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No./9 “I want to push it as far as possible”

ROBERT PATTINSON WAS in an airport this May, bricking it. He was off to Cannes for the premiere of Robert Eggers’ crazed drama , nervously anticipating audience reaction, when the news broke:. “I was also starting Chris Nolan’s movie [ ] that week. I was slightly overwhelmed. And then the casting stuff got leaked literally as I was getting on the plane to Cannes. I was worried that everyone thought I leaked it. The whole thing was really stressful! It was a very, very intense week.”

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