

Chill." - Batman & Robin, released in 1997, was the fourth and final movie in the '80s/'90s Batman movie series. George Clooney starred as Batman in the 1997 movie 'Batman & Robin.' Colin Davey/Hulton Archive/Getty Images That's a lot of insight from watching an actor talk about their own concerns playing your role, over 20 years before you. It's different from when you're doing a part and there's a possibility that no one will even see it. You can almost feel that pushback of anticipation, and so it kind of energizes you a little bit.

There's so few things in life where people passionately care about it before it's even happened. And the puzzle of it becomes quite satisfying to think: Where's my opening? And also, do I have anything inside me which would work if I could do it? And then also, it's a legacy part, right? I like that. He added: "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. "I was thinking, it's fun when more and more ground has been covered," Pattinson told GQ. The Batman is also rumored to take place in the interconnected "DC Extended Universe." While details surrounding 2021's The Batman are scarce, it's all-but Pattinson's role will be a younger version of Ben Affleck's Batman, though it apparently won't be another origin story. Pattinson's challenge will be finding a new approach to the role, over 20 years and many Batmen later.

In other words, there was still a whole swath of the Batman spectrum totally untapped. And that's in, '96? '97?"Ĭlooney played Batman before Christian Bale's stint in a trilogy of genre-defining movies, and before Ben Affleck portrayed a darker, wearier, cynical Bruce Wayne in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and 2017's Justice League. "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. "I was watching the making of Batman & Robin the other day," Pattinson says.

He says he observed actor George Clooney, who starred in the movie as Batman in what ultimately became a one-time thing. On George Clooney's Batman - In the interview, Pattinson brings up watching a making-of documentary of the 1997 movie Batman & Robin, directed by Joel Schumacher. "The downsides kind of seem like upsides," Pattinson says, "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." When GQ asked why he accepted The Batman, Pattinson said he found a compelling challenge in finding something new in familiar territory. While the actor has been avoiding his workouts - “I think if you’re working out all the time, you’re part of the problem,” a seemingly exhausted Pattinson says in the interview - Pattinson discussed conducting some further study into taking on his Batman. As the magazine and Pattinson struggled with dropped calls and attempted a Top Chef-style cook-off, Pattinson talked at length about The Batman. What happened? - On Tuesday, GQ published a lengthy profile of Robert Pattinson with interviews conducted via FaceTime. He also revealed a very worthy lesson in studying the making of what fans and critics consider the worst Batman movie of all time: 1997's Batman & Robin. In a lengthy profile interview, Pattinson reveals how he's maintaining a diet (or at least trying) for his 2021 DC superhero film The Batman, currently on pause from shooting due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Like everyone else around the world, Robert Pattinson is just trying to survive life in quarantine, but he might be learning something new about Batman in the process.
