I spoke to David Cronenberg last week, there’s an interview that should be published in the coming days where we spoke at length about “Crimes of the Future,” his career, and the Cannes walkouts.
During this coffee timeout, I managed to get out of him the potential of a possible Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson movie directed by him. Could you imagine that? He already has an idea. It definitely won’t be his next movie though, as he has made it clear that he will be shooting “Shrouds” next Spring.
“It was Robert who actually introduced me to Kristen. They have developed beautifully, separately, as actors. Making arthouse movies and successfully carrying that off. Kristen and I had a great time and Rob and I had a great time. For me, yeah, I can definitely think of a movie, or idea, that would be great to have them both together. I don’t want to get into it because it wouldn’t be my next movie, however, it might be problematic since fans might expect a certain kind of relationship and that would get in the way of creating new characters for them. So, I have a strange feeling that might be problematic, so it’s only theoretical for now.”
The 79-year-old director doesn’t seem to be slowing down. He already has the brilliant “Crimes of the Future” about to be released during the first week of June and will start shooting “Shrouds” early next year.
Will the Stewart/Pattinson movie be next? As he says, it’s all theoretical right now and it will definitely not be for those expecting another “Twilight.” This is David Cronenberg after all, if anything, he would probably try to dismantle their public personas to the nth degree with whatever screenplay he might write with both of them in mind.
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