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Robert Pattinson says he hopes Chris Hansen will watch thriller Primetime, inspired by the TV host and his show To Catch a Predator. The movie is premiering at the Venice Film Festival.
Days after Chris Hansen called Robert Pattinson’s performance in the upcoming A24 drama-thriller Primetime overly dramatic, the actor has reacted, saying that it is kind of a compliment.
On Saturday, Pattinson's film is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival and is one of the Golden Lion contenders.
Inspired by the TV host and his show To Catch a Predator series, Pattinson's film is set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
Ahead of the press conference, Pattinson reacted to it, saying that it's kind of a compliment and hopes that he watches the film.
“Obviously, I hope he likes the movie,” Pattinson said.
''There’s something electrifying about him. I would hope the amount of inspiration his character has given a lot of people for years is some kind of compliment,” he said.
Directed by Lance Oppenheim, the movie is inspired by US presenter Chris Hansen's Dateline NBC’s
“To Catch a Predator.” It is based on the 2007 “Esquire” article “Tonight on Dateline This Man Will Die.”
Hansen has been a vocal critic of the movie and has also told Fox News’ “Jesse Watters Primetime” that he was invited to the A24 offices for a private screening of the film and was asked to sign a legal agreement.
During his interview with Entertainment Tonight, Hansen told, “I mean, obviously he has practiced imitating me, and while I think it’s overly dramatic, I think there is a pretty good imitation there in the trailer.”
“It’s not so much what I think; it’s what other people think. And you know, my wife [and] my family seem to think it’s a pretty good imitation.”
The upcoming psychological is set to arrive in India on September 25, 2026.