotten.
You said in Cannes that Remember Me is the most personal movie you ever made and that you were playing yourself. Can you talk about that?
I said that before I made the movie. I was working in pre-production and the movie changed a lot. In fact, I was trying to bring the character closer to me, but as filming developed, the it became very different.
What changed?
What initially brought me to the part was the fact he wasn't a common young character. In almost all movies, the "good guy" is idealized, what is not the reality. They're the -cliche of a character or a stereotype. Tyler is not like that. I think there was a blank screen and I was trying to make him more complex.
Your character is a "rebel". Do you think you are like him?
I dont think he's a rebel. Maybe sometimes he does things in some situations - like when he goes to his sister's school and confronts the people that attacked her - that I would do if it had happened to me. But I also think he's much more carefree than me.
You didnt go through tough times like your character, in your early 20s. That usually is a complicated time in life when you're confused...
I tried to play this from a point of view of when you first start your adolescence and stay too focused on being individualistic. You make it a point to stamp your individuality into something, not accepting to just be part of the world. I think there's a time in your twenties where people start to think that it's okay to be part of the world. That's what I felt when I was 22. When I was younger, I had this obsession that everything I was feeling was false.
How so?
When you're sad you aren't really sad. You're just pretending to yourself.
When Tyler and Ally (Emilie de Ravin) first meet, he's very persistent. Are you like that with girls too?
(laughs) No, not at all. Sometimes, depends on who the person is. Usually it doesn't work for me, I'm not good in those things. I barely can remember the last time I asked a girl out, that I told her I wanted to go on a date with her. I think I never did that. I think I'm different from Tyler in that way.
What do you do when a girl doesn't want to go out with you, like in the movie?
I say: "Do you have any idea how many girls would want to go out with me, you idiot" (laughs)
Are you single now?
(laughs)
You're THE guy right now. Everyone talks about Robert Pattinson. Do you get paranoid or do you like that?
I wish I could control that, but it's impossible. I'm always on a dilemma. It's nice, sometimes, because I end up doing movies like this, where I'm involved with it from the beginning to the end. Many actors don't have the chance to do that. That was great for me, but I get paranoid too.
Leonardo DiCaprio used to make small independent movies, then he made Romeo+Juliet and Titanic, that became one of the biggest movies of all time. He said that another version of him appeared, the one that the media created. Later, he revealed that he had to wait "that monster die" to get back to his career. What do you think of that?
He was nominated for an Oscar when he was really young and always wanted to be an actor. It's a little different with me. I was making independent movies. I think I feel some of the things he said and the most annoying thing about all the attention is that I can't really learn. The process of learning, as an actor, decreases, cause you can't do, without jugdement, things that people don't wanna watch and small roles. That's what creates much more pressure, that goes completely against you. There are only negative things that come with being pressured when you're trying to act.
Do you feel pressured?
Yes. It's weird. There were a lot of expectations on me on the set. It wasn't so bad, I knew I was making a small movie, but what worries me is how people will undertand my choice. The only thing to do is hope that people will watch the movie, like any other movie without preconseived notions.
What kind of reviews made you upset in the past?
I didn't like the way people talked about "New Moon", because I think I was judged for being part of a franchise. When something is so hyped, it's inevitable to have this movement against it, and I think the criticisms came in this context. I think Chris Weitz is an incredible director and I really liked the movie. I've been very lucky, but unfortunately, people jugde what's currently mainstream.
What is the weirdest thing you ever read about yourself?
Sometimes, when I'm going to do interviews, I check what people have been writing. I remember once a magazine said I was pregnant. It was on the cover.
If you had 2 hours to be a non famous person, what would you do?
Nothing, actually. It’s weird to go back to London because there I can walk around and do normal things. It took me a while to notice that. If I had noticed that sooner I would’ve come back here a while back.
Do you think it’s because of the beard?
Yeah, I think so.
Do you plan on keeping the beard?
I’m working here in London and I’ll see if they let me keep it. I’d like to do an audition without people knowing who I am.
How are you getting ready for you role in Bel Ami?
