After several years spent working with some of the best independent and foreign filmmakers (this year alone brought collaborations with Claire Denis on “High Life” and Robert Eggers on “The Lighthouse”), Robert Pattinson is finally gearing up to return to studio blockbusters with two Warner Bros’ tentpoles: Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” and Matt Reeves’ “The Batman.” The latter role arguably gives Pattinson’s his most high profile film to date.
The actor is no stranger to global blockbusters having starred in the “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” franchises, but playing Bruce Wayne/Batman comes with expectations that not even Pattinson has had to live up to in his career.In a recent interview with The Guardian, Pattinson explained that he sought out “The Batman” because “I felt a connection to it, I don’t know why.
I just really wanted it.
[The role has a] power, which is why everyone is attracted to it.
It’s an unidentifiable thing.
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