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.
A soy boy beta cuck wants a 50 y/o PR female to be Batman?...
Batman
Awe-summm!!
The SAD PART is this is one of the LESS insane comments out there in the past year or so.
I wonder what he really thinks.
BUTT MAN or BATMAN?
Well, in ancient Greece men played women’s roles, and in Italian opera female sopranos sing ‘trouser’ roles. Everything old is new again.
She might be 50, but JL looks good. I’m not going to watch a stupid comic book movie, anyway, but any pics of J-lo in something tight and form fitting is OK by me.
Buy the DVD sequels up until the movie goes identity LGBT then quit.
Julie Newmar from the old TV Batman series was the hottest.
JENNIFER Lopez
BatMAN
Fail
Bat $h1+ crazy
I grew weary of the scrambled gender role crowd years ago.
RE: Robert Pattinson Thinks Jennifer Lopez Would Make an ‘Awesome’ Batman
And he would make an awesome Catwoman :)
In ancient Greece men cornholed boys.
Now I know why Kristen Stewart cheated on him.
He has no d***.
Always be yourself.
Unless you can be Batman. Then, be Batman.
They were obviously kidding about Lopez playing Batman. Just sucking up to each other, maybe even flirting.
I’m ready for a new Batman. The first of Reeves’ films is supposed to be an adaptation of “The Long Halloween,” one of many classic Batman story lines. Once upon a time Batman was billed on the cover of Detective Comics as “The World’s Greatest Detective,” and the movie will be about Batman solving a murder mystery with the culprit being one of his rogues gallery.
My biggest beef about the Nolan-directed movies was they had lousy fight scenes. Hopefully, Reeves will do them better...
Didn’t he turn Kristin Stewart into a Lesbo?
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