He’s played a vampire that got teenagers smitten and now he’s all set to play Batman in the upcoming film, directed by Matt Reeves. Robert Pattinson, who’s career graph has been quite intense is the next face of DC Comics’ saviour superhero, Batman. The actor is currently prepping up for the part as the film faces delay because of the global lockdown.
Talking about the legacy that comes attached with the role, Pattinson said he takes it up as a challenge more than comparison with stars who have earlier played the role. He elaborated, “I kind of like the fact that not only are there very, very, very well-done versions of the character which seem pretty definitive, but I was thinking that there are multiple definitive playings of the character. “I was watching the making of Batman & Robin the other day. And even then, George Clooney was saying that he was worried about the fact that it’s sort of been done, that a lot of the ground you should cover with the character has been already covered. And that’s in ’96, ’97? And then there’s Christian Bale, and Ben Affleck’s one. And then I was thinking, it’s fun when more and more ground has been covered. Like, where is the gap? You’ve seen this sort of lighter version, you’ve seen a kind of jaded version, a kind of more animalistic version. And the puzzle of it becomes quite satisfying, to think: Where’s my opening?”
Big names like George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck are attached to the character and Robert sure has big shoes to fill in with Reeves rendition of the film.