I have to gain some weight. I think they won’t let me gain a lot of weight because we’re going to start shooting Breaking Dawn, but I’ll have to look a little older. My character, Georges Deroy, spent 6 years of his life drinking heavily, so I want to look a bit wild for this role.
How did fame changed you?
I moved to the USA. I’ve always thought it would be like it is in England. I came to spend Christmas (in London) and everything was calm, different than I thought it would be. I think things are way different there – I really can’t do anything. I just don’t want to make the news. I don’t have any interest in those people who are on the cover of gossip magazines, because it is possible to hide. And everyone who goes out and gets caught by a paparazzi always looks like someone who’s boring or something.
Cannes was a bit crazy for you last year…
It is quite funny to go in the middle of the crowd – and our only 2 bodyguards have to kick people while we’re trying to walk through them. It’s cool, but at the same time you think “why am I doing this?”. I don’t want people to think that that’s interesting – you don’t even need to say anything and people go crazy.
Are there times when it gets too intense?
Sometimes. Usually dealing with crowds isn’t a problem. You’re walking on the street and, suddenly, 20 people come running after you and, it doesn’t matter who they are – kids or not – it’s still intense. It’s a weird experience and you get a little bit paranoid because of that. You just walk on the streets looking around and checking if you’re going to get “attacked” at any moment.
What was the most intense situation you’ve ever been through?
Shooting New Moon in Italy was unbelievable, it was the most intense situation I’ve ever experienced. I think 60% of our extras were fans. There was this crowd of fans and I had to take my shirt off in front of them. It was the most bizarre thing I’ve ever done.
So your current reality is to run and hide inside bars and hotels?
In Los Angeles, yeah. And it’s bizarre but in London I’m living a normal life.
What do you like to do in London?
In the last 3 years I didn’t get to spend much time in here, but I used to live in Soho, so I knew everyone. But, since I came back, I realized that most of the places I used to go are closed now.
What actors you admire for their talent and attitude?
Joaquin Phoenix and Ryan Gosling
You play piano and other instruments. Have you ever been in a band?
When I was younger I used to be part of a small band called Bad Girls. It was a long time ago. Almost all of my friends are musicians and have bands, so I play with them sometimes.
Do you want to be a musician?
I like the idea of writing and making soundtracks. I don’t think I’d be brave enough to make a solo album.
If it wasn’t for your father, you’d probably be in the music industry. Is it true he told you to be an actor?
It’s true, because he saw a bunch of pretty girls and said “Rob, you should go there”. That’s what motivated me to be an actor!
You didn’t have any idea Twilight would change your life?
Actually, I don’t think anyone involved in Twilight thought this would happen. Maybe because it wasn’t another teen movie.
Are you into fashion?
I like Marc Jacobs. I wore some clothes from his line in almost every premiere because I think they’re the only ones who look good on me. I usually like cheap clothes. I don’t go shopping for clothes so I always end up wearing the same ones.
Do you go to fashion shows?
I wouldn’t do that, it would be too embarrassing. My friends would say “what are you doing? Have you lost your mind?” (laughs)
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miazevedo, debcupti, brandnewluvInterview with the Brazilian magazine Época
He managed to displace the "God" in the expression "Oh my God". It's Robert Pattinson, the vampire Edward from the saga Twilight. Now, the fans of the actor scream "Oh my Edward" (OME!). To interview him is like having a birthday party; from taps on the back to smal bribes, that go from eternal gratitude, vanilla cupcakes (from fans trying to get seats for the screening of his new movie), to a 200 dollar bribe, offered (and not accepted) by a tabloid reporter who was at the door of the hotel, hunting for information on the british actor. In his super protected suite, Pattinson shows himself as a normal, sensible, eloquent and greasy haired guy. In Remember Me, he suffers a lot in the role of a College student, depressed by the suicide of his brother, who gets involved in a troubled romance. By the end of his interview with Época, the actor celebrates the fact that he bought, through Kindle, a complete colection of the works of Dostoiévsky. OME!
-Tyler, your character in Remember Me marks a breakout of your teen idol phase. Why did you choose to take this role?
