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Robert Pattinsonis mixing it up with his interpretation of Batman.
The 35-year-old star takes on the role of Bruce Wayne inThe Batman, and hetoldGQin the magazine’s March 2022 issue that his version of the Caped Crusader is “kind of a weirdo.”
“I’ve definitely found a little interesting thread,” explained Pattinson. “He doesn’t have a playboy persona at all, so he’s kind of a weirdo as Bruce and a weirdo as Batman, and I kept thinking there’s a more nihilistic slant to it. ‘Cause, normally, in all the other movies, Bruce goes away, trains and returns to Gotham believing in himself, thinking, ‘I’m gonna change things here.’ But in this, it’s sort of implied that he’s had a bit of a breakdown.”
“But this thing he’s doing, it’s not even working,” he continued. “Like, it’s two years into it, and the crime has gottenworsesince Bruce started being Batman. The people of Gotham think that he’s just another symptom of how s— everything is.”
Pattinson stars in the Matt Reeves–directed film opposite Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano, Colin Farrell, Jeffrey Wright and Andy Serkis. He shared that he explored the iconic character’s backstory in a unique way.
Robert Pattinson on the cover ofGQ’s March 2022 issue.Robert Pattinson on the cover ofGQ’s March 2022 issue.PHOTO: Jack Bridgland/GQPHOTO: Jack Bridgland/GQ
Robert Pattinson on the cover ofGQ’s March 2022 issue.
Robert Pattinson on the cover ofGQ’s March 2022 issue.PHOTO: Jack Bridgland/GQPHOTO: Jack Bridgland/GQ
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“All the other stories say the death of his parents is why Bruce becomes Batman, but I was trying to break that down in what I thought was a real way, instead of trying to rationalize it,” said Pattinson. “He’s created this intricate construction for years and years and years, which has culminated in this Batman persona. But it’s not like a healthy thing that he’s done. Almost like a drug addiction.”
TheTwilightalum admittedThe Batmanis “a sad movie” that is “kind of about him trying to find some element of hope, in himself, and not just the city” around him. He joked, “So, hopefully, there are a lot of sad people in the world.”
The Batmanis in theaters March 4.
source: people.com
