Robert Pattinson Is Improving Bruce Wayne, Not Just Batman
Robert Pattinson will improve upon not only Batman but Bruce Wayne in Matt Reeves' upcoming film, The Batman. Past Batman films have explored the lasting trauma of a young Bruce Wayne witnessing his parents’ murder, but they oftentimes move past Bruce’s origin story to emphasize his adult life as a superhero and playboy façade in his civilian identity. The Batman will show Bruce continuing to struggle with the night his parents died in both of his identities, making for one of the most flawed and grounded iterations of Batman.
As one of the most popular superheroes in comics and film, Batman’s origin story is well-known to even the most casual viewers. The loss of Bruce Wayne’s parents motivated him to fight crime and instill fear in criminals, and while some movie iterations of Batman creatively apply his origin to his adulthood characterizations, others distance Batman from it to a degree. According to Matt Reeves and Robert Pattinson, this won't be the case in The Batman.
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Robert Pattinson recently spoke in detail about his upcoming iteration of both Bruce Wayne and Batman, stating that The Batman delves deep into the psychology of Wayne. Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne won’t use the classic playboy charade, as he’s still stuck in the mindset of a young boy watching his parents die. This version of Bruce uses his nightly outings as Batman as a way to cope with the present rather than move forward. By saying this, Pattinson promises that The Batman will deliver a psychologically complex Dark Knight whose lasting trauma is woven into his characterization.
Previous film iterations of Batman have explored the long-term effects of his traumatic origin story,
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