The two actors star in Robert Eggers' new horror-drama The Lighthouse.
So that meant we did have to build it.
And did it actually work as a lighthouse?
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The lobster fishermen of Nova Scotia could see it from very far away.
There was a real lighthouse farther up the peninsula, which couldnt hold a candle to our lighthouse.
I cant imagine they liked that very much.
But the community was incredibly supportive of the film.
Pattinson reveals that Eggers even had him wearing period-appropriate undies.
Hes completely meticulous, the actor says of his director.
We were wearing period-correct underwear, which you never saw, ever.
Everything was incredibly particular.
Dafoes appearance was augmented by gnarled false teeth.
I joke my teeth arent great, but they arentthatbad, he says.
It becomes a mask, it becomes a trigger, it makes you feel different.
It helps you enter into another character.
So that was important.
But who would make the best real-life lighthouse keeper out of the films two stars?
Dafoe, for one, has no doubt about the answer: He would.
Didnt youtalkto Rob Pattinson?
the four-time Academy Award nominee says with a laugh.
Do you want that light to stayon?
As it happens, Pattinson is in agreement on that score.
Im kind of a mess, no matter what I do, he says.
I think Willems much more interested in ritual and stuff, and Im much more lazy.
I dont think either of them should be lighthouse keepers, he says.
I think that they should stick with their current careers.
The Lighthouseis currently playing in select theaters and will expand nationwide Friday.
