Robert Pattinson opens up about what it made it easy for him to play both Bruce Wayne and his caped alter ego in The Batman has earned positive reviews from critics, and box office projections say it will open to $100 million - at the very least.
Directed by Matt Reeves, The Batman centers on a Bruce Wayne in his second year of fighting crime as Gotham's vigilante. In Pattinson and Reeves' hands, this Bruce is tortured by his demons, and they only get worse when a masked killer (Paul Dano's Riddler) begins targeting of the city's elite. As Bruce aligns with allies like Jim Gordon (Jeffrey Wright) and Catwoman (Zoë Kravitz), The Batman spirals into a detective story that, by all s, is darker than any previous iteration of the DC character.
The line between Bruce Wayne and Batman tends to vary from depiction to depiction, and with The Batman, it will be quite thin. Speaking to CinemaBlend recently, Pattinson discussed how his Bruce performance melded into the Batman. Though it may seem like a difficult balance, he itted he found an aspect of it to be quite easy. Pattinson said:
"What made it easy is that he really hasn’t figured out where Bruce ends and where Batman begins at this point in our telling of the story. And so sometimes (it's) Bruce seeping out of Batman. And there are a couple of scenes where I’m doing a kind of little, subtle vocal changes. It’s incredibly subtle a lot of times. But sometimes he’s more in Bruce’s when he’s Batman. Because he hasn’t got full control over the delineation yet."
As he is only in his second year of being Batman, it makes sense that Pattinson's Bruce would have a difficult time separating himself from his vigilante persona. Bruce is still putting together the Batman. At the same time, that he hasn't put up clear boundaries for himself hints that he could be losing his Bruce side to the Caped Crusader. Also, from a real life perspective, Pattinson likely found it easy to bring this element to the character because he's still working out his performance himself. He's spoken at length about how difficult it was for him to nail the Batman voice, and if Bruce is struggling with his voice in the movie, then Pattinson can explain away any discrepancies on his part.
Not that Pattinson hasn't put in the work for The Batman. He actively pursued this role before he was cast, and his co-stars have all praised his performance at length. The Batman truly does offer a fresh look at a frequently-depicted character, and that's in large part because of what Pattinson has brought to the role. He just might have the potential to become fans' new favorite Batman. Audiences can see this updated Bruce Wayne and his caped alter ego on the big screen later this week.
Source: CinemaBlend
