Robert Pattinson had fears about the state of the cinema and the industry in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and two strikes (writers and actors). The actor revealed in an interview with Vanity Fair , published on January 21, how the film industry was "worrying" and had him reflecting on his career in a way that nearly made him "turned off" from acting. But thankfully it was films like The Brutalist by his friend, Brady Corbet, that took away his fears and made him excited about cinema once more.
Robert starred in Brady's debut feature The Childhood of a Leader in 2015. "It’s strange because the last few years for the film industry, starting with COVID and then the strikes, everyone was constantly saying cinema is dying. And quite convincingly," Robert said to the outlet.
"I was literally almost turned off. It actually started to get a little worrying." The Twilight star went on to say how then specifically scripts had "every actor for two years saying, 'What is happening? Nothing’s cool.
'" Robert acknowledged that there were some films that came out that were cool but how it was "very studio" and he wasn't sure "what was going on really" or "what happened in the Saturn return or whatever it is." Although, Robert said now that has started to change and "now there’s really cool parts everywhere." He added that "in the last few months, there’s this flurry of very ambitious movies.
" "I feel like the stuff that’s going to get nominated for Oscars this year is going to.
