Movie:the Rover 2014
- NewsKevin Polowy
Q&A: Robert Pattinson on Escaping Twi-Hard Expectations and Dodging the Paparazzi
The Twilight movies were clearly a huge blessing for Robert Pattinson, but also somewhat of a curse: The 28-year-old Brit has been working overtime to break out of the pin-up mold, gravitating toward edgy indies like David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis and this week’s The Rover, directed by Animal Kingdom filmmaker David Michôd. The sometimes brutally violent film features Pattinson as a left-for-dead “half-wit” who joins a vengeful Guy Pearce as they travel across a rural, post-apocalyptic Australia
