Nikki Baughan at Roll Credits has posted a great interview with Rob in which he discusses Remember Me, his fight scenes, the fans, and speaking with an American accent.
Were you hurt in that particular fight scene?
Oh no, not at all. The only thing that I hurt myself on was a bit they cut out of the movie where I kind of flipped out afterwards out of my own impotence in this fight. You walk into the big confrontation and end up getting completely destroyed by your competitor. I was hitting myself afterwards in a little spur of the moment thing which they cut out of the movie. I hit myself so hard, I was in so much pain for the rest of the shoot. It was the most stupid thing I’ve ever done.
Did you have any trouble with the New York Bronx accent?
I grew up watching American movies. I learned how to act, to whatever extent, by watching American movies way more than English ones so I kind of, in a lot of ways, feel more comfortable speaking in an American accent. It feels more real to me in a lot of ways.
Little Ashes has won the GLAAD Media Award for Best Film Limited Release. The awards are given annually to “recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and the issues that affect their lives.”
Remember Me, which opened on Friday, has done well for itself at the box office, coming in third among this weekend’s other opening films with $8.3 million so far
The most oddly high-profile release of the weekend was the romantic drama Remember Me. The film was seen by many as a test of Twilight star Robert Pattinson’s draw as a movie star. Of course, if Summit was trying to prop up the numbers by attaching the Twilight Saga: Eclipse trailer to prints of Remember Me, it might have helped if they had NOT released the trailer online the day before the opening. So while some may decry the ‘mere’ $8.3 million, we must recall that a movie like this wouldn’t have made $1.75 if not for what drawing power Pattinson has. Sure Shia Labeouf can open slickly-marketed thrillers like Eagle Eye and Disturbia, but let’s see what happens when he has to open a movie all by himself that doesn’t already look particularly appealing.
Besides, as word leaked out about the film’s extended-middle finger of an ending, even some of Pattinson’s die hard fans apparently decided to stay away. Speaking of females, the gender split was 84/16 on this one. Point being, if he can open Remember Me to $8.3 million all by himself, he may just be a movie star.
Katey Rich from Cinemablend has posted a fantastic interview with Rob in which he discusses Remember Me, filming in New York with fans all around, and the downside of fame.
Do you see this movie as an important step to show people you’re more than Twilight?
I think it’s an important step. I don’t think it’s to show people I’m more than Twilight. I have the same mentality about [the Twilight sequels]. I try to make a Twilight film to show I’m more than Twilight, whatever that means. You try and improve, you try and take things from each job you get. I’ve just sort of fallen into it. I’m just trying to figure out how to do things.
You’ve made a lot of distinctly independent films to kind of counterbalance Twilight. Do you plan to keep seeking these out?
Not necessarily. I just liked the script of this. The next few things I’m doing, I just liked the script. I’d be way more nervous doing a big kind of blockbuster which would go into the marketplace saying, “This has to be huge.” I like doing ensemble things with established actors who are really good, and scripts that are kind of different, and hope people will be interested in them.
The New Moon DVD features a 2-minute sneak peek at Eclipse, which you can now watch online! There’s quite a bit of footage, including a brief interview with Rob.
We also have some screencaps here in our image archive.
Rob recently autographed a rare guitar at Norman’s Rare Guitars in L.A., a shop that donates signed guitars for auction to The Midnight Mission, a charity that benefits the homeless.
“He’s really a nice guy — very shy, very quiet,” Harris told Tonic. “People follow him around like crazy, so he kind of liked it because we’re a little off the path here, and the paparazzi didn’t really follow him in here. He’s friends with one of the fellows who works here from England. [Pattinson] came in, and he actually bought a nice guitar from us. He was playing this other guitar, so I said to him, ‘We’re doing this thing for the Midnight Mission, would you sign this guitar for me?’ He said, ‘I don’t do a lot of these things, but you seem like a good guy, and it seems like a good cause.’”
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Summit has released the second part of their podcast with Rob and the Remember Me filmmakers.
In this conversation, Rob and the filmmakers of REMEMBER ME — Allen Coulter (director), Nick Osborne (producer) and Will Fetters (writer) — have an in-depth conversation about the character of Tyler Hawkins.
Download the podcast here on iTunes, and keep an eye out for part 3!
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