After I did Twilight, I got a lot of worthless romantic scripts. Remember Me was the only one that didn't fit into a especific genre. It's a romance, a drama, a love declaration to New York. One thing that I can't stand about most young male characters in movies these days is that it seems like they were born yesterday. They don't have any sort of history, no personality formed. Everything they learned in life is showed in the two hours of the movie. Tyler is different, you know he's a guy with emotional bagage, he goes through an existential crisis after his brother's suicide and rebels with his rich dad's Wall Street money.
-Did you go through an existential crisis when you were a teenager?
When I was a teenager, I though everything I was feeling and all of my questionings were a fantasy. When I turned 20 I realized that I wasn't making anything up. I had really gone through all that. It gave me great relief cause I could accept the fact that I was part of the world, that I wasn't some strange, alien being that didn't connect with anything.
Did you go through a phase of writing poetry? Rebeling?
I was never a teenage rebel, and I never wrote poetry cause I think it's too common-place. I wrote music, and later on, started acting. One of the greatest things about being an actor is that it works as an outlet to a lot of other things. It's the only job in which you have an excuse to think about how would you feel in certain situations. From the moment you start dedicating a big part of your time thinking about other personalities, you end up getting rid of a sense of fatigue that may bring resentment.
-Was it hard choosing between a music career and being an actor?
I still write music. After Harry Potter I started taking supporting roles in movies just for the money. Then came Twilight and everything changed. Suddenlly I had the responsability to choose jobs, some influence in the pre-production and in the script's development. Everything gets better, cause you're investing your time in something productive. One bad thing about being an actor, though, is that you have little control over what you do. The most you can do, most of the time, is say Yes or No.
-You admire political speech writers. Is that a profession you'd like to have if you hadn't decided to become an actor?
One of the most interesting things to me, about political speeches, is that most people who write them don't have any political affiliations with the candidate. You have an incredible power in your hands without the weight of responsibility. You can be nonchalant about who wins. I've read an interesting book called Alpha Dog, about a group of advertising executives who became political advisers and created a billion dollar Industry that reorganizes the way the elections are handled. And they changed the look of politics. The candidate is just a face to them. It's all a publicity machine.
-In an interview to Details magazine, you said you love to read about tropical diseases and mentions the amazon fish candiru.
(laughs)The young script writer that helped me revise the Remember Me script it's also fascinated by obscure diseases. So we started exchanging e-mails with imagines of those, which, let's be honest, it's a horrible thing. Out of all of them, nothing can be worse than a parasite fish that goes through your urethra and feeds off your blood. (laughs)
-With all of the sucess of Twilight, you had to learn how to deal with fame. How is this process?
When you have a goal in life, everything gets easier. If this sudden fame had happened to me and I didn't have anywhere to go, emotionally, maybe I would've gone a little crazy. But as soon as I did the first Twilight movie, I knew that I'd had more jobs. I'm obsessed with movies and I wanna make good ones. If I had kept myself too present in the colective hysteria created by the movie, I would've become hysterical too. That's dangerous. At first, I looked at the masses like they were a wall from where it arouse a deafening sound. Everyone looked the same. Now I look at the masses in an individual way, I can make up people's faces, which is less scary.
-It must be a brutal experience to have a legion of fans.
It's intimidating, yes. What I really don't like it's the amount of gadgets with cameras on them. I try to attend to fans that ask for a photo, I try to please all of them when I go out to dinner, for example. What drives me mad is when I noticed, from my peripheral vision, that someone is trying to take my picture without my permission. I feel like I'm being treated like an animal. The Paparazzi moves a million dollar Industry, and I don't wanna be a product of that. When that happens, I get up, go to the person and try to embarrass them. (laughs)
-What kind of music do you listen to?
I love jazz, the saxophonist Coleman Hawkins is my favorite. I bought a CD from the group Bossa Nova Bossa. And I just bought a brazilian instrument. It's incredible.
-Which One?
It's a "viola caipira" (some sort of tipical guitar), I payed 50 pounds for it. I have an obsession with buying obscure musical instruments. And I was fascinated with the design of this guitar, the thick neck, the ten strings. The sound is mighty powerful.
-Tyler, your character in Remember Me marks a breakout of your teen idol phase. Why did you choose to take this role?
