Robert Pattinson and Claire Denis interviewed by SyFy

Another day another new interview from Rob and Claire. Here’s an extract from their interview with SyFy where Rob talks about working with Scarlett:

It takes some time to earn a baby’s trust.

Pattinson: The first couple of days, when I’d take her, she would get really upset with me for taking her away from her parents, but I know her parents really well, so that wasn’t so hard. I would give her back after finishing shooting, but then I realized every single time she got wrenched away, she’d be really upset. So I was like, “OK, I’m just going to stay with her the whole day.” Because if she didn’t see her parents, it was fine.

But it was also a question of keeping her constantly distracted the whole time. Normally, you know, you shoot a scene and then you leave set. But it was really cold in Cologne, where we were shooting, so I would just stay on set, trying to think of things to entertain a baby for hours. I was constantly running through the trees at the end. You had to think of new stuff. It was only about two weeks, and originally you could go just look at some leaves, “Ooh Scarlett, look at this leaf!” After five days she’d be like, “I’m sick of looking at leaves.” And I’d be like, “OK, are we shooting yet?” I’d spend like three hours babysitting.
One of the most satisfying things you’ve ever done, when you’re trying to shoot a scene but also trying to combine it with getting her to go to sleep, and if she goes to sleep in the shot, it would be glorious. It’s like scoring a perfect goal.

Bonding with the baby is good prep work, then.

Pattinson: There’s something deeply traumatic, especially when it’s not your baby and she’s crying in your arms, you will do literally everything to stop her crying. And her parents are watching the monitor as well.
Denis: Stop it, you’re killing me, you’re killing me. There was one moment where he said, “I don’t want to yell too loud.”

There was that moment where you have to be very frustrated with the baby.

Pattinson: That was definitely a moment where I did the take and then said, “OK, take her!”

You can read the full interview by clicking HERE