Robert Pattinson Is "Batman Struggling To Become A Better Batman": Director's Take
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"I wanted to see Batman (as someone) who is struggling to become a better Batman," said Matt Reeves
Superheroes usually represent hope and goodness but not Batman's latest celluloid avatar. This one is "emblematic of vengeance" and struggling to become a better person, says "The Batman" director Matt Reeves.
Reeves' upcoming film on the undercover alias of Gotham city royalty Bruce Wayne will see a brand new take on DC's troubled hero, crystallised in the minds of those who grew up on Batman comics, TV shows and the many films based on him. What you get here is lead star Robert Pattinson as the "world's greatest detective".
"In this iteration, I made a conscious choice that he was going to be emblematic of vengeance. I wanted him to be a Batman in his first couple of years who is still lost in the mystery of being Batman. This was all playing out almost in the shadow side of him so he hadn't yet reached this place where he could represent hope," the director told PTI in a Zoom interview from Los Angeles.
Set in Batman's second year of fighting crime, the film sees the man with superpowers uncover corruption in Gotham while pursuing the Riddler (Paul Dano), a serial killer who targets the city's elite.