After I did Twilight, I got a lot of worthless romantic scripts. Remember Me was the only one that didn't fit into a especific genre. It's a romance, a drama, a love declaration to New York. One thing that I can't stand about most young male characters in movies these days is that it seems like they were born yesterday. They don't have any sort of history, no personality formed. Everything they learned in life is showed in the two hours of the movie. Tyler is different, you know he's a guy with emotional bagage, he goes through an existential crisis after his brother's suicide and rebels with his rich dad's Wall Street money.
-Did you go through an existential crisis when you were a teenager?
When I was a teenager, I though everything I was feeling and all of my questionings were a fantasy. When I turned 20 I realized that I wasn't making anything up. I had really gone through all that. It gave me great relief cause I could accept the fact that I was part of the world, that I wasn't some strange, alien being that didn't connect with anything.
Did you go through a phase of writing poetry? Rebeling?
I was never a teenage rebel, and I never wrote poetry cause I think it's too common-place. I wrote music, and later on, started acting. One of the greatest things about being an actor is that it works as an outlet to a lot of other things. It's the only job in which you have an excuse to think about how would you feel in certain situations. From the moment you start dedicating a big part of your time thinking about other personalities, you end up getting rid of a sense of fatigue that may bring resentment.
-Was it hard choosing between a music career and being an actor?
I still write music. After Harry Potter I started taking supporting roles in movies just for the money. Then came Twilight and everything changed. Suddenlly I had the responsability to choose jobs, some influence in the pre-production and in the script's development. Everything gets better, cause you're investing your time in something productive. One bad thing about being an actor, though, is that you have little control over what you do. The most you can do, most of the time, is say Yes or No.
-You admire political speech writers. Is that a profession you'd like to have if you hadn't decided to become an actor?
One of the most interesting things to me, about political speeches, is that most people who write them don't have any political affiliations with the candidate. You have an incredible power in your hands without the weight of responsibility. You can be nonchalant about who wins. I've read an interesting book called Alpha Dog, about a group of advertising executives who became political advisers and created a billion dollar Industry that reorganizes the way the elections are handled. And they changed the look of politics. The candidate is just a face to them. It's all a publicity machine.
-In an interview to Details magazine, you said you love to read about tropical diseases and mentions the amazon fish candiru.
(laughs)The young script writer that helped me revise the Remember Me script it's also fascinated by obscure diseases. So we started exchanging e-mails with imagines of those, which, let's be honest, it's a horrible thing. Out of all of them, nothing can be worse than a parasite fish that goes through your urethra and feeds off your blood. (laughs)
-With all of the sucess of Twilight, you had to learn how to deal with fame. How is this process?
When you have a goal in life, everything gets easier. If this sudden fame had happened to me and I didn't have anywhere to go, emotionally, maybe I would've gone a little crazy. But as soon as I did the first Twilight movie, I knew that I'd had more jobs. I'm obsessed with movies and I wanna make good ones. If I had kept myself too present in the colective hysteria created by the movie, I would've become hysterical too. That's dangerous. At first, I looked at the masses like they were a wall from where it arouse a deafening sound. Everyone looked the same. Now I look at the masses in an individual way, I can make up people's faces, which is less scary.
-It must be a brutal experience to have a legion of fans.
It's intimidating, yes. What I really don't like it's the amount of gadgets with cameras on them. I try to attend to fans that ask for a photo, I try to please all of them when I go out to dinner, for example. What drives me mad is when I noticed, from my peripheral vision, that someone is trying to take my picture without my permission. I feel like I'm being treated like an animal. The Paparazzi moves a million dollar Industry, and I don't wanna be a product of that. When that happens, I get up, go to the person and try to embarrass them. (laughs)
-What kind of music do you listen to?
I love jazz, the saxophonist Coleman Hawkins is my favorite. I bought a CD from the group Bossa Nova Bossa. And I just bought a brazilian instrument. It's incredible.
-Which One?
It's a "viola caipira" (some sort of tipical guitar), I payed 50 pounds for it. I have an obsession with buying obscure musical instruments. And I was fascinated with the design of this guitar, the thick neck, the ten strings. The sound is mighty powerful.
