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In ‘Primetime,’ Robert Pattinson takes on the ‘irresistible’ role of Chris Hansen
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VENICE, Italy (AP) — Robert Pattinson didn’t set out to play Chris Hansen in “Primetime.” But somewhere along the way, it just became “irresistible.” “I was trying to mold the part to be the best part to play for somebody else, and then I got more and more attached to it,” Pattinson said Saturday at…
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Robert Pattinson wants Chris Hansen to like “Primetime,” a tense thriller about the television journalist and “To Catch a Predator” host, which premieres on Saturday afternoon at the Venice Film Festival.
The actor touched down on the Lido this weekend for the Venice Film Festival world premiere of Lance Oppenheim's film, in which he stars as 'To Catch a Predator' host Chris Hansen.
Robert Pattinson says he hopes Chris Hansen will come to see Lance Oppenheim’s thriller Primetime, taking inspiration from the TV host and his show To Catch a Predator series, as a compliment. “I would hope in some ways, like the amount of inspiration that his character has given so many people who …
“Can you get tighter in on him?” Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson) demands of the technician editing his latest “To Catch a Predator” segment. He has noticed that when his would-be pedophile prey finally spot him, stepping out of an upstairs bedroom or strolling through the kitchen door of the house d…
Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo and Phoebe Bridgers also star in Lance Oppenheim’s first narrative feature, revisiting the ethically muddy ‘Dateline NBC’ ratings phenomenon.
Reviews are rolling in for A24’s new movie Primetime, which is debuting at the Venice Film Festival today. Robert Pattinson stars in the Lance Oppenheim-directed movie about the controversial U.S. show To Catch a Predator, fronted by Chris Hansen, and how it ended badly.
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Robert Pattinson didn’t set out to play Chris Hansen in “Primetime.” But somewhere along the way, it just became “irresistible.” “I was trying to mold the part to be the best part to play for somebody else, and then I got more and more attached to it,” Pattinson said Saturday at…
“Primetime,” a thriller starring Robert Pattinson as “To Catch a Predator” host Chris Hansen, made its debut at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday to an enthusiastic seven-minute ovation. Venice went fully in for Pattinson’s immersive performance as Hansen, the “Dateline” journalist and host who s…
Venice film festival: Lance Oppenheim’s drama about controversial US reality show To Catch a Predator is unsure what it wants to say about media or morality Lance Oppenheim is the acclaimed documentary-maker who has made his feature debut with a strangely overwrought and heavy-footed drama-thriller,…
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