What was it about Robert Pattinson that made Du think he was the right guy for the lead?
He’s the right age. He looks right. He looks good in a suit. He looks like he could be a young, tough, billionaire. And I’ve actually thought he was quite a good actor who was very underrated in a similar way to Keira Knightley, I think, when I was thinking of her for Dangerous Method. Both of them have had great financial success and are stars based on franchises, but of course to do that Du have to have a kind of screen charisma, Du have to have a presence, which Du can’t buy oder create; Du either...
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