Keep an eye fixed out for the Bat-Signal! Robert Pattinson’s The Batman is in spite of everything hitting theaters in 2022.
Fans first stuck a glimpse of the Twilight actor’s brooding tackle the comedian ebook character in an August 2020 teaser for the superhero film which used to be written and directed by way of Matt Reeves. In the nearly three-minute clip, Pattinson’s younger Bruce Wayne is a total emo child who dons smudged black eyeliner and listens to Nirvana while in search of revenge for the loss of his parents.
“Who the hell are you supposed to be?” a man asks. After beating him up, Pattinson’s Batman responds, “I’m vengeance.”
The Lighthouse big name is the 12th actor to play the Caped Crusader since Lewis Wilson first donned the suit for 1943’s Batman. The star-studded list of former Batmen include Michael Keaton, George Clooney, Val Kilmer, Ben Affleck and The Dark Knight’s Christian Bale. However, Pattinson was hoping to put a new spin on Bruce Wayne’s alter ego.
“Batman’s not a hero,” he instructed The New York Times in October 2019. “He’s an advanced personality. I don’t assume I could ever play a real hero — there’s at all times were given to be one thing a little bit flawed. I think it’s as a result of certainly one of my eyes is smaller than the other one.”
After Pattinson’s casting was made official in May 2019, fanatics expressed their considerations that the British actor wasn’t right for the role, however that grievance by no means involved him a lot. “To be fair, it used to be much less vitriolic than I used to be expecting,” he told Variety in September 2019 in regards to the online hate. “It’s much more amusing when you’re an underdog. There’s no expectation of you.”
Comic ebook lovers might disagree with the Good Time star, since there may be always a little expectation and a large number of excitement for a new Batman movie. Like his megastar, Reeves wanted to do one thing somewhat different for his tackle the Defender of Gotham City. He wanted to leave theatergoers in tears.
“I felt that we’ve seen a number of starting place tales,” the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes director explained in a 2021 featurette for The Batman, explaining why he wanted to take on a tale that featured a tender Bruce Wayne, earlier than he in reality became the superhero fans know.”
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Reeves added, “You may have it's very practical. But I also idea it might be the most emotional Batman movie ever made.”
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