“I was aiming for quite different stuff.”
If you were a wee bit taken aback by Robert Pattinson‘s casting in The Batman, it turns out you’re not the only one. Even his agents were surprised he wanted the role.
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In conversation with Total Film magazine, the actor shared that he wasn’t looking for a big franchise to star in. Following the explosion of fame that came after Twilight, he aimed for more singular roles in indies like Good Time and The Lighthouse.
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“I was aiming for quite different stuff,” Robert said. “Obviously [playing Batman is] basically the jewel in the crown of the parts you can really get as an actor. But I’d never really thought I was anywhere close to doing it, and especially with the other parts I was attracted to at the time.”
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Because of that, even the 35-year-old’s agents were taken aback by his interest in the iconic DC anti-hero. “I just kept obsessively checking up on it for the next year or so,” Robert added. “Even my agents were like, ‘Oh, interesting. I thought you only wanted to play total freaks?’ And I was like, ‘He is a freak!'”
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Director Matt Reeves previously opened up to Esquire about how he became “dead-set” on casting Rob as the Caped Crusader after watching his performance in Good Time, despite not knowing if the actor himself was interested.
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“There has been no actor, when his announcement that he was going to be playing Batman in one of the feature films was announced, that has not received a backlash,” Matt said of the casting news. “The people who were excited, I knew it was because they knew Rob’s work post-Twilight. The people who weren’t excited, I knew it was because they didn’t know Rob’s work post-Twilight.”
All I know is, I’m beyond thrilled to see Robert “only plays total freaks” Pattinson shine in his role as the grungy eyeliner-loving Batman!
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