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Pattinson says Primetime is not an indictment of Chris Hansen
Robert Pattinson stars as television host Chris Hansen in Primetime, a psychological thriller directed by Lance Oppenheim.
The film dramatizes the making of To Catch a Predator, a US reality series that aired from 2004 to 2007.
The show used sting operations to expose people suspected of targeting children.
It was taken off the air in 2008 after a Texas sting involving assistant district attorney Bill Conradt, who died by suicide when police and a camera crew entered his home.
Pattinson says the film is a portrait, not a judgment of Hansen as a person.
Screenwriter Ajon Singh adapted the story from a 2007 Esquire article and said the filmmakers did not set out to moralize about vigilante justice.
The film examines the public shaming around the show and raises questions about why audiences watch it.
It was screened at the BFI London Film Festival; the sources do not say when it will be released.
Robert Pattinson says his forthcoming film Primetime is not an indictment of Chris Hansen as a person.
Pattinson plays Hansen, the television journalist who hosted To Catch a Predator.
The psychological thriller dramatises the behind-the-scenes creation of the reality series.
Pattinson spoke to the Press Association at the film’s screening during the BFI London Film Festival.
Screenwriter Ajon Singh said the filmmakers did not set out to moralise about the show’s subject.
- Who
- Robert Pattinson, who plays Chris Hansen, and the filmmakers behind Primetime.
- What
- Primetime dramatises the creation of To Catch a Predator. Pattinson says it is not an indictment of Hansen as a person.
- When
- Pattinson spoke at the film’s screening during the BFI London Film Festival. The screening date is not stated.
- Where
- The screening was during the BFI London Film Festival in London.
- Why
- Pattinson said the film is a portrait, while Singh said the filmmakers wanted to ask questions rather than moralise.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
It’s a portrait, and it’s not an indictment of Chris as a person at all and was never supposed to be like ‘oh this is who he is’
We kind of just want to ask a question because, frankly, I don’t even know what my opinion is on it
To Catch a Predator aired as an American reality series.
The series was taken off the air following a sting operation involving Bill Conradt.
The Independent published its report on Pattinson’s comments about Primetime.
- Film
- Primetime
- Director
- Lance Oppenheim
- Screenwriter
- Ajon Singh
- Lead actor
- Robert Pattinson plays Chris Hansen
- Source material
- A 2007 Esquire magazine article detailing the fallout from a sting
- Original series
- To Catch a Predator aired between 2004 and 2007
Sources
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