Some great Letts jokes landed as the stars of Karim Aïnouz's 'Rosebush Pruning,' including Pamela Anderson, Jamie Bell and Lukas Gage, gathered for the film's press conference on Saturday.
Callum Turner, Tracy Letts, Pamela Anderson, Jamie Bell and Lukas Gage photographed at the Berlin Film Festival on Feb. 14, 2026.The cast and their director, Karim Aïnouz, arrived as the temperature dropped even further in the German capital.
The film — following an American family who butt heads while staying in a Spanish villa, described by the film fest as “a biting satire about the absurdity of the traditional patriarchal family” — will get its world premiere Saturday evening at the Berlinale Palast. Co-stars Elle Fanning and Riley Keough were notably absent.'17' Director Kosara Mitic on Exploring the Silence of Trauma and Unspoken Female Solidarity in Her Debut At the top of the presser, a journalist decided to address “the elephant in the room” and ask Turner about the fervent rumors that he is the next James Bond: “It’s very early for that question,” Turner agreed, smiling slightly. “I’m not going to comment on it.” Letts jokingly interjected: “I’m sorry… I’m the next James Bond!” prompting laughter around the room.“I’m not going to comment.” His ‘Rosebush Pruning’ co-star Tracy Letts then interjects: “… I’m the next James Bond!”and its celebrity attendees have been under scrutiny so far this week after jury president Wim Wenders, Golden Bear recipient Michelle Yeoh, andstar Neil Patrick Harris all declined to talk about cinema’s relationship with politics and the rise of fascism. European journalists have voiced their disapproval that Berlin, historically a politically active festival, has seemingly shut out urgent conversations as they arise at the pressers.that “art should not be political.” Yeoh told journalists at her press conference that “I don’t think I am in the position to really talk about the political situation in the U.S., and also I cannot say I understand it, so it is best not to talk about something I don’t know about,” while Harris said he prefers to “do things that are apolitical” when, was first to answer questions on politics: “This movie speaks for itself. This movie has its own beautiful statement to make, courtesy of beautiful screenplay and beautiful ensemble cast and beautiful director.” “I can’t speak for other artists,” he continued, “I don’t necessarily feel comfortable taking away from the work that they’ve done… It’s an awkward thing to discuss because of our political situation, but one of the things that this movie gets at, I think, on the face of it, is that this extreme disparity in wealth breeds bad behavior, and, in fact, probably creates fascism. This is one of the ways around it in terms of working as an artist. We’re all artists coming together to work on a thing together and politics taking place in one’s country don’t necessarily impact each of us as we gather together.” Brazilian filmmaker Aïnouz was also asked about the public financing for the film and help from the German Federal Film Board and U.K. Global Screen Fund. “We live in a time where censorship and political judgments of what we’re doing are really, really dangerous, particularly in certain countries,” he answered. “I think public funding is really important. We’re not only doing something for audiences, but sometimes, to get there, we do need to be accompanied by the initiatives, like from Germany… I come from a country where cinema would not exist if it weren’t for public funding.”star Anderson later touched on playing the mother in Aïnouz’s film: “It’s always complex, being a mother and the shame that carries anyway and just the generation of mothers in my own life… That was quite an interesting journey.” She added: “Obviously, she is gay, and there’s a lot of interesting rebellion going on in her.”’17’ Director Kosara Mitic on Exploring the Silence of Trauma and Unspoken Female Solidarity in Her Debut “Wow”: Neil Patrick Harris Hit With Barrage of U.S. Politics Questions at Berlin ‘Sunny Dancer’ Presser: “I’m Interested in Things That Are Apolitical”The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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