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Pattinson plays Chris Hansen in Venice Primetime premiere
Hindustan Times··6 Sept
At Venice, Robert Pattinson said playing Chris Hansen in Primetime became irresistible after he tried shaping the role for others. The film about NBC's To Catch a Predator drew a 9-minute standing ovation at its world premiere Saturday. Pattinson started as a producer on journalist Luke Dittrich's Esquire article about a 2006 Texas sting operation.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Primetime revisits NBC's To Catch a Predator and a 2006 Texas sting operation.
- The Venice premiere followed a 9-minute standing ovation Saturday.
- The story draws on Luke Dittrich's Esquire article about assistant district attorney Bill Conradt.
What's Happening
- Pattinson began as a producer before taking the Chris Hansen role.
- Director Lance Oppenheim made his fiction debut after documentaries.
- Pattinson said mimicking Hansen's accent was unusually difficult.
Subject of the Film
- The 2006 sting targeted Texas assistant district attorney Bill Conradt.
- Conradt died by suicide as police arrived with television cameras outside.
- Oppenheim traced journalists, producers and Hollywood figures inside the operation.
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