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Pattinson reportedly bribed with 200 Zyn canisters for Primetime

The film's director reportedly sent the pouches to Pattinson's Los Angeles home with a punning letter, after the screenwriter rewrote the script to make him the lead.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRobert Pattinson was reportedly bribed with two hundred canisters of Zyn to take the lead in the A24 film Primetime, the Daily Wire reports.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorTwo hundred canisters. Of nicotine pouches. Delivered to a house.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHe was only going to produce it. Then the screenwriter rewrote the script, and the director reportedly sent the pouches.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVariety says the letter began, Dear Chris Han-Zyn.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHan-Zyn. A sting letter, for a film about a sting. Somebody should check the return address.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYahoo says a friend of the director in Canada shipped them, because the pouches were short in the United States.

  7. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorPattinson first said, no way dude.

  8. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorBrilliant. Customs asks if he has anything to declare, and the answer is two hundred canisters and a pun.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNobody can explain it. I assume he said yes because the box was heavy.

  10. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorOr the pun worked. One bad pun, and a studio makes a film.

  11. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNext the studios will run on puns, and Hollywood will be a shipping dispute.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChris Hansen reportedly gave the performance a D, NME says. Two hundred canisters, and the grade was a D.

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