Robert Pattinson Chased Claire Denis Down to Work on 'High Life' | TIFF 2018 - video Dailymotion

"I was afraid in a way. It's me. He was not chasing me, I was running away," Denis said of working with Pattinson.

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00:00and Robert I had heard that you sort of chased Claire down to get that no I

00:05definitely did no no no no I I was running away because I was a little bit

00:13afraid of not knowing maybe I thought it was expecting much more you know I was

00:21afraid in a way it's me he was not chasing me I was you were the one

00:27right now but tell me why you really wanted this I mean I'd seen I'd seen white

00:35material on TV or shooting something in Louisiana and it just came on TV and I

00:41hadn't seen any of your movies before that and I remember watching and probably

00:462011 or something and immediately it was like this is I have to work with her and

00:52and and then I spent probably four years trying to get a meeting which never

00:58happened and then and then finally the script came along and that and it was

01:03just a treatment and the guy was supposed to be 45 or 50 and I was just like I

01:09don't even care I'm just gonna I just I'll just lie I'm just like yeah I can play 50

01:17easy but yeah I would have done I would have done any anything I kind of get I

01:23get very fixated on on people I want to work with and there's any you know Claire

01:28Claire I would do something like in a heartbeat whatever