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debcuptiAnd another review... Boxoffice.com Reviews 'Remember Me' (Spoilers)
Drifting far from his Vampire mode in the Twilight films (but not too far), Robert Pattinson proves he doesn’t “suck” in a straight dramatic role and affectingly portrays a tortured young man with family issues who finds love with an equally wounded young woman in a romance underlined by past and impending tragedies. The name of Pattinson above the title will guarantee a large femme turnout for this brooding, PG13 drama, and although it’s no Rebel Without A Cause or Splendor In The Grass for a new generation, it has enough tender and genuine moments of youthful angst and romantic discovery that opening weekend figures should be sweet, word of mouth decent and a healthy afterlife on DVD assured.
Anyone longing to watch Pattinson do his best James Dean will see it in this deliberately paced story set in the summer of 2001. Pattinson plays Tyler Hawkins, a rebellious young man still haunted by the suicide of his older brother and constantly in battle with his wealthy, Wall Street lawyer dad (Pierce Brosnan). Dividing time between dealing with family problems, acting as big bro to 11 year old half-sister Caroline (Ruby Jerins) and living with his smart aleck roomie Aidan (Tate Ellington), Tyler is searching for a sense of himself. He supposedly goes to NYU but seems more intent on playing than studying, especially when he manages to hook up with a classmate, Ally (Emilie de Ravin), who just happens to be the only child of widowed police officer (Chris Cooper). The film’s opening flashback sequence shows an 11 year old Ally on a subway train platform as her mother is suddenly, brutally murdered and, like Tyler, she carries her own painful memories and demons into a new relationship that will change both in profound ways.
Love scenes are surprisingly reserved, probably to assure a PG 13 and instant access for Pattinson’s rabid, tween-heavy fan base, but the pair is instantly credible due to de Ravin (Lost) contributions. A tense restaurant dinner scene between them and Brosnan is nicely pitched and the conflicted journey to true feelings for the twosome rarely hits a false note.
Love scenes are surprisingly reserved, probably to assure a PG 13 and instant access for Pattinson’s rabid, tween-heavy fan base, but the pair is instantly credible due to de Ravin (Lost) contributions. A tense restaurant dinner scene between them and Brosnan is nicely pitched and the conflicted journey to true feelings for the twosome rarely hits a false note.
Pattinson portrays the moody Tyler with admirable reserve and Dean-like ease. Despite wearing his demons on his sleeve he’s oddly likable, you root for him but don’t really know why. He’s matched perfectly by de Ravin as Ally, a girl who clearly has her hands full with this guy. It takes a little while to get used to Brosnan’s Brooklyn accent but he’s fine in his few scenes. Ruby Jerins is quite a live wire while Tate Ellington seems in for some ill-considered comic relief, at least in the first half. Chris Cooper is solid as usual, actually quite touching as a dad trying to hang on to the only family he has left.
Allen Coulter’s effective direction is deliberately low-key and the film nicely captures pre-9/11 New York City with a calming melancholy that seems ironic in retrospect.
Allen Coulter’s effective direction is deliberately low-key and the film nicely captures pre-9/11 New York City with a calming melancholy that seems ironic in retrospect.
For those looking for the rare romantic youth drama without vampyric overtones or other gimmicks, Remember Me should satisfy and it works as a much-needed change of pace for the talented Pattinson who remains one of the most watchable of our young stars.
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MSNBC Interviews Rob and Reviews 'Remember Me' (SPOILERS)
Warning: This story contains spoilers regarding the film “Remember Me.” Spoilers under the cut
Edward Cullen may be a world-class brooder, but the actor who portrays him, Robert Pattinson, actually enjoys a good laugh.
Pattinson certainly has much to be happy about these days. His career is red-hot, with the “Twilight” films having made him a multimedia sensation. He hopes his latest picture, “Remember Me,” which opens March 12, continues his career's upwards trajectory. At the very least, it’s allowed him to do something he’s rarely had a chance to do onscreen: Smile.
“That’s one of the main reasons I wanted to do it,” Pattinson says of the film. “I had never played a normal guy. I’ve always done period stuff or fantasy stuff.”
