Regarding your next film “Life,” as a photographer yourself, have you developed a special relationship like Dean and Stock’s?

My affinity with the script was based on an early experience, when I was young. I photographed a Dutch musician who became in the end the most well-known rock musician we ever had. Herman Brood. But over the years, I developed relationships with Tom Waits, well over 35 years, U2 over 30 years, and Depeche Mode. This is rare in the music world but for some reason, people can’t get rid of me [laughs]. I’m like a bad penny.

They’re very different professions, photography and film, but in people’s mind they seem to be quite close to each other. I find film a very different discipline and a very different way of telling a story.

Like some of his recent films, it’s a very different movie for Pattinson.

The screentime is easily divided between Dane DeHaan and Rob, and they’re very different actors. Rob, I think he’s working to be seen as a proper actor and not as a movie star. He takes a lot of challenging roles, and tries to work with directors that are a bit away from the mainstream. The fact that he maybe wants to prove himself as an actor was very good for the role of Dennis Stock, who wants to prove himself as being a great photographer. Also, for Rob to be on the other end of the camera was quite interesting.

Did you give Pattinson advice on being a photographer?

I got a camera to him quite a few months before we started shooting. An old Leica so he could put film in it and get comfortable with it.

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/07/25/anton-corbijn-on-filming-his-most-wanted-man-philip-seymour-hoffman/