Robert Pattinson gives chills as paedophile hunter in ‘best trailer of the year’

Robert Pattinson has served up another fascinating career curveball with an upcoming film in which he plays a real-life paedophile hunter.

The British star, who already courted controversial conversation with Zendaya in The Drama earlier this year, and will next be seen as Antinous in Sir Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey before Dune: Part Three in December, has teamed up again with A24 for Primetime.

And his latest performance as glimpsed in the trailer has been called ‘unbelievable’ and ‘generational’ by many excited fans.

The Batman actor plays TV host Chris Hansen, known for fronting the US programme To Catch a Predator in which he confronted adult men who were lured to a sting house to have sex with minors.

‘Obviously conditional to the quality of the film once it comes out, but this is an easy contender for best trailer of the decade, I’m not even kidding,’ raved Leo on X, with another fan agreeing because it ‘doesn’t reveal too much, shows just enough so you’ll know if you’re interested or not, looks super unique, no big pop song, it’s perfect’.

‘Genuinely trailer of the year so far wowwwwwww,’ added JT.

Many were also fascinated with Pattinson’s vocal transformation to sound like Chicago native Hansen, calling it ‘incredible’ and ‘unreal’.

‘No freaking way that’s Pattinson’s voice. Simply unbelievable,’ shared @stareanddream in the comments under the trailer on YouTube, while he was also praised as ‘a vocal chameleon’ by another fan, comparing it to the way he sounded in Mickey 17.

Others referenced his voice acting in the English dub of Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron as well, where he played the magical and mysterious titular heron and showed ‘he can really do anything with it’.

‘Pattinson is on a generational run, bro. His range is truly incredible, and he’s quickly becoming one of the greatest players of this generation,’ insisted Felicia, as Rasim predicted his range would be ‘studied for decades to come’ because it was ‘genuinely insane how talented this guy is’.

‘Robert Pattinson is like if Gary Oldman and Nicolas Cage had a baby. I feel like this may be his best shot at an Oscar in his career so far,’ suggested Victoria, one of several already talking in terms of awards season buzz.

Primetime, written and directed by Lance Oppenheim, also stars Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Matthew Maher and Bokeem Woodbine.

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