It’s been two months since audiences got their first look at Matt Reeves’ new take on Batman.
Now, in a new interview with Empire magazine, Reeves is sharing his inspiration behind Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of Bruce Wayne.“When I write, I listen to music, and as I was writing the first act, I put on Nirvana’s ‘Something In The Way’,” Reeves said.
It was within the music that Reeves decided to forego the standard portrayal of Bruce Wayne as a playboy and go for something edgier.
“There’s another version who had gone through a great tragedy and become a recluse.
So I started making this connection to Gus Van Sant’s ‘Last Days,’ and the idea of this fictionalized version of Kurt Cobain being in this kind of decaying manor.”With Kurt Cobain in his mind, it only galvanized Reeves’ decision to cast Pattinson.
“He’s
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