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Robert Pattison ruined this.

posted 9 years ago by SirAlexPop
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Horrible southern accent.
Pity' as this odd film has its charm
and Guy Pearce excelled as usual.
Sorta Mad Max meets El Topo.

[–] chicago85 9 years ago

Southern accent? Do you mean south Australian accent? Probably 1 in a hundred thousand people who have watched this movie would know what that sounds like.

When they made Mad Max they dubbed it into American hillbilly when they exported it if I remember right.

I have never watched those teen movies he made but he did a good job in this movie as far as I am concerned.

I don't know everything. Neither does anyone else

[–] sammie1863 9 years ago

Actually, he and his brother traveled from the U.S. to work in the mines. IA, he did a very good job with the character. IMHO, it is a very credible accent. If one wants to find issues with, one will.

[–] sartor023 9 years ago

I disagree.. Didn't realize it was him in the movie..(I thought he was some Australian actor I didn't know) I thought that actor had sparks of brilliance in his performance.. He actually saved the movie for me by his acting.. I can bet it wasn't easy playing that role...

[–] blackbeanie 9 years ago

During the promo for The Rover, Rob Pattinson actually admitted that playing Rey wasn't difficult at all for him. When reading the script he immediately felt a connection with the character and during the auditions, according to director Michôd, he stood out above the other candidates. Rob got a lot of freedom in creating Rey. He didn't want to simply play a retarded man but opted for a more layered character, a guy who was bullied that much that he hadn't developed an identity of his own. He was a very dependant guy until he met Eric who took him the way he was.
Tbh, in one of these promo interviews, Pattinson admitted that playing the undead Edward Cullen during 5 movies had been a lot more difficult 

[–] dcmMovielover 9 years ago

I thought Robert Pattinson pretty much made the movie, his perfromance was great. Thought it was really well considered and played out - damn good job.