Claire Denis describes Robert Pattinson “like a man with another man inside himself, craving for something”.

 

The Hollywood Reporter had the opportunity to discuss High Life with Claire Denis where they discussed astrophysics, her fear of special effects and why Pattinson was the “exact opposite” of whom she originally had in mind to play the lead.  Below is the extract about Rob:

Did you have any particular actor in mind as you wrote the script?

I had the idea for the story for a long time. I had a few actors in mind, but most strongly Philip Seymour Hoffman. When he died, I had no one else in mind. And in the process of mourning him, I met a few actors, and the only person who touched me, who really was so much the opposite of Philip, was Robert. I was afraid even to meet him. I thought, “He is too far away from my cinema, why does this guy even want to work with me?” And then I met him a few times and realized he is just the sort of actor I love. Because he is like a man with another man inside himself, craving for something. I like actors like that, ones where you always want more but you know there is a secret inside them. … Robert is like that. All the actors and actresses in the film, Juliette, Mia Goth, Andre Benjamin — they have their own secrets.

Click on the link to read the full interview.

I’m sure like me we can’t wait to meet Monte.