Robert Pattinson says 'Tenet' is incredibly complicated

The film has been described as 'an action epic evolving from the world of international espionage'

Actor Robert Pattinson struggled hard to understand the plot of Christopher Nolan’s Tenet and wasn’t aware of what was happening for the most months of filming.

In an interview with Esquire magazine, the British actor opened up about the complicated upcoming film. “There were months at a time where I’m like, ‘Am I… I actually, honestly, have no idea if I’m even vaguely understanding what’s happening’,” Pattinson admitted.

He continued, “On the last day, I asked John (co-actor John David Washington) a question about what was happening in a scene and it was just so profoundly the wrong take on the character. And it was like, ‘Have you been thinking this the entire time?’ There’s definitely a bond in the end in kind of hiding the fact that maybe neither one of us knew exactly what was going on. But then I thought, ‘Ah, John actually did know. He had to know what was going on’.”

Tenet had been described as “an action epic evolving from the world of international espionage” and the second trailer gave hints of ‘inversion’ versus time travel for survival. The latest trailer gives a glimpse into the time-bending mission that the protagonist secret agents, essayed by Pattinson and David, embark on, to prevent World War III.

Talking about the film, Pattinson said, “It’s an incredibly complicated movie, like all of Chris’s movies. I mean, you have to watch them when they’re completely finished and edited three or four times to understand what the true meaning is.”

Last month, Nolan made it clear that Tenet will only release on the big screen. The confirmation comes at the end of the film’s just-released second trailer. The trailer ends with a note, “Coming to theatres” although without committing to a date. However, the official Twitter account of the film still lists its original planned date --July 17 - as the day of release.

The supporting cast includes Elizabeth Debicki, Kenneth Branagh, Michael Caine, Dimple Kapadia, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Clemence Poesy. The Warner Bros film has been shot across seven countries: India, the US, the UK, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, and Norway.

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