Q. You both have said that you filmed this movie in chronological
order, and I know that with many movies, the last scenes are shot first.
Was that a luxury — to film from start to finish?
Cronenberg: One of the trickiest things that I had to learn as a
director was exactly that. I mean, suddenly you’re forced to shoot the
last scene of the movie first. And it’s hard for the actors because they
don’t know who they are yet and they’re doing their death scene. As an
actor myself, I was in Clive Barker’s movie “Nightbreed,” and the first
thing we shoot was my character getting killed. And I said a typical
actor thing. I said, “How can I know how to die when I haven’t lived
yet?” So it is kind of a luxury. I think Rob can talk about that.
Pattinson: I agree. (Laughs) I don’t think I can add to that.
Q. You have both been very candid in interviews about the fact that
you didn’t necessarily know how this novel would translate to film and
what it meant to you. Do you have a different interpretation of the text
now that you’re finished with the film?
Pattinson: Well, I like it. I don’t think that confusion is necessarily a
bad thing. We’ve done hundreds of interviews now and I still find
myself coming up with new things to say.
Cronenberg: Those statements that we made, which were very candid, can
be misinterpreted as meaning we were inept, incompetent. But not at all.
You know, I don’t do storyboards, for example. I don’t really know what
I’m going to do at every set up and every shot. It’s all very
spontaneous and of-the-moment, even what lens to use. That’s what we’re
talking about. We don’t have it all mapped out. We’re trusting the
script and trusting the dialogue that is all 100 percent Don DeLillo’s
and taken from the novel directly. We know that if we respond directly
to that . . . the movie will have its coherence.
Q. You just rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
What was that like? And what do you think the people there would think
of this movie if they saw it?
Cronenberg: All through the halls of the stock exchange they have these
monitors built into the walls, and they were all showing clips of
“Cosmopolis.” All of the people there who were marshaling us were
incredibly excited about the movie and really wanted to see it. And they
were incredibly friendly and sweet, and I was suddenly thinking, “This
is the wonderful, friendly face of capitalism. I don’t know why I’ve
been fighting it for so long. I think I’m going to buy some stock.”
[Pattinson laughs.] And the stock exchange is about marketing. To link
the starting of the day with some product that’s being marketed was a
no-brainer. And the fact that it might be rather ironic that we were
opening the stock exchange; I don’t think it occurred to them.
Q. Mr. Pattinson, what did you think of the visit?
Pattinson: I’m so clueless about anything to do with that world. I was
kind of just terrified that I was somehow going to mess it up. And also
to see people’s enthusiasm. It’s so alien. Even people’s attitudes
there. It seems so alien to me. I mean, I’ve met traders before, but in
their own environment — everyone’s extremely happy, which is not what I
expected. It doesn’t seem stressful at all. They were all excited about
seeing who was going to ring the bell this morning. They had the
American gymnastics team closing it that day. It looks like a really fun
place to work.
Q. You guys seem like you like each other a lot. You seem so close
during this publicity tour. I was thinking, when I looked at pictures
from the stock exchange visit, that you actually look like relatives.
[Cronenberg and Pattinson laugh.]
Cronenberg: We get along pretty well and we were kind of wearing the
same suit. They were Gucci suits that were connected with the movie —
the character wears them — and so, we were Tweedledum and Tweedledee at
that point.
Q. Mr. Cronenberg, where do you most enjoy promoting your films? You don’t have to say America.
Cronenberg: I have a huge enthusiastic fan base in France. My first
films were horror films and genre films, and in France they never had
any prejudice against them, whereas in North America, in the old days
when I started especially, there was prejudice against them. They
weren’t taken seriously as good cinema. So I suppose I feel more
comfortable, weirdly enough, in France releasing a film. The level of
discourse there is very intelligent, very intellectual, sometimes
humorously so, but I like playing that game there.
Q. Mr. Pattinson, how have you taken to the Cronenberg fan base? I
imagine that it’s strange to see “Twilight” fans with people who love
David Cronenberg movies.
Pattinson: Absolutely. We were in London and we did a Q&A and it was
two very diverse groups of people who suddenly came into contact with
each other for I think probably the first time. And, I don’t know . . .
David’s horror film fans . . . and general “Twilight” female fans . . .
are actually quite a good pairing. I think both of them didn’t see
anything in each other first of all, but they’re quite a good, odd
couple. When you see a bearded guy with long hair, who absolutely will
weep [for Cronenberg] . . . and then a “Twilight” fan who will weep at
that, they actually look like a couple.
Q. Mr. Pattinson, I have to ask, in reference to all of the talk show
hosts who are asking you personal questions right now: I’m always
fascinated by the ability of celebrities to just disappear during a
controversy. How do you do that? Is there a tunneling system? Where do
you go to hide when you’re so watched?
Pattinson: There is a netherworld where celebrities go. They’re the only
ones that have access to it. A mysterious little network of boroughs.
(Giggles.)
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