Robert Pattinson Reacts To The Batman's 15+ Age Rating In The UK
Actor Robert Pattinson has a shocking reaction to The Batman receiving a 15+ rating in the UK. Pattinson is the latest actor to play Batman/Bruce Wayne in live-action form, starring in director Matt Reeves' The Batman, which opens this week. Pattinson is joined by stars Zoë Kravitz, Colin Farrell, Paul Dano, Jeffrey Wright, and Andy Serkis, in the latest solo outing for The Caped Crusader since Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises in 2012.
The Batman films have traditionally had a PG-13 rating in the U.S., from Tim Burton's Batman through Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. Zack Snyder's Justice League, which stars Ben Affleck as Batman, is the only live-action film featuring the character to date that has carried an R rating (it has a 15 in the UK). All other live-action Batman films have been rated 12 or lower by the BBFC (British Board of Film Classification) thus far, with some of the more mature-minded animated films, such as Batman: The Long Halloween and Gotham By Gaslight carrying a stronger rating.
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The Batman is the first Batman film to carry a 15+ in the UK, which was news to Pattinson. In an interview with Cameron Frew of Unilad, Pattinson is told that the film would be a 15, the first since Batman Returns (which was retroactively changed to a 12A), which is a shock to the actor. "No way. What happened?" Pattinson says, smiling. "I didn't even know. Oh, no. It's a disaster!," the actor says, jokingly, seemingly alluding to the box office issues that would cause with younger viewers not being able to see the film in the theater. He goes on to question if Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight was a 15 (it's rated a 12), before
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