The Batman Director Says Film's Music Helped Pattinson Become The Character
The director of The Batman shared how the film's score helped Robert Pattinson get into character. The Batman is the newest reboot in the franchise about the famous caped crusader. As Batman follows clues left by the Riddler, he must build new alliances and bring justice to the corruption that has lorded over Gotham City for too long. The film stars Pattinson as the titular hero, Paul Dano as the Riddler, Colin Farrell as Penguin, Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, Andy Serkis, John Turturro, and Zoë Kravitz as Catwoman, a character she voiced in the 2017 film The LEGO Batman Movie.
The Batman was initially supposed to be released in June of 2021 but was delayed due to the pandemic. The film has been in development since 2013 and was originally going to feature Ben Affleck, the previous DCEU Batman. Still, Affleck left the project after a reportedly bad experience working on Justice League. Reeves joined the project as director in 2017, and Pattinson was cast to replace Affleck in 2019.
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In conjunction with the reveal of The Batman soundtrack, Reeves said (h/t Comicbook), director Matt Reeves revealed that once Pattinson was cast, Giacchino's score helped him "become Batman." This was only possible because Reeves had already hired Giacchino to write the movie's score before filming, an unusual but not unheard of move. In fact, the first time Reeves heard the score was the night before Pattinson's first screen test in the costume making it feel like a «fated day» for the director. Read his full quote here:
«I love working with Michael Giacchino, he's one of my favorite people. So, when I got The Batman, I went to him knowing he has the same
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