ROUNDUP: Inside The Rover Q&A with David Michôd, Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson and Liz Watts
After a screening of The Rover, Sydney Film Fest & Vivid hosted a Q&A with David Michôd, Guy Pearce, Robert Pattinson and producer, Liz Watts. This is a collection of a few pictures, articles and tweets from Inside The Rover.
ARTICLES
Excerpt from Daily Telegraph:
Robert Pattinson appeared in Sydney Town Hall to whoops of joy from legions of female fans
ROBERT Pattinson has continued his charm offensive in Sydney, appearing onstage for a Q&A event inside Town Hall.
The 28-year-old Brit actor was greeted onstage at the Inside The Rover talk at Town Hall by a mostly female crowd who whooped and eagerly applauded when he entered via a side door to appear on stage.
Pattinson joined co-star Guy Pearce, 46, director David Michôd and producer Liz Watts to have an open discussion about his Aussie-made film.
The Q & A-style event was hosted by Margaret Pomeranz as part of the Sydney Film Festival — with a chance for fans to question Pattinson directly. Remarkably, none of them asked him about Twilight.
The vampire saga most definitely was the white elephant in the room, with the crowd being part sniffy and part hysterical — divided between film snobs and diehard Pattinson fans.
Pattinson who oozed his own brand of effortless cool, didn’t mention the T-word. Discussing The Rover, he said filming in the outback was”beautiful” but there was buzz of a different kind.
“The second you wake up, you have like 700 flies on your face and its so insanely hot,” he said, a laugh.
And when Pattinson laughed, so did the audience, with most ladies swooning over his words.
From Daily Mail:
While most Hollywood leading men are obsessed with working out and getting rock-hard abs, Robert Pattinson has been revealed to have a refreshingly normal – and slightly weird – diet.
The 28-year-old British actor is said to have ‘survived on white bread and barbecue sauce for weeks’ while filming The Rover in Outback Australia.
Director David Michod opened up about the former Twilight Saga star’s unusual dietary requirements at a question and answer at Sydney’s Town Hall on Sunday.
Pattinson laughed at the revelation, adding that he found waking up with ‘700 flies in the immediate vicinity’ just one of several quirky aspects of shooting the movie in the abandoned town of Hammond in South Australia.
‘I also met this bar man who told me he was part of Anonymous and on the run from M16… and then there was the extra who claimed he assassinated (John F) Kennedy in 1967,’ he said.
Michod is part of Australian film collective Blue-Tongue Film which includes Joel Edgerton and his brother Nash, Kieran Darcy-Smith, Spencer Susser and Luke Doolan.
Pattinson revealed that he ‘hunted down’ the members of the mini-Aussie movement because of a strong desire to work with them.
‘David was actually the last of the Blue-Tongue guys I had met,’ he said.
‘I was actively seeking to break into his group of friends.’
It seems to have paid off, with a ‘totally random’ meeting with Michod and a four hour audition landing him the role.
‘Nash (Edgerton) wanted me to meet with him and I hadn’t seen any of the Twilight films, so I had no idea who I was meeting,’ said Michod.
‘I really liked his physical demeanor and just the way he was… He had a can of coke in front of him and a cup of coffee which he added six sugars to.’
Pattinson’s performance is being hailed as ‘career redefining’ but the media-shy star has shrugged off the praise and pressure of audience opinions.
‘If I don’t like something, I don’t give a s**t about what the audience thinks anyway,’ he laughed.
‘A friend of mine watched the movie last night and was like “Wow, this is the first time you’ve played yourself”.’
Tweets about the Q&A under the cut!
TWEETS
Town Hall is packed for #InsidetheRover #sydfilmfest #vividideas pic.twitter.com/48onADbJZQ
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
We’re at Sydney Town Hall for ‘Inside #therover‘ #robertpattison #guypearce #davidmichod and #lizwatts @sydfilmfest pic.twitter.com/NsFibH1fZb
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
David Michod “#RobertPattinson came closer to what I envisioned for the characters than anyone who auditioned’ #insidetherover
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
Gaining more insight into The Rover with #InsidetheRover #RobertPattinson #GuyPearce pic.twitter.com/LRhn1D7yPQ
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
“To see great actors bring it all to life us exhilerating” – David Michod #InsideTheRover #RobertPattinson #GuyPearce
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
“Everything Rob did was hilarious” – David Michod on #RobertPattinson #insidetherover #TheRoverSydney
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
“Our weird remoteness made the experience really tough but wonderful’ David Michod #insidetherover #RobertPattinson #GuyPearce
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
Q: how did you build on chemistry? A: you really just build on the work. We knew each other well before filming #GuyPearce #RobertPattinson
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
Q: is it weird to put on an accent in films, Rob. A: it’s kind of funny, you should try it #RobertPattinson
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
The world and landscape of the film really informed how #GuyPearce approached his performance and how to play his character.#insidetherover
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
“Ultimately the most challenging thing, always, is to just be convincing ” – #GuyPearce #insidetherover #RobertPattinson
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
‘Working with directors who understand what ur doing is such a relief…most inportant thing is honesty on set” #GuyPearce #RobertPattinson
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
“I like to feel like I’m doing really important, beautiful work. If you don’t have that feeling on set then there’s no point” #DavidMichod
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
“Everyone looked like they had just killed someone” #RobertPattinson on filming somewhere so hot, dry, and remote #InsidetheRover
— The Iris (@TheIrisAU) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Guy Pearce says he trusts David Michôd’s vision, and will say yes to working with him again; he plans to say no to others.
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Michôd says Robert Pattinson naturally got the character of Rey just like he wanted it in the audition. #SydFilmFest
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Pattinson’s audition was four hours long, Margaret asks him if it was torture, but he found it “satisfying.” #SydFilmFest
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Pattinson draws laughs when he says he was the last to see ANIMAL KINGDOM; Michôd said he was late to TWILIGHT. #VividIdeas
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Pearce says he based his character on the idea that he’s an animal; he studied the way dogs behave. #VividIdeas
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Pattinson says you could hear a pin drop during the screening at Cannes; whereas the #SydFilmFest audience was more lively.
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Michôd says they had fun on the set; he began to think he was making a highly commercial film. #sydfilmfest #vividideas
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Michôd says #TheRover was the last 35mm film to be processed in Australia. #sydfilmfest #vividideas
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
#InsidetheRover: Michôd and Pattinson agree the Flinders Range location with its heat, isolation and flies was a big challenge. #sydfilmfest
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014
Pattinson: the heat was “insane.” The local residents all seemed dangerous, like wanted men, but they were “lovely.” #InsidetheRover
— Sydney Film Festival (@sydfilmfest) June 8, 2014