‘Primetime’ Trailer: Robert Pattinson Performs Chris Hansen

Robert Pattinson does an uncanny vocal impression of Dateline NBC’s Chris Hansen within the tense teaser trailer for Primetime.

Pattinson channels the notorious To Catch a Predator host with the actor’s no-holds-barred precision, mimicking Hansen’s very recognizable voice as he recites a few of Hansen’s most well-known strains from the present.

“What would have occurred if I wasn’t right here? … You see how this seems to be, proper?” Pattinson asks in a voiceover, as clips of assorted To Catch a Predator sting operations (from the film, not the precise present) play throughout TV screens.

Pattinson has turn into identified for his chameleon-like voiceover work and quirky accents in movies akin to The Boy and the Heron and Mickey 17. His Hansen impression is far more grounded than these, although no much less spectacular.

Watch the teaser trailer for Primetime, under:

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“In 2006, To Catch a Predator host Chris Hansen units out to make tv historical past,” reads the official logline for the movie, out someday this 12 months.

Although little else is understood in regards to the plot as of publishing, the teaser signifies Primetime will lean darker and extra psychological than a standard biopic. It’ll additionally seemingly deal with the notorious and controversial four-day, multi-sting operation in Texas in 2006, when a suspect died through suicide inside his house as Hansen’s digicam crew and legislation enforcement approached him as a part of an investigation for To Catch a Predator.

The upcoming drama-thriller from A24 additionally stars Phoebe Bridgers, Merritt Wever, and Skyler Gisondo.

To Catch a Predator aired on NBC between 2004 and 2007. The present adopted Hansen as he confronted, through varied hidden-camera sting operations, grownup males accused of making an attempt to fulfill minors for intercourse. The operations usually featured a decoy minor performed by an grownup.