Robert Pattinson opened up about filming "Tenet " with costarJohn David Washington , a former NFL player who's now an actor.- Pattinson said that most of his running scenes for the Christopher Nolan film were with Washington and he called it "the most unfair thing in the world."
- The "Twilight" star added: "The maximum workout I do most of the time is a casual stroll. John David can run all day long."
Robert Pattinson says he could hardly keep up with "Tenet" costar John David Washington while filming physically exhausting scenes for the upcoming Christopher Nolan thriller.
"When I'm running on screen I'm generally paired with John David, who is an ex-NFL player, so it was the most unfair thing in the world," Pattinson said during a new interview with Irish Times.
The 34-year-old actor continued: "The maximum workout I do most of the time is a casual stroll. John David can run all day long. It was good that I ended up being pretty fit. But definitely, at the beginning, there were days I just could not walk afterwards."
"Tenet," starring Pattinson and Washington (an athlete-turned-actor and son of Denzel Washington), is currently set to open in theaters in 70-plus countries on August 26 and then in the US on September 3 following a series of delays due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Details regarding the highly-anticipated
According to an Entertainment Weekly cover story, Washington's character is known as Protagonist. Meanwhile, Pattinson's character may or may not be named Neil.
It's unclear exactly how the two characters contribute to the movie's central story, but scenes from the trailers show them scaling buildings, being involved in an elaborate car chase, and discussing the idea of crashing a plane in a "dramatic" fashion.
This isn't the first time Pattinson has spoken about his fitness routine or lack thereof.
In a cover story for the June/July 2020 issue of GQ magazine, the "Twilight" alum said that he refused to workout while quarantined, and thought that people who exercise frequently are "part of the problem."
Pattinson was in the middle of filming Matt Reeves' upcoming movie "The Batman" (now scheduled for release on October 1, 2021), starring in the titular role, when production was halted in early 2020 due to the spread of the coronavirus.
With filming on pause indefinitely, the actor told GQ that he's wasn't focused on staying in shape for his superhero role. Plus, he hadn't used the weight or Bosu ball given by the trainer that Warner Bros. hired for him.
"Literally, I'm just barely doing anything," Pattinson said.
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