10 Astounding Facts About The Lighthouse You Didn't Know

Willem Dafoe is a legend in the film community creating memorable characters that will go down in cinema history as classic performances. Pattinson has shown in the past few years is an actor to be reckoned with, working alongside some of the best auteurs in the industry.

While both are marvels and at the top of their craft, they have incredibly different approaches to bringing characters to life. Pattinson's approach is creating the atmosphere and mood in the moment whereas Dafoe would rehearse extensively in understanding the characters and motivation in that process.

In the film, Pattinson is forced into submissiveness with physical tasks and being absorbed in himself that created a physical and grounded performance; his reluctance to rehearse the script made this all the more sellable and in this way lends more of the power dynamic between the two characters. Dafoe's psychological performance added to the film's power play and sexual repression in the characters with his constant gaslighting and using his mind as his strength.

In addition, his enigmatic performance displayed a knowing cunningness compared to Pattinson's in-the-moment delivery that created an interesting mix of traditional acting and manifesting a in-the-moment energy.