In an interview with The New York Times posted Thursday, an innocuous question about Pattinsons first day of shooting the new movie led to a surprising answer.
Well, my first shot was this ferocious masturbation scene, he said. Its always nice to do something massive for your opening shot, and I went really massive on the first take.
He wasnt done.
It was a 180 from everything wed done in rehearsal, and I could see Robert [Eggers, the director] a little in shock afterward, he said. But I was like, O.K., cool, I didnt get told to stop, so Ill keep going in that direction. As soon as Id done that, it was like the road started getting paved.
For the record, Eggers approved of the scene. Rob really, really went for it, the director told The Daily Beast . And you know, it was inspiring.
E! noted that the actor, recently cast as the superhero lead in the upcoming The Batman, has portrayed other characters who pleasured themselves onscreen.
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I keep masturbating, Pattinson told Variety recently . In the last three or four movies, Ive got a masturbation scene. I did it in High Life. I did it in Damsel. And The Devil All the Time. I only realized when I did it the fourth time.
In The Lighthouse, Pattinson and Willem Dafoe play men whose isolation at a lighthouse drives them to madness.
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