"Twilight" star to play "gay-ish" in "Little Ashes"

The writer's name was Federico García Lorca not Fredrico Garcia Lorca (i.e. his first name has one "r" and two "e"s, and his second name requires an accented "i").

Thanks for letting us know about Little Ashes. I'm a fan of both men, and the film sounds like it will be quite interesting.

Obviously Dali is famous for his mo', but I'm not convinced by it on RPattz.  In that second-to-last picture it looks like it's drawn on.

Here's a description of one scene from Little Ashes that was logged on a blog. :-

"It begins with a dark cloudy night with Dali and Lorca jumping out of a rowing boat into the ocean. It's so dark they can barely see each other, but then the moon comes out and the whole scene is transformed, both characters look ethereal in the moonlight. The filming follows them as the twist around in the water, it films them from below and above until you can barely tell who's who, in the same way they feel themselves becoming one they become one in the eyes of the audience too.
Under the moonlight they share their first kiss, all pretence dropped they are entirely themselves. It is one of the most romantic scenes I have seen. When it cuts back to the scene later in the film there is a powerful feeling of longing for the simple beauty which they shared that night, one which they both know they can never return to."


Here's another comment which focuses on the moment Dali watches Lorca have sex with a woman:

"The sex scene .. is a magnificent scene because the sensuality comes second to the acknowledgement that each of the three characters is suffering in their own personal hell. Dali's eyes are filled with tears and he struggles to understand his powerful reaction to what he is witnessing, Margarita is finally getting the man she wants but feels like she is being used, a toy in someone else's love affair, and Lorca hates himself for using a woman he knows loves and respect him to express his love for another. "

 

I did not realize Pattison was playing Dali and not Garcia  Lorca.  He so looks like the real Garcia Lorca.  I know there have been other films in development about Dali that failed to ge t greenlit.  The the one with the most possibilities had Antonio Banderas attached but it was a romantic film based on his relationship with his wife and had lots of comedy to it.  I think people were concerned it made a mockery of a man who was, in fact, a true genius.

And don't forget besides, Will, Smith and Jake Gyllenhal, Leonardo Di Caprio played gay as Rimbaud in TOTAL ECLIPSE with a fairly graphic sex scene included.  The late Paul Newman was a thinly disguised gay man in CAT ON A HOT TINM ROOF and Robert Redford played gay in INSIDE DAISY CLOVER near the start of his career.  Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight  had a questionable gay vibe in MIDNIGHT COWBOY.  

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I saw the film at its first showing at Raindance in London a few weeks ago and adored it.  Before I get onto the actors I have to say that the script, ciematography, composition and costumes were outzanding and considering its a low budget film its truly amazing what they managed to achieve. 

But this is an actors film - a fantastic opportunity for Robert Pattinson (Dali) and Javier Beltran (Lorca) to shine and they grasped the opportunity with relish. I cant praise them highly enough. Beltran has the larger role and is fantastic as Lorca.  The performance is perfectly pitched.  Pattinson was a revelation. I never realised what an accomplished comic actor he is.  His role has to take him from an awkward vulnerable delightfully charming young man (where he shows off this comic timing to perfection) to the  self absorbed artist we recognise.  I could rabbit on all day about this film as its stuck in my mind weeks after seeing it.  Do try and check it out next year when its released in the cinema.  You wont be disappointed. Its worth seeing for the moonlit water scene alone between Dali and Lorca.  A truly beautiful moment. 

 

When you commit to role, than its important that you totally commit,  This is going to sound so bad especially, for American state-side actors, compared to the hot properties that are washing upon American shores and just blowing us away with range and depth.  It seems that many of these guys from the states don't take too many risk and figure out ways to be risque without any risks involved.  They don't want to come off too gay on screen because it could damage their careers and their social life off-screen.  I can say that there are a few worth naming but it seems that even Jake Gyllenhal with his tender turn on a gay cowboy, wasn't enough to match the late and great Heath Ledger in BrokeBack Mountain.  It seems guys like Jude Law, Ewan McGregor and even sexy Irish men Colin Farel have that being gay-on-screen-for-pay thing down pact.  They are so good that you forget that they actually like women and are straight in real life. 

There is one stand-out from the America and no it's not Will Smith, even though he was good as a prep-school hustlers in Six Degrees but still knowing how much of a hard time he had with the on-screen kiss with the sexiest geek on film, Anthony Michael Hall (16 Candles fame), makes you wonder and just makes no sense.  I'm actually talking about no other than, Johnny Depp, who just makes your heart melt whenever you see him but I think he picked up that overseas handbook about acting because he is a male version of Meryl Streep because he becomes the part. 

Once Frank Sinatra made this comment about Judy Garland; "Everytime she sings, she dies a little!"  It's one of those comments that was errie but so profound that you knew it was true, right to the end.  When I think of actors taking on challenging roles, especially dealing with themes such as homosexuality and relationships, I instantly become afraid.  I always wonder if they are going to die a bit on screen, to preserve what we normally get robbed of and that is having credible, as well as full and very interesting and without leaving out book worthy and  motion picture worthy lives.  Especially when it's bio pics, it frightens me to see someone step into someone's shoes and attempt to fill them.  When you tell a straight actor to fill the shoes of an alleged gay man, where does he get his material from, is the question I aske myself.     

Just seeing these pictures alone of 'Little Ashes', makes you want to run to the theatre to check out Twilight's Robert Pattison, who is becoming such a heartthrob on that international level but he seems extremely humble with his new fame and is really concentrating on the work and his craft.