Chris Hansen Questions “Hollywood’s Motive” With A24’s ‘Primetime’

As Chris Hansen will get the A24 therapy with Primetime, he’s protecting an open thoughts.

The previous host of To Catch a Predator lately confirmed he’s “going to see” the Lance Oppenheim-helmed thriller, which stars Robert Pattinson as Hansen, after the movie’s workforce invited him to a personal screening.

“We had heard that this was within the works. A pair months in the past, they got here out and mentioned, ‘Hey, look, we’re doing this. We’d such as you to have some type of consideration when it comes to serving to us with this.’ I haven’t seen it,” he mentioned on the Serialously podcast. “I’m going to get a personal screening within the subsequent week or so after which I’ll have the ability to inform you whether or not I prefer it or don’t prefer it, and the way dramatized it’s.”

Hansen added, “My suspicion is that they used my title as a result of it helps in a business enterprise. And till I see the total film, I as a reporter—it’s type of foolish for me to speak about one thing that I haven’t seen but. So, I’m going to see it.”

Noting he’s “seen the trailer” for the Ajon Singh-penned movie, Hansen mentioned it “seems very dramatic.”

“However once more, I’ve been busy being the actual Chris Hansen, so I don’t have a whole lot of time to deal with the faux Chris Hansen,” he mentioned of Pattinson. “I do know that he’s a highly regarded actor. I do know that the director is a well-liked man, however I even have some questions. What’s Hollywood’s motive right here? We don’t know, however I’ll discover out and I’ll promise I’ll let .”

With Pattinson taking part in him, Hansen defined he “didn’t get to decide on my very own man right here,” revealing who he had in thoughts. “I had discussions years in the past—I had crafted a script, and I believed Dennis Leary can be a superb man to play me, relying on the age of all of it,” he mentioned.

Premiering Sept. 25 in theaters, Primetime follows Chris Hansen (Pattinson) as he makes an attempt to make tv historical past with NBC’s To Catch a Predator (2004-’07), a hidden digicam present that arrange stings for grownup males in search of intercourse from minors on-line.