Posted on 11/13/2019 8:53:21 AM PST by EdnaMode
From his iconic portrayal of a lovestruck vampire in the “Twilight” series to his latest role as a disturbed lighthouse keeper in director Robert Eggers’ frightening drama “The Lighthouse,” it’s clear that Robert Pattinson is drawn to playing dark and brooding characters.
While that might make his casting as Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves’ upcoming adventure “The Batman” seem like a no-brainer, Pattinson admitted to Jennifer Lopez during an appearance on Variety’s Actors on Actors series that his interest in the role raised some eyebrows at first.
“With Batman, it’s a strange one with me,” Pattinson said. “Even my agent was like, really?”
Yet the idea of playing Gotham City’s moody caped crusader wouldn’t let him go. “I was very, very focused on it, and I don’t know why. It just kind of kept coming back into my head.”
Portraying Batman as a gallant figure, however, is the furthest thing from Pattinson’s mind. “I have no interest whatsoever in playing someone who’s heroic,” he told Lopez. “The only time I want to play someone who an audience knows they’re supposed to like is when they really shouldn’t like them. That’s the only time.”
Pattinson sees the Dark Knight as a deeply disturbed individual. “He’s a very troubled person. I always found it interesting that Batman is always struggling a little bit, especially in some iterations of the story. He doesn’t know if he’s that great or not, and that’s kind of interesting.”
Echoing “Twilight” fans around the world, Lopez believes that Pattinson is the perfect choice to play the legendary superhero. “I think you’ll be a great Batman. An awesome Batman! Seriously, because he’s a dark character.”
“You would be as well!” Pattinson replied.
“Huh? I could be Batman?” Lopez exclaimed. “Why not!”
Variety’s “Actors on Actors” will be published in November in a special issue of the magazine timed to Academy Awards voting. The companion TV series premieres on Jan. 2 on PBS SoCal.
Well, that and she is a lesbian who was just using him for a beard.
I suspect Jodie Foster did that back when they were on the set of “Panic Room”.
The lack of originality, and the failure of actors and actresses to learn their craft, means a total lack of entertainment for America. There are so few movies being made that I can sit through that I nearly give up at looking for one....or two of them.
Why is Pattinson assuming JLo’s Pronouns for her?
What a Hater!
“Now I know why Kristen Stewart cheated on him.
He has no d***.”
That and she is a lesbian with perpetual resting b*tch face.
So far the best is not Ben Afleck.
It’s his White Nationalist Patriarchy mindset.
Maybe she identifies as a man with a vagina.
Every think of that you heteronormative cisgendered jerk!?!?
“Maybe she identifies as a man with a vagina.
Every think of that you heteronormative cisgendered jerk!?!?”
What? I am a male lesbian.
You too?!
What “letter” does that make us?
Now she might make a good: Bat. WOMAN. Bat. WOMAN. Or maybe Bat. GIRL...but she's a bit long in the tooth for that.
ML
If they cast her as Batman, they’ll have to bring back Panavision. You’d need it to capture her entire ass on the screen.
Haha. True!
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