The film is a departure for the actor. Sure, the script allows for several displays of the pouty, doe-eyed charm that have made Pattinson the screensaver dreamboat to a generation of young girls. But “Remember Me” is not “Edward Cullen Goes To NYU.”
“I had read so many scripts at the time and [this film] was the only one that didn’t fall into the same formulaic pattern,” Pattinson said. “There was something about Tyler I just connected to, much more than I’d connected to a bunch of other male characters I’d read around that period.”
Because Tyler is a Brooklyn kid, the London-born actor had the chance to work on his American accent. It was an exercise that felt rather natural to him. “I feel like I’m kind of faking it when I’m doing English accents,” Pattinson said, before laughing and admitting, “I know that’s really odd.”
Shock of Sept. 11
“Remember Me” contains a major twist at the end involving the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It’s a shocking moment, a creative risk that could polarize audiences. Pattinson admitted he worried about being part of one of the first major movies to use the attacks as part of a fictional story.
"Definitely, I was a bit concerned. When I first read it, I was sort of [caught off-guard],” he said. “You’re so invested in the characters, and then suddenly this train hits you at the end. It grounded [the film] in reality in a lot of ways which made it kind of much more powerful.”
Co-star Chris Cooper felt 9/11 fit with the movie’s theme of loss, and added that director Allen Coulter “went beyond his expectations” in how that aspect of the film was handled.
De Ravin agreed and pointed out “this film isn’t based around [9/11], it’s set in 2001 for many reasons. (Writer Will Fetters felt that year) was sort of one of the last years of innocence, in a way, in America.”
While he has no plans to follow “Twilight” co-star Taylor Lautner into the action movie genre, Pattinson enjoyed getting to roughhouse a bit in his newest movie. In one memorably brutal scene, Cooper bounces him off the walls of an apartment.
A big boxing fan, he cops to crying when he saw “Rocky Balboa” and dreams of starring in his own film about the Sweet Science. “I’d love to do a boxing movie,” he says, although he realizes his younger fans may not want to see him unleashing his inner Cinderella Man.
Much like his character Tyler comes to accept certain aspects of his life, Pattinson seems to have made certain concessions in regards to the demands of being RPattz. He knows he can’t go anywhere in the States without being mobbed by fans, such as the ones stationed outside his Manhattan hotel during his recent press tour.
The actor appears to be taking his cue from “Harry Potter” title player Daniel Radcliffe in preparing for life after fantasy franchise mega-stardom. “Remember Me” is similar to the quaint drama “December Boys,” which Radcliffe selected for his first wizardry-free role in 2007. With chapter three in the Twilight saga, “Eclipse,” arriving in June, Pattinson is quite happy to spend a rare 15 minutes without having to answer questions relating to Edward or Bella.
Pattinson is also content to share screen time. Upcoming projects include the ensemble dramas “Bel Ami” and “Unbound Captives,” both period pieces. Working with the likes of Uma Thurman and Hugh Jackman allows him to improve as an actor, according to the actor. “I want to work with good people,” he said, flashing a nervous smile.
He’s also become more aware of his own increasing clout in the industry and how to use it. In the production notes for “Remember Me,” producer Nicholas Osborne credits Pattinson for not backing out of the film once “Twilight” broke, and said the movie probably wouldn’t have been made without his involvement.
Of course, there are the unique problems that come with having one of the world’s most photographed stars on your film set. De Ravin, who knows a little about devoted fans from her time on “Lost,” says the daily crush of paparazzi and star-crazed teenagers proved quite demanding to the production, which was shot almost completely on location around New York City.
“Yeah, it was crazy…Even if you’re not looking at the hundreds of people watching you, you know they’re watching you. So that sort of gets to you a bit,” she said laughing, before adding, “It’s a challenge to just be able to really focus.”
Pattinson shrugs off the attention, grateful to have had even a brief break from Edward Cullen and his relationship troubles, and everything that comes with being the face of a monster franchise.
“(‘Remember Me’) was the one time I’ve ever done something normal,” he said. “It was kind of a relief. Just to be natural for a bit.”
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