Finding in the same sentence the names “Robert Pattinson” and “David Cronenberg” is something I absolutely did not see coming. When I learned that the Twilight star was starring as the lead in the Canadian director’s new production, I found it more bizarre than all of Cronenberg oeuvres combined. I thought Pattinson did not deserve to be working with such a mythical filmmaker. What has he done in his relatively short career that has led him to this role ? Nothing. It felt as strange as if a Days of our Lives actor suddenly got a big part in a Coppola movie.
Looking back at my initial reaction, I feel a bit ashamed as I clearly exhibited the elitist bias I condemned in my Battleshipcritic. In my defence, I quickly decided to give him a chance after seeing the trailer of COSMOPOLIS which made me hope that the Cronenberg we love had returned after his lethargic A Dangerous Method (2011).
Finding in the same sentence the names “Robert Pattinson” and “David Cronenberg” is something I absolutely did not see coming. When I learned that the Twilight star was starring as the lead in the Canadian director’s new production, I found it more bizarre than all of Cronenberg oeuvres combined. I thought Pattinson did not deserve to be working with such a mythical filmmaker. What has he done in his relatively short career that has led him to this role ? Nothing. It felt as strange as if a Days of our Lives actor suddenly got a big part in a Coppola movie.
Looking back at my initial reaction, I feel a bit ashamed as I clearly exhibited the elitist bias I condemned in my Battleship critic. In my defence, I quickly decided to give him a chance after seeing the trailer of COSMOPOLIS which made me hope that the Cronenberg we love had returned after his lethargic A Dangerous Method (2011).
