Again, critics were thrilled by the performance delivered by Pattinson and the movie received a critics score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. "Good Time" also got a six-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.
Pattinson was the one who reached out to the Safdie brothers after seeing a still of Arielle Holmes from their movie "Heaven Knows What" on Indie Wire and being fascinated by the aesthetic. He met up with the directors, who didn't even have plans for "Good Time" at the time, and voiced his interest in working with them on a project.
To play the role, Pattinson completely immersed himself in the culture of Queens, NY, which is where the movie took place and was filmed for five weeks.
He changed his hair color and style, pierced his ears, and mastered a fake accent. He was surprised that people didn't recognize him, especially in a place where there are typically hordes of fans.
Pattinson told Time Out that he "spent a whole day in character," which is something he never did for a movie.
"Benny [Safdie, who played his on-screen sibling] and I spent a day in Yonkers, hanging out in Dunkin' Donuts and meeting people he knew. We went to a couple of prisons too."
As for the Queens accent, he modeled it after the Safdie brothers, but also "spent a lot of time in Queens Center Mall."
"I was in the tattoo shop there for ages and ages," he recalled during an appearance on "Good Morning America."
"I've always kind of liked doing accents," Pattinson added during his "GMA" interview. "My mom is one of those people who, she'll be talking to someone on the phone with an accent and by the end of the conversation, no matter how strong their accent is, she's fully imitating that accent. I find it really fun."
Pattinson also joked that he and the directors coined a new film genre, "panic," based on the movie's sustained intensity.
"I like entering worlds that feel foreign," he told Wonderland magazine. "And when I got involved in 'Good Time' I loved the idea of highlighting a subculture and magnifying it until it seems almost unrecognizable."