Robert Pattinson Disagreed With Studio Making ‘Twilight’ Less Emo: ‘The Only Way’ to Do It

Robert Pattinson is getting candid about going shirtless.

Robert Pattinson, 35 — the man, the myth, the legend. Some celebrities in Hollywood get lucky — and they nail a big break. But then there are others who are so lucky, it’s clear that there is something else going on.

Matt Reeves was terrified. In September 2020, the director had just returned to filming on “The Batman,” Warner Bros.’ latest reboot of the studio’s multibillion-dollar superhero franchise, after a six-month break due to the pandemic.

It was a runway filled with Hollywood A-listers as The Batman premiered last night in New York. Here are the best photos from a star studded evening. It was all eyes on the Big Apple on Tuesday evening, as a host of cinema’s biggest names came together to celebrate Hollywood’s latest blockbuster, The Batman.

Robert Pattinson that he's Batman. Turns out, his inner circle also find it «really, really weird.»The 35-year-old actor spoke to ET's Rachel Smith at Tuesday night's premiere of at the Lincoln Center in New York City and the actor almost couldn't find the words to describe what it all meant to him.“It’s so surreal," he said. «I mean, it’s like, it’s literally … I was just texting somebody earlier, ‘I’m going to the premiere tonight’ and they were like, ‘Don’t you find it really weird that you’re Batman?’ I’m like, yeah.

Robert Pattinson flashes his handsome smile while attending a fan screening of his new movie The Batman.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterBruce Wayne could be the hero the box office desperately needs.Though movie theater attendance has significantly improved compared to earlier pandemic days, overall ticket sales have been slow to get box office receipts back to pre-COVID levels. “The Batman,” a decidedly grim superhero action-adventure, opens in domestic theaters on Friday and presents the best shot since “Spider-Man: No Way Home” at getting people back to the silver screen in a big way.The comic book film, starring Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader, looks like it will be more than up for the task at hand.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticWhere do you go after “The Dark Knight”? Ben Affleck blew it, and even Christopher Nolan, who brought unprecedented levels of realism and gravitas to that franchise-best Batman saga, couldn’t improve on what he’d created in his 2012 sequel. So what is “Cloverfield” director Matt Reeves’ strategy? Answer: Go darker than “The Dark Knight,” deadlier than “No Time to Die” and longer than “Dune” with a serious-minded Batman stand-alone of his own.

Robert Pattinson isn’t morally opposed to superhero films. But he wasn’t exactly seeking them out before “The Batman” came along, either.The 35-year-old who seemed to emerge as a fully formed superstar in mega franchises like “Harry Potter” and “Twilight” has for the past decade or so found himself chasing edgier fare, smaller movies with interesting directors and roles where he could stretch and disappear behind an archaic New England accent, as in “The Lighthouse,” the unkempt beard of an explorer in “The Lost City of Z” or the shock of messily bleached hair that accompanies him on a never-ending chase in “Good Time,” to name a few.The strange thing is that it was “Good Time,” a $2 million movie, and its frenetic, freefall energy that convinced director Matt Reeves that Pattinson needed to be his Batman.

Outside of what Zack Snyder tried to do with his “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” and “Justice League” films, we never get to see a film version of Batman interact with a bunch of different superheroes in his solo films.

Robert Pattinson, 35, is currently splitting his focus between his girlfriend Suki Waterhouse, 30, and the highly-anticipated The Batman, in which he stars as the iconic caped crusader opposite Zoe Kravitz. But after the film comes out on March 4, Robert plans to give his girlfriend his full attention as the pair take the next steps in their romance. “For the past few years, Rob has been working non-stop on films. But he has cleared his schedule completely following the release of Batman for a reason,” a source close to Robert told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY.

Robert Pattinson has revealed what he’d like to see from a potential sequel to The Batman.While a sequel has yet to be officially announced, the actor has mentioned some Batman foes that he’d like a follow-up to explore.Speaking to Den Of Geek about a sequel, Pattinson said: “I’d love to do something like Court of Owls.”He added: “There are elements of The Batman which are kind of horror and I think it really feels quite new for Batman.”The Court of Owls is a secret organised crime group led by wealthy Gotham families in owl masks who employ mutated assassins to do their bidding. The storyline was originally created by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo.The other villain Pattinson mentions is Calendar Man, who commits crimes that correspond with holidays and significant dates.

Robert Pattinson is getting candid about his audition for Twilight.