The Batman 2022 will see the Twilight star suit up as Batman for the first time, but at the audition screen test, Pattinson suited up in the Batman Forever costume, and had a terrible time. He told the story and dug into his Bruce Wayne at 2021 DC FanDome.<\/b>
\nRobert Pattinson is donning the cape and cowl in 2022\u2019s The Batman, but his first experience as the hero was with an earlier version of the iconic costume. During DC\u2019s 2021 FanDome event for the movie\u2019s new trailer, director Matt Reeves revealed that Pattinson auditioned in the Val Kilmer Batsuit \u2014 and it nearly scared him away from the role. \u201cWhen Rob and I first got together we had all these conversations and just by virtue of what it is (it\u2019s Batman), the studio was like, \u2018well we always do a screentest.\u2019 [Rob] was wearing, I believe, Val Kilmer\u2019s Batsuit. Which by the way, the moment you put it on was kind of a crazy moment.\u201d Pattinson explained that, between the nerves of suiting up as Batman, a personal dream, and the costume\u2019s two-inch thick rubber, he found moving in the suit to be almost impossible. Two takes in the suit apparently left Pattinson covered in sweat. Despite the challenges, Reeves said that when Pattinson took the cowl off and just had on the heavy black eye makeup, everything for the character came together. Related \u201cIf you think of Bruce Wayne as a recluse rock star in a decaying mansion, there\u2019s a part of me that so saw [Pattinson]. And I had no idea you\u2019d be interested in playing the role at all,\u201d Reeves said. \u201cFor me [Pattinson was] always that version of what I saw in the page. And that was about creating a new version of Bruce.\u201d As it turns out, Pattinson had long been fascinated by the character and brought many of his own ideas on the Bruce Wayne\/Batman relationship to the film. \u201cThe delineation over when he\u2019s Batman and when he\u2019s Bruce, in other versions, he really knows what he\u2019s doing when he puts on the cowl,\u201d said Pattinson, describing previous versions of Bruce Wayne. But in his version of the character, \u201che\u2019s a bit out of control. He hasn\u2019t really defined what Batman is. He puts it on every night. He isn\u2019t sleeping. He\u2019s becoming this sort of odd creature.\u201d According to Reeves and Pattinson, this new version of Batman and Bruce Wayne takes inspiration from Frank Millar\u2019s Batman: Year One story, and isn\u2019t exactly an origin for the character, but does tell the story of his early years of crime fighting. Pattinson said that his Bruce is still young full of anger. \u201cRight from the beginning there\u2019s a desperation to it. He\u2019s really working lut this rage and all the fights seem very personal,\u201d Pattinson said in a brief behind-the-scenes video. \u201cHe wants to inflict his kind of justice and he\u2019s just compelled to do it. There is no other option.\u201d<\/p>\n