Mathieu Amalric (Andre Petrescu in Cosmopolis) mentions Robert Pattinson in a new interview
Mathieu Amalric (Andre Petrescu in Cosmopolis) mentions Robert Pattinson in a new interview.
In fact, Almaric ā best-known to American audiences through his roles in āMunich, āLe Scaphandre et le Papillionā (āThe Diving Bell and the Butterflyā), and āQuantum of Solace,ā has been a director longer than heās been an actor. As a teenager, he took a job as a trainee AD on Louis Malleās āAu Revoir les Enfantsā and he won Best Director at Cannes in 2010 for āTournee.ā He has also worked with some of Franceās best directors, of course ā among them Arnaud Desplechin and Alain Resnais ā and heāll next be seen in David Cronenbergās forthcoming āCosmopolis,ā playing a āpastry assassinā who creams Robert Pattinson in the face as part of his mission to sabotage power and wealth worldwide. Almaric sat down with The Playlist to talk about his philosophies on- and off-screen, and why he feels an actor is ānothing.ā
As the pastry assassin, you get to throw a pie in Robert Pattinsonās face and then give a six-page monologue.
Cronenberg is very close to the book. And Rob is a great guy. Yeah, yeah ā itās a tough scene. I had to speak in English, and Cronenberg shot it in one sequence, where you do the whole scene in one shot. It was very physical, and I spoke so much. And youāre afraid, because itās Cronenberg! [Laughs] But you manage to learn your lines, and Iām always surprised when I manage to be able to say the words in complete order, you know? I donāt know how itās possible. But I think itās going to be an amazing film, especially because he shot it in order, exactly as it happens in the book, about a man who gets broken.
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