From Variety · Clayton Davis · · 1m 20s
Four Pattinsons, one Oscar race
Robert Pattinson has four films landing at once, and the strangest one may be the one that finally gets him nominated.
In brief
Robert Pattinson has four films landing at once, and the strangest one may be the one that finally gets him nominated. Pattinson's shot at a first Oscar nomination rests on Primetime, where he plays Chris Hansen doing the most uncomfortable work of his career. Originally reported by Variety.
Four films, one year
Primetime, The Drama, The Odyssey and Dune 3 all arrive in the same stretch. By sheer volume it is the biggest year Pattinson has ever had.
Too much of a good thing
Four major performances in one season is a campaign problem as much as a flex. Voters have to decide which Pattinson they are actually rewarding.
“Four Robert Pattinsons are better than one, and that makes his upcoming Oscar run a bit more complicated.”
Alone in a dim room
In Primetime, he sits by himself in a dark Florida room and reads a stranger's chat logs out loud. The whole scene is his voice and nothing else.
“I will undress you as you undress me.”
He is playing Chris Hansen
The role is the host of To Catch a Predator, the man who walked into rooms and asked people to take a seat.
Police stings as prime time
Hansen turned sting operations into appointment television, pulling ratings against network hits like ABC's Lost.
The bet on discomfort
It is the hardest thing he has ever asked an audience to sit through, and that is exactly why it could land him a first nomination.
“It's the most uncomfortable thing Pattinson has ever done on screen (yet).”
The short version
Pattinson's shot at a first Oscar nomination rests on Primetime, where he plays Chris Hansen doing the most uncomfortable work of his career.
