Il revient (entre autre) sur sa carrière, la célébrité, les années Twilight et la dernière campagne de Dior Homme.
L'interview : (en anglais)
What?” says Robert Pattinson from beyond the crackling and hissing of the phone line from Paris. “What?” I reply mid-his ‘what’, adding to the static-y confusion of the call. “What?” He replies again, following a brief pause and which just about turns the whole thing into an impromptu take on a scene from his 2019 movie, The Lighthouse. In it, he and Willem Dafoe barked the word at each other, with increased madness, around 54 times. That makes me Dafoe on this call and, reasonably enough, confusion reigns.
The face of Dior Homme since 2013, Pattinson’s career trajectory has an authenticity that you rarely see in other actors. Whether in the sticky heat of an all-consuming franchise like Twilight, the grit and complexity of movies such as High Life and Good Time, or the intensity of what’s next – Batman 2021 – the 33-year-old takes risks with form and genre in his stride.
There’s a boldness to his style choices, too. Big fits, sharp tailoring, the air tie – yeah, Pattinson was on to that way before last year’s red carpet caught up. In many ways, that’s why he makes perfect sense as the face of the fragrance. A guy that evokes the likes of Brando and Dean, who can never quite be pinned down, who somehow manages to reinvent the notion of classic with each passing year.
The fragrance itself? Well you can expect a rich, woody scent with bergamot hits and subtle pink peppercorn notes. It’s a straight-to-the-point scent that’s mirrored in the accompanying short film. Directed by French avant-garde duo, The Blaze, there’s a swaggering beauty to it all, with iconic NYC as the backdrop and punctuated by the swaying, hypnotic dancing of Pattinson. But more on that later. For now, phone lines have been changed, problems have been solved, and we get to work.
You don’t often stop and think about the fame...
“It was only post-Twilight that I realised I’d been working non-stop for around six years. You don’t really appreciate how intense that is. It was only when I began to slow down and take stock of things that I was like, ‘Whoa, I’m in a very different place now’. It’s kind of scary when that realisation creeps in.”
Taking your foot off the gas makes you think...
“It’s a strange feeling. At first you’re concerned with not working every day, then, after a while, you begin to worry about never working again! I had that fear for quite a while.”