And that was about creating a new version of Bruce.”Īs it turns out, Pattinson had long been fascinated by the character and brought many of his own ideas on the Bruce Wayne/Batman relationship to the film. “For me always that version of what I saw in the page.

And I had no idea you’d be interested in playing the role at all,” Reeves said. “If you think of Bruce Wayne as a recluse rock star in a decaying mansion, there’s a part of me that so saw. The Batman trailer brings the fear, riddles, and explosions Despite the challenges, Reeves said that when Pattinson took the cowl off and just had on the heavy black eye makeup, everything for the character came together. Two takes in the suit apparently left Pattinson covered in sweat. Pattinson explained that, between the nerves of suiting up as Batman, a personal dream, and the costume’s two-inch thick rubber, he found moving in the suit to be almost impossible.

Which by the way, the moment you put it on was kind of a crazy moment.” “When Rob and I first got together we had all these conversations and just by virtue of what it is (it’s Batman), the studio was like, ‘well we always do a screentest.’ was wearing, I believe, Val Kilmer’s Batsuit. During DC’s 2021 FanDome event for the movie’s new trailer, director Matt Reeves revealed that Pattinson auditioned in the Val Kilmer Batsuit - and it nearly scared him away from the role. Robert Pattinson is donning the cape and cowl in 2022’s The Batman, but his first experience as the hero was with an earlier version of the iconic costume.

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