While filming The Batman, Robert Pattinson learned that if something ain’t broke, don’t fix it.
The actor, who stars in director Matt Reeves’ highly anticipated superhero film, visited Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday ahead of the movie’s March 4 release. During their chat, Pattinson told host Jimmy Kimmel that he initially wanted go with a “radically different” voice from the low, raspy ones that previous Batman actors have used to portray the Caped Crusader, but alas, he was alone in that department.
“Everyone does this kind of gruff, gravelly thing, and I’m like, ‘I’m going to do the opposite — I’m gonna go really whispery,’” Pattinson recalled. “And I tried to do it for the first two weeks, and it just looked absolutely atrocious, and they told me to stop doing it.”
Although he eventually settled on a deeper, more traditional voice, he later learned he was apparently in good company. “I found out from Nick, who was putting me in the suit every day, that’s what Christian Bale did on Batman Begins as well,” Pattinson said. “And if you listen to the first Batman Begins teaser trailer, you can hear the original voice. I only found this out a couple of weeks ago.”
Ultimately, Pattinson realized that he was right to keep working on the voice: “You can feel when it feels right. You put the suit on, and you have to speak in a certain way.”
The Tenet star went on to share memories of early conversation he had with Reeves about the character. “One of the first things that Matt said to me — he’s like, ‘He’s sort of inspired by Kurt Cobain,’” the actor said. “I’m like, ‘Really, thats kind of the opposite of what I imagined Bruce Wayne to be.’”
The actor said he then pitched Reeves on having his version of Wayne dress in Cobain’s signature grunge style, but the director didn’t go for it. This led Kimmel to quip, “So you had a lot of bad ideas to start with.”
Pattinson replied with a laugh, “Tons.”
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Source: HollyWood
