Robert Pattinson Reveals How He 'Accidentally Planted The Seed' And Bagged 'The Batman' Role

When word spread that Robert Pattinson has been cast to play the role of Batman in the Matt Reeves film, superhero fans were not so enthusiastic about it. Some even expressed their disappointment on social media.

However, when the first glimpse of Pattinson in The Batman suit was revealed, fans who took a U-turn were indeed excited.

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The early reviews of The Batman had fans calling it the best Batman movie since Heath Ledger's The Dark Knight. But do you know how Pattinson bagged this role? He says he accidentally planted the seed.

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"I think I accidentally planted the seed. I was meeting Dylan (producer Dylan Clark) for something else and then... Actually, to be honest, I think I definitely was angling after it, but I didn't know what the status of the project was."

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"But I remember talking to Dylan for a long time then just right at the end, being, 'So what's happening with The Batman?' But it didn't really fit into the kind of stuff I was doing then. But for some reason, with Batman... It's literally the only comic character I'd ever do. It's by far the coolest one. And I thought it was completely out of reach as well."

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"So, I was like, 'Oh, I might as well just throw my cap in the ring.' I didn't realize that Matt was thinking about me for it as well, which is a lovely coincidence."

Robert Pattinson also talked about what he thinks about the character.

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¡ª Kenny Keil (@kennykeil) March 5, 2022

"Normally in all the other movies, he has complete control of the delineation of when he's Bruce in public, when he's Bruce in private and when he's Batman, and he can just change at will. Whereas in this film, he's basically Batman the whole time, in a way; he's just let Bruce disappear. I mean, Bruce feels nothing about himself, Bruce is just this afterthought to his life. Which is sad in a way.

"But Bruce as a person starts to reawaken as the story goes along, but he just thinks, 'I just want to abandon it all. I just want to be Batman the entire time. And I just sleep as Bruce,' basically."

(With inputs from IANS)

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