Some of the questions and answers we’ve read in other interviews, but parts of this are new.

This interview with Anton from British Journal Of Photography is such a great read.  Have included a couple of excerpts below including the Rob mention & you can read the interview in full by clicking on the above link.

From what I’ve read, Dennis Stock was an irascible guy. In the later stages of his life they called him ‘Dennis the Menace’ in the Magnum offices.

That’s true. Dennis Stock didn’t take any prisoners, he was no mercy, incredible. He had five ex-wives and a few of them didn’t want to talk to us about him – he didn’t leave them on good terms. We portrayed his relationship with his son at the end of the film as more positive than it was in real life.

Did Robert Pattinson have an interest in photography when you cast him as Dennis Stock?

I don’t think so. We made sure he got a camera months in advance to familiarise himself with that and to get a sense of wanting to take a picture of moments. Of course when you shoot with film you don’t take as many pictures. When I looked at the Magnum contact sheets, the Times Square sequence for example, there are are six shots. You’re much more focused.

You considered shooting the film in black and white but decided it might impinge on Stock’s photography?

I felt like we were not giving him enough credit. Of course there were other voices saying we should do black and white, because of financial reasons, but I’m happy that we didn’t do it.

A lot of photography writing talks about technique. Dennis Stock seemed capable of putting the hours in until James Dean finally relaxed and gave enough of himself so Stock could hold the camera and click the shutter. Do you agree with that?

Obviously a drive and hard work is something that can get you somewhere. Talent is not always the top priority that people associate success with. You have to spend time with someone if you want to take their photograph. I’m not sure if James Dean knew the quality of the pictures. I think Stock saw him and thought: “There’s a guy that wants to do something, he wants to do something outside the studio system.”

 

Rob makes me laugh – there is some Rob GOLD in this interview/article.  I’ve said this a lot over the years, Rob needs his own tonight show. Imagine him interviewing his guests.  Enjoy!

From The Irish Times:

“Stormont may be in crisis and regional unemployment rates do not make for happy reading, but at least Northern Ireland can boast – albeit temporarily – one Robert Pattinson.

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Even by Pattinson’s own account, the sun shines just a little more intently when he graces the northeast: “It’s been sunny every time I’ve been here,” marvels the heavily bearded young actor. “They tell me it rains. But I haven’t seen it.”

Pattinson has decamped to Ulster with a purpose. Following in the footsteps of Game of Thrones and the incoming Dad’s Army reboot, James Gray’s The Lost City of Z is the latest major production to shoot across various Northern Irish locations, including Methodist College, Strangford Lough and Craigavon House. Not that Pattinson has spent too much time in these stately locations. “I have mainly been on the boat that’s falling apart,” he laughs.

The Lost City of Z charts the exploits of the British explorer Percy Fawcett who, in 1925, disappeared in the Amazon while looking for an ancient lost city. In the subsequent years, as many as 100 explorers and scientists have gone missing while attempting to find evidence of Fawcett’s party.

Here’s the full interview we posted about yesterday.  Enjoy because it’s a great read.  I did think about using “narcoleptic beastilist” in my post title, but then I didn’t want to be shut down lol.  Love you Rob.

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Am loving all these interviews we are being treated to.  This is just an excerpt from Rob’s interview with Knack.  We will of course post in full when it’s available.

Robert Pattinson: “I don’t look anything like James Dean.”

Also teen-idols grow up and in case of Robert Pattinson they even become an actor. Rob about his new movie LIFE, a biographical drama by Anton Corbijn, about the relationship between photographer Dennis Stock and film legend James Dean.

Pattinson: “I understood immediately why Anton wanted me to play Dennis Stock and not James Dean”, explains Pattinson about the surprising, but clever choice. “People would have immediately drawn a comparison between us. But I don’t look anything like Dean, not when it comes to looks and not as an actor. I also didn’t die at 24 years old. The only thing we have in common is that we are both famous. Dean owes his fame to people who looked up to him and asked him for advice about life, through his movies, the photos by Dennis Stock, his personality and mystery. I owe my fame to people who were fans of the Twilight books and thanks to the fact that they accepted me as the face of one of their favorite characters.”

For Dean fame was a heavy load to carry. How do you handle it?

Pattinson: “It’s easier for me now than in the beginning. When I had my breakthrough with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (in which Pattinson had the supporting role of Cedric Diggory) I was recognized in the street and people asked for an autograph, but during Twilight it became a madhouse. I couldn’t leave the house without having screaming fans or paparazzi following me. For two years I had an enormous problem with this and I was regularly in a slump. There were moments that I felt lost, disconnected from everything and everyone. Because I missed the ordinary everyday things. Walking in the park, having a drink with friends, but after seven years in LA I got used to my new life. I feel comfortable. I also notice that the worst part is over. Recently I went out with friends in London and that was fine. People let me be. A full beard and wearing a dirty sweater always help (laughs).”

And that for a style-icon and the poster boy of Dior.

Pattinson: (laughs) “Me a style-icon? I think it’s funny that people even dare associate me with fashion. I’m absolutely no fashionista. I always wear the same jacket and tee shirts. Sometimes for weeks on end. And because I moved frequently the last few years, there are hardly any clothes in my closet. Which is really weird. I stole almost every piece of clothing that I ever got for a premiere. Just don’t ask me where I left all those things.”

 

I admit that I don’t usually click on my google alerts from Mirror (UK) but the photo that came with this alert had me intrigued.  It’s a little photoshopped – here’s the original.  Looks like Rob has given an interview and is on the cover of this Friday’s NME Magazine (UK).  It’s free every Friday in the UK, or you can purchase the digital version here.  More info on where it’s available free can be found at NME.  Digital version here