Robert Pattinson has to explain where he’s been in this new clip from David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis.
Pattinson’s co-star Sarah Gadon says: “I don’t like saying this…you smell of sex.” To which Pattinson replies, “That’s my doctor’s appointment you smell.” It’s a conversation that confirms this definitely isn’t a Twilight movie.
Based on the novella by Don DeLillo, Cosmopolis stars Pattinson, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton, Jay Baruchel, and Kevin Durand.
The Plot:
Cosmopolis is a day in the life of Eric Packer, a 28-year-old New York stock market multi-millionaire, as he crosses Manhattan in his customized limousine to go for a haircut. His cross-town journey becomes an almost vertical voyage, with bizarre occurrences and an authentic parade of crazy characters along the way, in a landscape that depicts the modern soul of the West at the end of the millennium.
New York City, not-too-distant-future: Eric Packer, a 28-year-old finance golden boy dreaming of living in a civilization ahead of this one, watches a dark shadow cast over the firmament of the Wall Street galaxy, of which he is the uncontested king. As he is chauffeured across midtown Manhattan to get a haircut at his father’s old barber, his anxious eyes are glued to the yuan’s exchange rate: it is mounting against all expectations, destroying Eric’s bet against it. Eric Packer is losing his empire with every tick of the clock.
Meanwhile, an eruption of wild activity unfolds in the city’s streets. Petrified as the threats of the real world infringe upon his cloud of virtual convictions, his paranoia intensifies during the course of his 24-hour cross-town odyssey. Packer starts to piece together clues that lead him to a most terrifying secret: his imminent assassination.
