How to Be

How to Be (2008)

A young man having an existential crisis convinces a Canadian self-help guru to come to London and become his personal life coach.

Date of release
2008-01-17
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (41)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Oliver Irving

Casting

Interesting facts

How to Be is a 2008 independent comedy-drama film written and directed by Oliver Irving. It is about a young man named Art, played by Robert Pattinson, in a quarter-life crisis. It premiered in competition at 2008 Slamdance Film Festival on 18 January 2008. It was selected to open the 2008 Strasbourg International Film Festival, where Pattinson received a Best Actor in a Feature award.

Production

Casting for the film took more than a year. Initially Simon Amstell was attached to the project. Talking about Pattinson's casting, Irving said: "He understood what we wanted to achieve, he was musical and had completely the right look. To find all those elements was incredible: the final piece in the puzzle."

For his role of awkward and geeky musician in the film, Irving said Pattinson's looks were altered: "I said, 'You're banned from cutting your hair between now and the shoot, we had to give him the most awkward haircut we possibly could, and we cut his trouser length a little bit too high.

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