Robert Pattison SaysThe DramaCostar Zendaya Spent 2 Hours on the Phone Explaining a Scene That Made Him Go 'Crazy'

Mar. 15, 2025

From Left: Robert Pattinson; and Zendaya.Photo:Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for National Board of Review; Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for National Board of Review; Kristina Bumphrey/Variety via Getty

Robert Pattinsonwas “going crazy for three days” on a film — untilZendayastepped in.In a March interview for French magazinePremiere, Pattinson, 38, recalled preparing for a day of shooting opposite his costar in theupcoming filmThe Drama, fromDream Scenariowriter-director Kristoffer Borgli.“We had a scene together in it that was driving me crazy,” theMickey 17starsaidof his costar, 28. “I was desperately looking for its meaning, to the point of writing pages and pages of textual analysis… I ended up calling Zendaya the night before shooting the scene in question.”Robert Pattinson at the ‘Mickey 17’ premiere on Feb. 13, 2025.Joe Maher/GettyPattinson continued: “I shared my doubts with her, I spoke for two hours, and blah blah blah, and after a while, very calmly, she finally made me understand that the line just said what it meant to say, that there was no hidden meaning.”Prior to that, the English actor added, “There I was going crazy for three days…. I tend to bang my head against walls. Sometimes for no reason.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.The Drama, also starringMamoudou AthieandAlana Haim, counts Ari Aster among its producers. PerIndieWire, the romance comedy-drama “centers on a couple whose romance takes an unexpected turn before their wedding.”The A24-distributed movie does not yet have a release date.Reading too far into scripts is part of Pattinson’s filmmaking process, he explained in hisPremiereinterview, which covered his past roles in 2014’sThe Rover, 2019’sThe Kingand more. “I tend to stumble over the meaning of things,” he quipped. “To the point of overdoing it, trying to solve mysteries that aren’t really mysteries.”Asked about playing characters who have a “victim side,” he said, “My character fromTwilighthad a bit of that… I wonder where it comes from. An unconscious need for punishment? A repressed masochistic desire?““To compensate” for that, he added that his next role might be “a character who is very self-confident.“Pattinson, meanwhile, is making headlines for his titular role in writer-directorBong Joon Ho’s sci-fi satireMickey 17, in theaters now.Among his upcoming projects are Lynne Ramsay’sDie, My LoveoppositeJennifer Lawrence, andChristopher Nolan’s adaptation ofThe Odyssey— again sharing the screen with Zendaya, as well asTom Holland,Matt Damon,Charlize Theron,Lupita Nyong’oandAnne Hathaway.

Robert Pattinsonwas “going crazy for three days” on a film — untilZendayastepped in.

In a March interview for French magazinePremiere, Pattinson, 38, recalled preparing for a day of shooting opposite his costar in theupcoming filmThe Drama, fromDream Scenariowriter-director Kristoffer Borgli.

“We had a scene together in it that was driving me crazy,” theMickey 17starsaidof his costar, 28. “I was desperately looking for its meaning, to the point of writing pages and pages of textual analysis… I ended up calling Zendaya the night before shooting the scene in question.”

Robert Pattinson at the ‘Mickey 17’ premiere on Feb. 13, 2025.Joe Maher/Getty

Joe Maher/Getty

Pattinson continued: “I shared my doubts with her, I spoke for two hours, and blah blah blah, and after a while, very calmly, she finally made me understand that the line just said what it meant to say, that there was no hidden meaning.”

Prior to that, the English actor added, “There I was going crazy for three days…. I tend to bang my head against walls. Sometimes for no reason.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

The Drama, also starringMamoudou AthieandAlana Haim, counts Ari Aster among its producers. PerIndieWire, the romance comedy-drama “centers on a couple whose romance takes an unexpected turn before their wedding.”

The A24-distributed movie does not yet have a release date.

Reading too far into scripts is part of Pattinson’s filmmaking process, he explained in hisPremiereinterview, which covered his past roles in 2014’sThe Rover, 2019’sThe Kingand more. “I tend to stumble over the meaning of things,” he quipped. “To the point of overdoing it, trying to solve mysteries that aren’t really mysteries.”

Asked about playing characters who have a “victim side,” he said, “My character fromTwilighthad a bit of that… I wonder where it comes from. An unconscious need for punishment? A repressed masochistic desire?”

“To compensate” for that, he added that his next role might be “a character who is very self-confident.”

Pattinson, meanwhile, is making headlines for his titular role in writer-directorBong Joon Ho’s sci-fi satireMickey 17, in theaters now.

Among his upcoming projects are Lynne Ramsay’sDie, My LoveoppositeJennifer Lawrence, andChristopher Nolan’s adaptation ofThe Odyssey— again sharing the screen with Zendaya, as well asTom Holland,Matt Damon,Charlize Theron,Lupita Nyong’oandAnne Hathaway.

source: people.com